Street Photography Tricks | Vanishing Point

Big greetings, community! Today I want to tell you about a classic trick in photography and drawing, also widely used to present architecture projects, I mean the 'Vanishing Point'.

The vanishing point is an effect that occurs because as we move away from the objects we can see how they become smaller and smaller, this translated into the two-dimensional plane, it is a point where many oblique lines converge. In many cases because the reference objects are elongated and parallel to each other, like the tracks of a train, for example. We can observe this effect when looking towards a long corridor or some space enclosed by walls, we can see them when we get on a bus or an airplane.

As we can see in this scene, we find many lines that goes in the same direction, if we extend them we can see that they all converge in a single point. The more elongated elements there are, the more the vanishing point will stand out.

As we have seen in the examples, it is easy to identify the vanishing points on a day-to-day basis, for photography it is one of those tricks that is always good to have in the repertoire of skills.

For those just starting out in the field of photography, I recommend observing the nature of this effect, photographing it, and recording it. For painting it is also an excellent tool that will help us give life and depth to each work.

This is the second publication in a series that I have called ‘Street Photography Tricks’, and in which I would like to share the things I have learned after several years of practicing photography as an art fan. The previous post in this series was about reflective surfaces, here is the link in case you want to check: https://peakd.com/hive-148441/@ricardomello/street-photography-tricks-or-reflective-surfaces

I would also like to add that one trick does not eliminate the other, what I mean is that 'reflective surfaces' can be combined with 'vanishing points' as we will see in the next photograph.

I invite you to practice with your cameras or also with the camera of your cell phones, the simple fact of recognizing the vanishing points for sure will increase your skills as a photographer.

• Own Photographs / Camera: Olympus SZ-12.
• Editing Software: Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Paint.

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