TRhoads wrote in post #18206083
this image brings up a question I have for this kind of work...the chosen height of this image is lower than eye level for most if not all adults, and to me it really emphasizes that huge arm of the chair. Would it be better to be a little higher?
It usually depends what my subject is and what I have in the foreground. I love the fireplace right over the couch like I have it...I feel it adds a cozy feeling to the room and tells a story in a way. I also feel like having all 3 pieces of furniture in the image emphasizes that even more. I am completely backed up against the half wall around the stairs and Christmas tree in this image and if I go higher what little bit of couch and even the sofa that I have in the image is now going to be closer to the edge and distorted. I would have scooted to the right and cut some of the couch out but that's the Christmas tree. That's why I decided to frame up the whole couch in this image.
For instance, in the next image, I went up much higher because the kitchen table was a bar-style table and I could not be low or I wouldn't even see the top of the counter tops. Height is always subjective to what you need to capture and what's going to be near the edges/foreground.
