When it comes to the word "depth of field", please don't confuse the friend who just learned photography with the basic concept of "depth of field". They are completely different. Then, let me introduce you to the method of creating a sense of depth in photos.

One way to create a sense of depth in photos is to make good use of auxiliary lines.

In the articles I shared recently, I feel that the most frequently mentioned noun is "guide line" because it is really important in photographic composition. There are many reasons, such as being easy to find. The track of the train, the stone steps on the grass, the paths in the forest, the streams in the mountains, etc. can all be natural guiding lines. In addition, it also has a strong picture organization ability, which can easily connect two points of the picture and easily guide the audience's line of sight from the foreground to the background.

One of the techniques to create a sense of depth by using a guide line is to make this line start from the foreground position and finally converge on the distant background object. As shown in the figure below, many different lines converge to one point. Lines on the roof, on the ground and even on the wall will converge on the red train in the distance.

Of course, the guide line is not necessarily a straight line, but also a curve, such as the following figure. Making good use of the curve without end point can also increase the mystery of the picture.

The second way to create a sense of depth in photos is to increase foreground points of interest.

If there is no guide line in a scene, especially in landscape photography, there is a good way to increase the depth of the photo, which is to add a point of interest in the foreground. For example, in the following photo, it will be boring to just take a sea view. People who join the foreground will suddenly feel that the picture is alive and a sense of perspective will appear.

The key to the following photo taken on the beach is the promising vase. Adding new points of interest can not only deepen the sense of distance between foreground and background, but also guide the audience to pay more attention to the details of the picture. It is very important to use composition to guide the audience to see more content in the picture.

The third way to create a sense of depth in photos is to try shooting at a low angle.

In actual scenes, especially street scenes, we may not be able to 100% find a suitable foreground interest point, so we can try to reduce the camera magnification angle. For example, in the picture below, although the train track can converge to a long distance when choosing head-up view, it gives us the feeling that it converges faster and has more visual impact when shooting at a lower angle.

If you want to shoot the subject standing vertically, it is also strongly recommended to shoot at a low angle, because it can not only shoot a sense of depth, but also make the subject "tall and powerful" by using the perspective effect.

The fourth way to create a sense of depth in photos is to find the "box in the box"

In a previous article about street photography composition, I mentioned the "picture frame" composition method, which can not only guide the audience's line of sight, but also create a good sense of depth in the picture. There are many "frame structures" around our lives, such as common doorways, arch bridges and various frames naturally formed in natural scenery. Some "frames" are very obvious, others need careful observation and discovery, and some even need us to "create" in composition. Let's look at some works to explain.

The fifth way to create a sense of depth in photos is to skillfully use overlap and hierarchy.

Many friends are not used to shooting overlapping objects, and so am I. Overlapping objects in the picture can easily cause a sense of clutter. But sometimes the use of overlapping will not only destroy the composition, but also produce a sense of depth. Just like the following works, the overlapping of similar objects produces rhythm and rhythm.