What is the role of background in a photo?

A suitable background can make the photo have a better performance in content and vision.

In many cases, when shooting, we will ignore the background and focus too much on the subject itself, so that the overall performance of the photo is not harmonious.

These functions of the background are worth paying attention to:

1. Spatial background is an important element to enhance the spatial sense of photos, which is mainly shown through comparison:

The main results are as follows: (1) by controlling the depth of field, the virtual and real contrast between the background and the subject can enhance the spatial and three-dimensional sense of the photo and make it look more real.

(2) the existence and contrast of light and shadow represents the sense of space, controls the direction and intensity of light, and makes the subject contrast with the background, which can also enhance the sense of space of the photo.

(3) the size comparison of the far and near size of the object in the photo can reflect the perspective relationship, thus showing a sense of space.

two。 Confessing information background is not only a foil role, it can explain some detailed information by its own performance, so as to make the story of the photo more complete.

Like the photo above, we can understand the approximate time and place of the story through the background, and we can also have a better understanding of what the character is doing, and even use the background to speculate why the character is doing it.

Some details that do not need to be magnified too much, we can choose to "bury" them in the background and let the background speak for us.

3. Harmony many photos with poor perception and incomprehension have the problem of disharmony between the subject and the background, such as the following photos:

The subject and the background are completely incompatible in all respects:

The background interferes with the subject:

The background is messy and the guests dominate the host:

Therefore, to choose an appropriate background, first of all, it is necessary to avoid conflicts with the subject, such as the background of clutter (color, structure) and the background that interferes with the subject. You can choose simple and clean elements as the background as far as possible.

If you want a better picture, you can consider a harmonious and responsive background, which is also very understandable. If we want to shoot a big tree, under normal circumstances, it will be more harmonious with the natural environment such as the sky and woods as the background. however, if the artificial environment such as architecture is used as the background, it may seem unreasonable, because the natural environment and trees have a lot in common and responsive.

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: play some Photography (ID:wakexiao), by AGER