Mastering Perspective in Photo Compositing: Why Your Composites Look Flat (And How to Fix It)

The Problem I See Most Often I’ve spent the last fifteen years blending photographs into composite scenes, and I can identify a poorly executed composite from across a room. The culprit? Perspective mismatch. An element that should recede into the distance sits stubbornly flat. A building that should tower overhead looks like it’s been pasted onto the canvas. The lighting might be perfect. The colors might match. But something feels wrong because the perspective is broken.