Amidst multiple typhoons in Southeast Asia, miraculous rainstorms in the Middle East, rare rain in Los Angeles, we in the Northern Hemisphere are rushed into to a traditionally very wet season. What everyone runs to buy as the water starts pouring down is the always handy umbrella. Here we’ve gathered some fantastic photographs taken from underneath the umbrella’s shield.

In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal focal length. Perspective distortion can typically be seen in images shot using a wide angle of view, where an object close to the lens [...]