Go high and low

Hunt out ways to get high and low, so you return from your travels with fresh perspectives It is all too tempting to shoot all of your images from head height: after all, this is how we all usually see the world. But you will get fresher images, and add variety to your portfolio of pictures, if you keep trying to find ways of getting your camera higher or lower wherever you go.

Lie down on the ground to photograph that busker in the street, or climb up that hilltop to give yourself a bird’s eye view of the town. As they say with so many things in life, you will get more out the more effort you put in – even when you are on holiday!

Changing the camera height, even by a relatively small amount, can make dramatic changes to the backdrop. The busker is framed against a blue sky with a worm’s eye view, or against the pavement if you can find a wall to stand on – and both are better than having other tourists in the shot.

For city architecture, finding a multistorey car park or rooftop terrace you can shoot from means you are not forced to look up at cathedrals and skyscrapers – and you’ll minimise converging verticals.