Last week, I challenged you to get creative and show off your own unique perspective. To add your own twist to a simple subject. How did it go?? I tried it with the simplest object I could find: An orange. Here was my list of different perspectives to try:
- Up high
- Down low
- Directly above
- Directly below (through something transparent)
- From the subject’s perspective
- Far away, including the scene
- Super up-close including only details
I didn’t do all of these, but as you’ll see below, I kind of “colored outside the lines” at the end.
Here are some of the photos I took, below, starting with the boring straight-on shot: 
Down low, wide angle, including surroundings: 
Super up-close: 
From the orange’s perspective: 
From directly above: 
After peeling: 
Totally playing with my food! 
Not all of these are keepers, necessarily. But I had a LOT of fun doing this, and discovered a ton about my camera, my creativity, and all that you can do with an orange [Editor’s Note: Learn more about how you can turn your pictures into cash in our free online newsletter The Right Way to Travel. Sign up here today and we’ll send you a new report, Selling Photos for Cash: A Quick-Start Guide, completely FREE.]