This is the brand new Chick-fil-A at the bottom of the Ferris Wheel Skyview and along the tracks of the Atlanta Street Car in Downtown Atlanta, GA. [Nikon D5, Nikkor 14-24mm, ISO 400, ƒ/8, 1/500]

I was trying to find the proper perspective to capture the new Chick-fil-A in a container at the base of Atlanta’s Skyview off of Centennial Park in one photo.

The photo above was my favorite of all the pictures because I also lucked up and caught the Atlanta StreetCar in the image.

Just a few seconds before the first photo, I captured the train passing by.

When I first arrived, I shot this photo. I thought it captured the restaurant at the base of the landmark well.

I shot details shots all over and everything in between. While I didn’t have a drone, I decided to do the next best thing available and pay for a ticket to get the view of the restaurant that those who ride the Skyview would get from inside one of the Gondolas.

You can see the restaurant a few times from inside the gondola. So my job was not just to find the “One Shot” but to compliment the photo with details like this from inside the gondola.

I moved to the other side of the gondola and shot this to compliment the other photo on the next pass of the restaurant.

While this photo doesn’t show the restaurant, it gives an idea of why people are drawn to the Ferris wheel for a ride. You can overlook Centennial Park, a central gathering place during the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.

I went around looking for people at the restaurant as well.

I just kept looking for photos. These are a small fraction of what I shot.

Take Away Tips

Look for as many perspectives as possible
Go Super Wide
Go Close
Once you have a Wide shot, the medium shot, and the closeup, go and do it again, looking for something different. Do this until you have exhausted your ideas.