Photography can be very technical, especially in the digital age. But photography is, at it’s core, art. You can take a technically perfect photo that’s utterly boring and a technically imperfect photo that’s a lot more interesting.
摄影可能是非常技术性的 ，尤其是在数字时代。 但是摄影是艺术的核心。 您可以拍摄完全无聊的技术完美照片，而拍摄更有趣的技术不完美照片。
Let’s compare two shots. This is a technically perfect exposure. Everything is in focus, the highlights and shadows both have detail, and…it’s completely dull.
让我们比较两个镜头。 这是技术上完美的曝光。 一切都集中在焦点上，高光和阴影都具有细节，而且……完全无聊。
This, on the other hand, isn’t as technical a photo. I took it with my iPhone through a plane window as we flew over the Alps. It’s grainy, over-exposed in places, and not totally sharp because of the window in the way. But it’s much more interesting.
另一方面，这不是技术性的照片。 当我们飞越阿尔卑斯山时，我带着iPhone穿过飞机窗。 它呈颗粒状，在某些地方曝光过度，并且由于挡风玻璃的方式而并非完全清晰。 但这更有趣。
Now, I’m not going to start going all abstract and artsy with you, but here are some techniques that will help you create better, more interesting photos. I’ve already covered how to use limited color palettes to tie everything together, so let’s talk about creating images with foregrounds, midgrounds, and backgrounds.
现在，我不会开始与您进行抽象和附庸风雅的交流，但是这里有一些技巧可以帮助您创建更好，更有趣的照片。 我已经介绍了如何使用有限的调色板将所有内容结合在一起 ，所以让我们来谈谈创建具有前景，中间背景和背景的图像。
前景，中间背景和背景 (Foreground, Midground, and Background)
Almost every photo has a foreground and a background; most also have some sort of midground. The foreground is simply the parts of the image that are closest to the camera, the background is the parts that are further away, and the midground falls somewhere in the middle. Here are a few examples.
几乎每张照片都有前景和背景。 大多数也有某种中间立场。 前景只是图像中最靠近相机的部分，背景是距离较远的部分，而中间部分位于中间的某个位置。 这里有一些例子。
In this photo, the model is the foreground, the out of focus trees are the background. There’s not much midground to speak of.
在这张照片中，模型是前景，聚焦树是背景。 没什么可说的。
In this photo, the sea and shadows are the foreground, the Santa Monica pier is the midground, and the setting sun and sky are the background.
在这张照片中，海洋和阴影为前景，圣塔莫尼卡码头为中部，夕阳和天空为背景。
In this one, the big Joshua tree is the foreground, the ones towards the back the midground, and the starry sky the background.
在这一幅画中，约书亚树是前景色，树是中部背面，星空是背景。
There are obviously some grey areas to this. The foreground often transitions into the midground into the background. The foreground can also be out of focus, with the subject in the midground such as in this shot below.
显然有一些灰色区域。 前景通常过渡到中间背景。 前景也可能不清晰，主体在中间，例如下面的这张照片。
填充框架 (Filling the Frame)
One photography tip you might have heard is to “fill the frame”. What this means is that there shouldn’t be dead space in your image. The simplest way to fill the frame, is to make sure there is something interesting in the foreground, midground, and background of every shot you take.
您可能听说过的一个摄影技巧是“填充框架”。 这意味着您的图像中不应有死角。 填充框架的最简单方法是，确保拍摄的每张照片的前景，中间背景和背景中都有一些有趣的东西。
Here’s a sunset photo I took quickly at the beach. The light is beautiful, but it’s all a bit…meh. The colors are cool but there is nothing else going on here. It’s literally just a photo of the light.
这是我在海滩上Swift拍摄的日落照片。 光是美丽的，但是有点……嗯。 颜色很酷，但是这里什么也没有发生。 它实际上只是光的照片。
Compare that to this photo I put some time and thought into. It was shot at sunrise instead of sunset, but it still has beautiful light. The biggest difference is that there’s something interesting going on in the foreground. Rather than the image being 80% dead space, it’s 80% interesting things.
与此相比，我花了一些时间和思想。 它是在日出而不是日落时拍摄的，但仍然有美丽的光线。 最大的不同是，前台发生了一些有趣的事情。 与其说图像是80％的死空间，不如说是80％的有趣的事情。
如何开始使用前景，中间背景和背景 (How to Start Using the Foreground, Midground, and Background)
There’s one simple trick to start composing stronger images by filling the foreground, midground, and background of your images: think before you press the shutter button. When I took the bad sunset photo above, I’m sure there was something near by that could have made for a more interesting foreground if I’d just looked for it. Instead, I just hit the shutter button as fast as possible.
有一个简单的技巧可以通过填充图像的前景，中景和背景来开始合成更强的图像：在按下快门按钮之前先考虑一下。 当我拍下上面这张不好的日落照片时，我敢肯定，如果我只是寻找的话，附近可能会有一些更有趣的前景。 相反，我只是尽可能快地按下快门按钮。
For the good photo, I just took a few minutes to play around with different compositions until I found something I liked. Then I pressed the shutter button. Once you start thinking deliberately, you’ll automatically start taking stronger photos.
为了获得好的照片，我花了几分钟时间尝试不同的构图，直到发现自己喜欢的东西。 然后我按下了快门按钮。 一旦开始刻意思考，您将自动开始拍摄更清晰的照片。
One of the easiest ways to start using the foreground is to get close to something with a wide angle lens. In the photo below, I was just a few feet away from the rocks which make up the foreground, the midground and background then just happen naturally.
开始使用前景的最简单方法之一是使用广角镜接近物体。 在下面的照片中，我与构成前景，中间背景和背景的岩石只有几英尺远，然后自然发生。
If you’re taking portraits, you probably won’t have much of a midground, but the background is even more important. A bad background can distract from an otherwise great portrait. Use a wide aperture and a good portrait lens to make the subject the foreground and isolate them from the background like I’ve done below.
如果您要拍摄人像，则可能不会有什么中间背景，但是背景就显得尤为重要。 不好的背景会分散原本不错的肖像。 像我下面所做的那样，使用大光圈和优质的人像镜头将被摄对象作为前景并将其与背景隔离。
An isolated, blurry background doesn’t have to be boring. It’s still part of the image so play around with different textures and objects behind the subject.
孤立的，模糊的背景不必很无聊。 它仍然是图像的一部分，因此可以在被摄对象后面使用不同的纹理和对象。
As with any photography “rule”, play around with it and feel free to break it if you’ve got a good reason to. Sometimes your best photos will fly in the face of every convention.
与任何摄影“规则”一样，在有充分理由的情况下尝试使用它并随意破坏它。 有时候，您的最佳照片会在每一次会议面前飞扬。
While saying “make sure your photos have a foreground, a background, and, if possible, a midground” might seem like super obvious advice, you’d be surprised at how many photographers fail to heed it. Start thinking about what elements are in each -ground when you take your photos and I guarantee you’ll become a better photographer.
虽然说“确保您的照片有前景，有背景，如果可能的话有中间背景”似乎是非常明显的建议，但您会惊讶地发现有如此多的摄影师不予理会。 拍摄照片时，请先考虑一下各个区域中的哪些元素，我保证您会成为一名更好的摄影师。
翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/338162/how-to-use-the-foreground-and-background-to-create-stronger-photos/