1.bird's-eye view, becoming the subject, eye level, and worm's-eye view. 2. bird's-eye view. When photographing a subject from above, it is known as a “bird’s-eye view”. This could be taken from up in the sky, such as when flying in a plane, or could simply be taken by standing on a ladder, slightly above your subject becoming the subject. This point of view tends to be the most effective, especially when photographing human subjects. To use this technique, photograph your subject from the point of view of the person interacting with the subject. eye level. This is the most common way to photograph a subject. After all, it is typically the way we regard most subjects in our day to day lives, especially other people. worm's-eye view. Photographing from below is sometimes referred to as “worm’s-eye view”, as if you were a worm looking up at the world around you. As you can imagine, this makes all subjects look very large, even if they are very small in reali...