Just as, of course, it [getting my distance] was an initial step when, in my first journalism job, i stumbled onto making pictures with a camera. frame, proportion, perspective, the values of light and shade, all are determined by the distance of the observing eye. what is the figurative language used in the above excerpt and what comparison does it best create

" I stumbled onto making pictures with a camera. "

Explanation:

Figurative language is one that uses figures of language to express a non-literal sense of what is being said. In this house the phrase "I stumbled onto making pictures with a camera." Is the phrase that presents figurative language in this excerpt.

That's because when the character says he stumbled into "taking pictures with a camera" it does not mean that the character literally stumbled "into taking pictures with a camera," but that means the character did not plan that. The character entered this area accidentally and ended up enjoying it.

because he was killed by the black arrow.