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SAN GIMIGNANO, TUSCANY, ITALY

This aerial view of the beautiful San Gimignano was shot from the top of one of the town’s tallest medieval towers.

Using a wide lens causes diverging verticals, which adds impact to the composition.

Canon EOS 1DS MKIII with 17-40mm lens at 17mm, 1/160sec at f/8, ISO 100

up to their balcony or roof – sometimes

I’m invited when they see my camera

because they know they have a great view

• or I wander into hotels I’m not staying in
  and take the elevator to the roof terrace!
  Worse case scenario is that you have to
  buy a drink, but it’ll be worth it if doing so
  also bags a great view.
  The type of shots you get depends
  firstly on how high up you are and also
  which lens you use. For sweeping views,
  use your widest lens. Mine’s a 15mm
  Sigma full-frame fisheye, though I prefer
  my Samyang 14mm prime or the 16mm
  end of a 16-35mm zoom on a full-frame
  DSLR. At that focal length you only
  have to be a few storeys up and the
  perspective is amazing – just zoom out
  and look down. Verticals diverge so tall
  buildings appear to be toppling over, the
  horizon curves, you can see for miles and
  the images you produce are worlds apart
  from anything possible at street level.
  Often you need to shoot handheld from
  tall buildings and monuments as tripods
  aren’t allowed. But that’s not a problem

TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON

Move in low and close to any large structure with a wideangle lens on your camera and great

shots are guaranteed due to the way perspective and scale are exaggerated.

Canon EOS 5D MKIII with 17-40mm lens at 17mm, 1/125sec at f/11, ISO 100, polariser

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