i’m usually underwhelmed by shots of aerialists from below, so when there happened to be an aerial point at this venue in santa cruz, i took some wide-angle video from below to scope out problems and possibilities from this angle.
i tried a few things and settled on this split in s-wrap, which looks a lot more interesting from below than it does from the side; it adds visual interest other than unintentional-seeming foreshortening. other considerations were the positioning of the tail (if i’d had someone to pull it out of frame and show the foot, i think that would make this image perfect).
