by Peter Thoeny, one of our Digital Photo Academy instructors in San Francisco.
Ask, what frame should I choose to add depth to the scene?
Ask, how can foreground and background complement each other?
Look at the following examples:
Frame: Tree branches; main subject: Lunar Eclipse, Hoover Tower, Stanford University, 2018-01-31Anchor: The slippery trail on right; at Capitola, CaliforniaAnchor: tunnel wall on lower left and lower right corner; One-point perspective in a tunnel, Hawk Hill, Marin Headlands, CaliforniaAnchor: left, front, right. Depth: foreground, middle, background. At farmer’s kitchen in Swiss AlpsForeground and background, foreground is dominant. Wildflowers in Swiss Alps in JuneForeground and background are dominant, which creates a conflict. Sun Voyager in Reykjavík, Iceland
