What are you doing down there, Sol?
Originally uploaded by Sol Lang
Caitlin's got the most beautiful legs. The best angle to capture them from is low looking upwards. The distorted exaggeration of an ultra wide angle lens helps to make those legs longer and more attractive. But the same lens when used differently can also have a stylized humorous effect when used for that purpose. This is one of the tools a photographer can use in communicating his message through images. Communicators of all kinds use skills that shape our minds and persuade. Sometimes selling ideologies and other times products. The written word, the short documentary film, a painting, a song – all work towards attempting persuasion. The persuaders are awfully skilled in their craft. Very convincing in their message. We see this in politicians. They can get an entire nation to rally around them. For God and country. Something to think about.
