An optical pickup includes: an objective lens that collects a first beam and a second beam and emits the first and second beam toward an optical information recording medium on which information can be recorded as a recording mark as a result of being exposed to the first beam; a section that drives the objective lens to focus the second beam on a reflection layer formed on the optical information recording medium, the reflection layer at least partly reflecting the second beam; and a section that changes the convergence state of the first beam to position a focal point of the first beam a distance away from a focal point of the second beam in the direction of depth in order to place the focal point of the first beam at a target depth.