CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE

You ever line up a shot that should be perfect? Like, all the elements are there - but something just doesn’t work?

Sometimes, the shot isn’t bad… you’re just standing in the wrong place.

I’ve learned this over and over behind the lens of my camera. You hike for hours, scout the location, line up the frame and something is missing. It’s not the scroll stopping frame you imagined and tbh it just kinda sucks.

You're out in the field, golden hour's dripping across the horizon, the clouds are cooperating for once, you’ve hiked for hours with a pack that feels heavier than it should... and yet, you look through the viewfinder and it’s just... meh. Not bad, not broken - just missing that thing. The vibe and that spark.

And nine times out of ten?
It’s not the subject.
It’s not the weather.
It’s not the gear.

It’s you.
It’s your perspective.

But then you take five steps to the left, or crouch down, or tilt your camera just a little more and that’s where the magic is hiding.

The Power of Five Steps

Here’s a quick story.
A few years ago I was shooting this epic location. One of those spots where every photographer on the planet has taken a photo. The kind where it’s hard to not shoot something cliché. I set up my tripod like everyone else does, got the standard frame, and yeah… it was nice. Pretty. Instagram - worthy.

But it didn’t feel like anything. It didn’t have me in it.

So I stepped away from the pack. Literally. Five steps to the left. I crouched down near a puddle, let the wind mess with my hair, got low and dirty with a wide angle lens and suddenly the reflection in that puddle turned a good photo into a great one.

That tiny change in perspective transformed everything.

Not just the image, but how I felt taking it. It became mine. It told a story. It wasn’t about copying a popular shot anymore. It was about creating a moment. Capturing truth through a lens, not just a landscape.

Life Is The Same Game

That lesson hit me harder than expected.

How many times in life do we get stuck thinking something is broken… when really, we’re just standing in the wrong place?
We’re locked into one way of seeing things. One way of being. And when things go sideways, we try to force it back into place rather than shift our stance and see it differently.

Your job feels dull?
Your creative work’s uninspired?
That relationship’s not clicking like it used to?

Maybe it's not the subject that’s off.
Maybe you're just looking at it from the wrong angle.

The Shift Is Subtle. But Everything Changes

Here’s the cool part: changing perspective doesn’t mean burning everything down and starting over. Sometimes all it takes is tilting your head. Moving your feet. Asking a different question.

What if instead of saying “this isn’t working,” you asked, “what am I not seeing?”
What if instead of chasing the perfect moment, you stepped into a new one entirely? Same place, different eyes.

Photographers know this intuitively.
The frame matters. The angle matters.
How you see is what makes you a creator, not just a technician.

Final Frame

Next time you’re frustrated with where you're at—creatively, professionally, personally—don’t bail on the whole scene. Just reposition. Shift. Crouch. Climb. Zoom in. Pull back. Do whatever it takes to see it new.

Sometimes all it takes is five steps to the left to change everything.

So change your perspective. The story you're telling might be way more powerful than you think. You just need to find the frame that shows it.

Same thing applies to life too btw. When it feels off, stale, or uninspired… maybe it’s not the world that needs to change maybe it’s your angle.

Change your perspective. Shift your frame. Find the shot that tells the story you actually want to tell.

📸 Keep creating. Keep shifting. Keep seeing.