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Incorporating strong foreground elements

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Incorporating strong foreground elements

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You want your images to have depth. A three-dimensional feel is much more interesting than when you have all the elements in your picture the same distance from the camera. The easy way to accomplish that is to use something called a strong foreground element. Consider this point of view. We have three objects, all equidistant from the camera. The composition is fine, but it's boring. What works better is to position yourself such that at least one of the elements is much closer to the camera, giving your clip a strong foreground. Well, here are some more real-world examples. Let's just take a look at these tomatoes. I could have shot this from above looking straight down, and all the tomatoes would be the same distance from the camera. Instead I got the camera down low so that I could get the tomatoes up close and have them off into the distance. Much more interesting that way. In the kitchen again I couldn't have been closer to this worker. I could've just being standing next to…

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