​The importance of foreground to landscape photography

Foreground has almost become a benchmark of modern landscape photography, canvas prints a symbol. The word "foreground" is often heard in landscape photography. In photography, the definition of foreground is "the object as part of the environment. The one in front of the subject is called the foreground. In actual shooting, the foreground is like a lever that not only balances the picture, but also makes the perspective more obvious.

Speaking of the foreground, we have to say that the changes and development of modern landscape photography. More directly, canvas prints online the impact of north American landscape photography - ultra-wide Angle photography, exaggerated foreground into perspective was all the rage. I believe that every landscape photographer has countless such works, including the author himself. Speaking of North American scenery, American photographer Marc Adamus is undoubtedly one of the leading figures in the field of contemporary mainstream scenery. His works are majestic and often give people an incredible sense of shock. In particular, his creative use of the foreground in framing is amazing. Often a lot of people see his work published after suddenly realize that there is such a powerful machine. And then there's another gorgeous supermodel, Max Rive, who has absolutely innovative and unique ways of using the foreground. He may be the world's best selfie-taker, with many of his pictures featuring him in the foreground. The depth of control over the outlook is also perfect. Of course, there are many excellent international photographers who are good prospects. This foreground phenomenon shooting subtly affects the whole landscape mainstream photography and even the selection of photographic equipment, so that more and more photographers in the composition will find a foreground, photos on aluminum a great post-era landscape photography foreground was born and spread!

The use of prospect has almost become the existence of a creative means of the system; of course, this system will inevitably exist, but also has its existence value. But that doesn't mean it's 100 percent absolute, and that kind of absoluteness can often tell you that your photo isn't a popular one. Again, there is no intention to attack the importance of foreground application, not to deny its uniqueness in the dictionary of landscape photographers. However, the uniform method of creation has become a creative factor that most people have to consider. Nowadays, landscape photography pays attention to outdoor exploration, focusing on exploring new angles, so whether it will lead to the exploration of shooting naturally put the unlimited thirst for the prospect and a work of grand sustenance all into looking for the prospect? Of course we hope that every photographer can find a great prospect, large canvas prints cheap but the reality is not the intention, if we can't find the prospect is a failure of shooting? If the prospect is far-fetched does it signify that yet another bottomless graft will alter the field elements?

When conceiving this argument, the only thing I was worried about was that I might offend others. Therefore, I would like to use one of my own wrong cases to illustrate my creative thinking at that time. Pictured above, this is taken by a hike in Pakistan this year, this place is already the third time, although the original idea was the third time to also want to clap a different from the first two things (the second did not actually get what, because didn't find the right outlook), as I mentioned above, the prospects of pathological heart made me eager to find a wildflowers or have visual wallop of element composition. With the change of the light, more and more anxious state of mind, I still remember the impatient mood at that time. At first glance, the image looks stylish in the foreground and visually stunning. Frankly speaking, it is a bit nondescript. The foreground is very complicated and complicated in the early stage of shooting, and the focal segment synthesis is used in the later stage, which is completely for the sake of the foreground. Many beginners may ask what is the best way to shoot is the core point I want to make next.

Suitable prospect

Before expounding the core point, it is necessary to clarify what is the proper prospect, and the use of prospect should be worth studying. How to properly arrange the relationship between prospect and subject is crucial. The foreground is often the focus of attention, so the foreground treatment is very important, is one of the factors of success or failure of landscape photos. The choice of foreground and layout need to be considered. Different size, color, shape of the foreground scenery, different spatial layout, can create a completely different picture effect. Usually a landscape photo layout order should be foreground - middle - main, so the processing of the middle is also very important. Most of the subjects of the photos are after the middle scene, which may also be the central area of the tonal changes. By using the foreground and middle scene as the long-term service, the idea of the theme can be expressed. Usually the foreground can set off the size of the scene, allowing the viewer to understand the relative proportion of different parts of the scene, giving a very direct impression. If the use of ultra-wide Angle is not well controlled, the foreground will get an exaggerated magnification effect, and the proportional relationship between the subject and the foreground will lead to the opposite concept. For example, in the wrong case above, the foreground is excessively exaggerated, and the mountain of the subject is set off as a secondary element. The most important point is that by juxtaposing the foreground scenery with the middle scene and the distant scenery elements, through their echo and contrast, it adds depth to the photo, thus creating a three-dimensional sense and enhancing the perspective of the picture. As far as I can see, a lot of the seemingly good wind and light choices in the mid-range are often overlooked. How to control the relationship between different levels is the basis point of looking for the right prospect.

It is often said that the foreground is an important foil in landscape photography works, is the ornament of the main scene, in addition to fill in the blank of the picture, improve the composition, but also to form a sense of depth. So the treatment of the foreground is very important, in a sense, can be said to be the success or failure of landscape photography foundation, so for the foreground to pay special attention to the composition of the view to carefully observe, appropriate and reasonable selection. In the choice of the foreground, we can also break the conventional pattern. The foreground is not necessarily a real object, but also a creative technique or a natural phenomenon. Such as light, water (atomization), etc. Or through the later means of enhanced tone, tone, light and shade can be used as foreground. To sum up, the collocation of the middle scene is very important, but also has the effect of calling out to others, such a prospect is not so abrupt. The shape of foreground scenery itself is important, but we must take into account the relationship between foreground and background, preferably to achieve the connection between foreground and background subject, so that they echo each other.

Think outside the box and shoot in a different way

This should be the core idea behind this article. Whether or not the prospect is found, and if it is found, whether or not it is appropriate, these are factors that need to be considered. Every industry has a relatively complete and fine tradition, and landscape photography is no exception. I also wrote in my previous article about polar photography that tradition needs courage to be broken. Today's landscape film has too much plastic face, network red face. Because technology is limited, anyone who is willing to learn can produce similar blockbusters. The foreground style creation technique inevitably also cannot escape the scenery destiny. But the mind is alive, and the transformation of the mind is a long acceptance process, just like any great experiment is to withstand repeated failure to try. Once the way of thinking is alive, the style of landscape photography will also be diversified. Landscape photographers often tend to use ultra-wide Angle lens hang, the idea is also used to consider the problem with ultra-wide Angle. The limitations of equipment often prevent many better options from being missed. In the past two years, I prefer to shoot scenery with a medium focal length, which can be shown as 24-70 in the lens focal length. A mid-focus lens has a much smaller field of view than a wide-angle lens, but that's not all bad. You can better focus on the interesting parts of the scene.

Take a picture of yourself

Don't try to pander to the public. Let public opinion influence the way you shoot. Once imitation or habitual thought creation is used as a means to an end, it loses its special essence, its magic. Art is a kind of creation, and copying this kind of creation is called mass production. Robots and machines can be produced, but only artists can create, which is why they are irreplaceable. The basic definition of any art form is to express itself through creation. Each of us is unique because we grew up in different places, times, and environments. We are different in every way. As long as your work reflects your inner thoughts, acrylic prints online your work will always be seen as original art, rather than the ideas and visions that others have been drumming into it. Show us your unique perspective of the place you're photographing. Show us how you see the world through your eyes. An artist who truly follows his inner voice does not need to travel to places he has never seen before to create images he has never seen.