Saturday, February 15, 2014

Rule of Thirds

Before you can break photographic rules you need to at least know what they are.  The “Rule of Thirds” is one of the first things that budding digital photographers learn about in classes on photography and as it is the basis for well balanced and interesting shots.
rule-of-thirds
The theory is that if you place points of interest in the intersections or along the lines that your photo becomes more balanced and will enable a viewer of the image to interact with it more naturally.
Examples:
Breaking the rules and still liking the photos


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  1. Came via your link on Liberate Your Art; very much liked this post; I am an amateur photographer and use my photos in my artwork - this was helpful :-) So much distilled in such a simple diagram. Thanks.

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    1. You are very welcome. I hope you signed up for the blog--more posts coming soon!

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