This document discusses different camera techniques and why they might be used, including different angles (high, low, canted) to provide various image heights, movement techniques (mechanical, tilt, pan) to capture motion within a single photo, composition methods (deep and shallow focus, rule of third) to focus the camera on one thing over its surroundings, and shot types (close up, long shot, aerial shot, establishing shot) to provide different perspectives of a setting or situation which can provide meaning.