Perspective

Perspective is how we visually perceive the distance between us and objects and their relation to the space around them. A technique known as Perspective Distortion utilizes this to make interesting trick photographs. Perspective Distortion is either making an object seem abnormally large in comparison to the rest of the setting or making objects in the foreground and background look as if they have little or no distance between them. The effect is made possible by the fact that cameras interpret images in two dimensions as opposed to our eyes which work in three dimensions. This difference is made clear when creating simple trick photographs like the one below.In reality the subject in the foreground is of similar size to those in the background, but because they are standing further away from the camera than he is, they appear much smaller. If our subject in the foreground had his hands by his side the effect would be non-existent. This shows how important it is to use creative poses to really carry the effect.