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The element of the photo closest to you makes up the foreground. The furthest element away from you is the background, while the middle ground makes up the area in between. Not all photos have (or need) all three elements — some might only have a foreground and background, or a middle ground and background.

Foreground can be used to put your subject into context. This is often the job of the background, but you can sometimes use the foreground to add to the scene and highlight the subject. Taking a step back to include more of the foreground might help enhance the subject and its environment.

Inform students that the three parts they have assembled are called the foreground, middle ground, and background of the painting (see glossary).

Deep focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image, or how much of it appears sharp and clear. In deep focus, the foreground, middle ground, and background are all in focus.

Middle ground is the space occurring between the foreground and background, it's the middle part of our composition. Background is the space behind the main object of composition. This will be the part of the composition that looks like it is furthest away from you.

The foreground of a picture or scene you are looking at is the part or area of it that appears nearest to you. He is the bowler-hatted figure in the foreground of Orpen's famous painting. If something or someone is in the foreground, or comes to the foreground, they receive a lot of attention.

The foreground element should be the first thing that the viewer sees, with the middle ground being next. These two elements, when combined correctly, take the viewer's eye naturally to the background which provides a sense of depth and further interest to the viewer.