Fake perspective - help needed

spav

Firstly, can anyone tell me if there's a name for the type of shot where perspective is used to create the impression that someone is holding the Eiffel Tower between thumb and forefinger, or cupping the sun in the palm of their hand?

Secondly, can anyone give me any tips on that kind of photography? I'm going to have to do some tomorrow for a work thing - without going into detail, the aim is to make a small object close to camera appear to be part of a person standing about 20 feet from camera.

I'm assuming that, apart from the obvious need to play about with the angle, I'll need to set the camera to a high f-stop. Can anyone suggest anything else to keep in mind?

sineadw

it's called 'forced perspective'... I'm sure if you google it you'll get some tutorials (don't have time to look) but off the top of my head - high f stop is all I got...

mrmac

spav - what you're looking for is called "forced perspective".

Here's a few good examples:

http://o.pticalillusions.com/perspective-illusion-photos/

http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/images/perfect_shot/album/

Here's a handy little guide:

http://experimentalphoto.com/2009/01/01/forced-perspective-technique-1/

Have fun.......

spav

Thanks both - off now, I'll let you know how I get on.