A quality camera helps . Mate of a mate popped round and took a couple of pics of his new bike with his fancy camera
Interesting & I wonder if it is the fact that it is leaning or a little of the aesthetic film theory that indicates a right to left movement (& angles) induce more negative feelings than a left to right movement. Think Rocky running from left to right up(wards) the stairs when training.
And an ability to use the quality camera. I pretty sure someone with such knowledge would be able to take a better photo with my phone than I could with an all singing & dancing camera.
Wow. I had noticed that effect myself and was only talking about it a few weeks ago with my youngest boy who is into photography, but I didn’t know there was a theory.
Or use a long enough lens, with a decently wide aperture. This will effectively lower your viewing angle as well as drop the background out of focus, giving separation, respectively. Modern smartphones can do this if you use the longest real focal length (ideally not digital zoom) and 'portrait' mode (which will give the narrow depth of field). Taking photos of shiny objects like cars or bikes on overcast days, just before sunrise or after sunset gives best results.
And where is the poster advertising a bullfight? Or doors fitted with this type of glass, which, to my immense frustration from the age of 8 onwards, I realised that many people fitted upside down or even, right to left.
I think it also stretches to a single speaking head shot & what side of the frame they are in... it's very rare in such a scene the actor will be placed in the centre. Although I've forgot the meaning of each side. Orson Welles was great with this sort of stuff and he also used a lot of looking up shots. Citizen Kane is worth a watch just for all these techniques.
