The obvious. The obvious angle, the obvious point of view. The obvious height, the obvious level of zoom. As human beings of general standard sizes with a generally standard placement of eyes (both forward, about five or six feet up) we tend to want to shoot our subjects from a standing point of view. We tend to like to be about six feet from an individual, maybe ten or fifteen from a couple or small group.
We like to include the scenery or take in a whole car or boat. We have a great affinity for street signs. Oddly, we seem to hate shoes, or maybe it's feet. We certainly cut enough of them off in our snapshots.
If you want your photographs to be interesting, resist your human nature. Shoot from atop a stepladder. Shoot with your belly on the ground. Shoot just the grill of a classic car or zoom in close on those crazy hammer toes of yours. Find a different angle and a different proximity. And you will find your muse.
Or at least the upside-down boilerplate of a rusty piece of antique farm equipment.
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