Exercise: The user's viewpoint.

Outline: To photograph space from the users point of view.

At the risk of being completely unoriginal, I have used spaces around the house that are designed for a specific activity, to photograph.

Firstly, I chose the bathroom. The main purpose of this room is to 'bathe' in so I have taken the photograph at the viewpoint of having a bath.

Bathroom from the users view

I wanted to show the space of the bathroom in the image as well to give more depth to the space 'the user' is in. Plus it makes for a better image as a full view forwards would show a wall to the left of the bath which would not make for a very interesting picture. This view shows the room space from the users point of view as well as an overview of the room in general.

Secondly, I have photographed the staircase. The main purpose of this space is to walk up/down to the next level of the building.

Staircase from the users view

I have taken this image with the viewpoint to walk down the stairs. I have kept to a standard focal length to keep the viewpoint as seen and also tilted the camera angle down the stairs, exactly as you would look at the stairs while walking down. The image gives a good view of the space within the purpose it is intended for.

As a wildcard entry, I remembered a photo I took a while back of a hotel corridor that I thought would make for a good image.

Hotel corridor from a users view

The staircase image above reminded me of this image. The perspective and diagonals in this image are great and this is exactly how the user would see this image, so the space has photographed really well.

Conclusion:
This has been a great exercise on how to photograph a space within the purpose for which it was intended. It has made me think about how I photograph a space in general and if there is a specific viewpoint to be considered to best make use of the way the buildings or spaces are seen by the viewer.