This document defines 10 different camera shots and angles: birds eye view, angle, eye level, oblique, tilts, close up, extreme, long, and medium. A birds eye view is an elevated view from above. An angle describes how a photo was taken. Eye level refers to a viewer's height relative to the ground. An oblique shot is tilted to one side with vertical lines. Tilts use camera movements. A close up focuses only on an object. An extreme shot tightly frames a subject at a large scale. A long shot shows an object and its surroundings. A medium shot captures a person from the knees or waist up.

1. Camera Shots & Angles
10 types and definitions

2. Birds Eye View
• A birds eye view is an elevated view of an
object from above, giving the viewer the eyes
of a bird; relatively speaking of course.

3. Angle
• In photography, angles describe how the
photo was taken. Ex: side angle, etc.

4. Eye Level
• Eye level refers to the height a viewers eyes
are positioned at in relation to the ground.

5. Oblique
• An oblique camera angle is a type of camera
shot where the camera is tilted off to one side
so that the shot has vertical lines in it as well.

6. Tilts
• Tilts is the use of camera movements on small
and medium format cameras, and can
sometimes refer to the use of selective focus.

7. Close Up
• A close up shot does not show the objects
surroundings, it’s usually just a shot of the
object.

8. Extreme
• A shot in which the subject is tightly framed
and shown at a relatively large scale

9. Long
• A long shot shows the entire object or human
figure and is usually intended to place it in
some relation to its surroundings

10. Medium
• A medium shot is a shot of the person from
the knees up or the waist up.