BIRD'S EYE VIEW: 

The bird’s-eye view angle involves photographing from directly above with your camera pointed downward. For larger scenes or subjects, like this winding road, you’ll need a drone, a helicopter, a plane, or some sort of high-elevation vantage point. For smaller scenes or subjects, like a cake on a kitchen counter, you can handhold your camera without much trouble!

The bird’s-eye view angle is simple in theory, though – depending on your subject – it can be difficult to pull off. Simply get high above your subject, then shoot directly downward

HIGH ANGLE: 

A high angle isn’t as extreme as a bird’s-eye view angle. Instead, you just need to identify your subject, then get a reasonable distance above it so you’re pointing your lens downward at around 45 degrees.

Fortunately, this angle is generally easy to pull off – you mostly just need to stand up or raise your camera above your head – and the result is very cool. A high angle often makes your subject look smaller or more vulnerable:

FACE TO FACE: 

The face-to-face angle is done at your subject’s eye level. (If you’re photographing a flower, it’s on the level of the flower’s head; if you’re photographing a landscape, it’s generally a few feet off the ground; if you’re photographing a person, it’s right at their eyeline.)

The effect is often highly engaging and helps to establish a connection between the subject in your photo and the person viewing it., you can handhold your camera without much trouble!

This angle is a wonderful way to help the viewer access the small world of the subject. It works great with children:

LOW ANGLE: 

As you might expect, the low-angle shot is achieved by getting below the subject’s eye level and shooting upward. It’s not a hugely popular angle because of its difficulty – you often need to get down in the dirt – but the results are often worth the effort.

You see, as you get down lower, you make the subject appear larger. This often adds a looming feeling to your photos, and it’s great for emphasizing toughness or confidence:

You can also use a low angle to make a scene look big, vast, and even epic. Landscape photographers love to use a low-angle effect to emphasize small foreground elements that then lead the viewer’s eye toward a stunning background.

And you can use a low angle to make more vulnerable subjects appear bigger. I often use it to photograph kids:

WORM'S EYE VIEW: 

The worms-eye view angle, also known as the worm’s-eye view angle, works just the way it sounds: You get down as low as you can and look straight up toward your subject. This angle is certainly unusual; viewers rarely experience such a point of view in day-to-day living, so it adds an interesting and creative perspective to images.

Unfortunately, a worm's-eye view isn’t so easy to achieve. It’s often impossible to shoot from below a subject (e.g., this is rarely an option for landscape photographers) – but when you can use a bug’s-eye view, the effect is quite striking.