{"id":68197,"date":"2017-11-02T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=68197"},"modified":"2017-11-02T07:58:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:58:05","slug":"dynamic-photography-composition-101-figure-to-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/02\/dynamic-photography-composition-101-figure-to-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Photography Composition 101: Figure to Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Figure to ground example: Silhouette of Cindy against backlight of stairwell. Hanoi, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the fundamentals of DYNAMIC COMPOSITION: to make strong contrast between your subject and the background (concept of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153figure to ground\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153figure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d being your subject, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ground\u00e2\u20ac\u009d being the background):<\/p>\n

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1. Shoot black and white<\/h2>\n

First principle: keep it simple, clean, and black and white.<\/p>\n

If you want to improve your figure to ground, shoot black and white.<\/p>\n

Specifically, shoot RAW+JPEG and set your JPEG preview to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153high contrast black and white\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. If possible, use your LCD screen, or electronic viewfinder (EVF) to visualize<\/em> the world in black and white.<\/p>\n

If you shoot with an iPhone, set it to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Noir\u00e2\u20ac\u009d black and white mode while<\/em> you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re shooting.<\/p>\n

2. How to see figure to ground<\/h2>\n

To see the world according to figure to ground is simple:<\/p>\n