How to Shoot Truly 5-Dimensional Photographs

I’ll explain what I mean by that

“Intimate Waterfall” (© Mark Ali)

OK, I know what you’re thinking…

What does he mean by “5-Dimensional”?

I’m pretty sure that’s what you were thinking because, as you know, photographs simply don’t have 5 dimensions.

They have height. They have width. And they might even create an illusion of depth.

Yeah, so that’s, like, three dimensions.

And that’s really all the dimensions that there ARE.

Right?

Wrong. Many physicists will tell you that there are actually 11 dimensions. But let’s not go down that road. I’m not a physicist, and that’s not why you’re here anyway.

For our purposes, I’m suggesting that there can be up to five dimensions in every photograph. And if you really nail all five, you’ve got yourself a compelling, quality image.

Let’s walk through these five dimensions and you’ll see what I mean.

Walk this way…