Forced PerspectiveManipulating the frame using perspective

Chris Ballance - BallancePhoto.com

What is Forced Perspective?

Photographic technique that uses perspective to manipulate how the human mind perceives elements of the photo.

Can be intentional or unintentional

Fun way to add interest to photos

No Photoshop required :-)

How does it work?

Size is always relative in photography

Photos by their nature are scaled, never 1:1

Perspective changes everything

The mind sees what it expects it will

Unintentional

Is a Chinook only slightlytaller than a person?

Intentional (Architecture)

How tall arethese stairs in the Ukraine?

Cart in a warehouse

Background Interest

Tilt/Shift (Tile / Rise)

Use for effect...

Fun with a group

Jump! Jump!

Angles, Reflections