Mastering Midjourney AI: How to use camera angles in your prompts

Understanding how photography camera angle terms work in your Midjourney prompts will greatly improve your AI Art.

Erik Knobl
7 min readApr 25, 2023
Female Assassin in black suit
Prompt: Extreme Dutch-angle of female assassin in black catsuit in combat, dangerous, dynamic, unusual angle, motion, close up intensity — ar 16:9 — niji 6

As you start learning how to prompt in Midjourney AI, you realize soon that camera angles are critical for a perfect prompt. Photographers and movie-makers use them to give their audience with a view of your subject’s location and the scene in your story. It’s also a powerful tool to make the art more appealing, adding a specific style to it, and making it easier for your audience to get what you’re putting down. Mastering Midjourney camera angles can take your amazing images to the next level.

Let’s explore how to make more effective prompts with the key camera angles for Midjourney prompt generator. I’d suggest you use them in your next photography prompts with a hyphen to prevent any confusion from the Midjourney Bot.

First, a disclaimer: This tutorial assumes you are already familiar with the AI Tool, have access to either the Midjourney Discord server, or the Midjourney website, and know the basics of writing an image prompt. If you have any doubts, please check this Beginner’s Guide to Midjourney.

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Erik Knobl

🤖🎬 AI Video Educator + Creator | Midjourney Art | RunwayML AI Videos