Take engaging photos using the rule of thirds
Photographers often talk about framing a photo when they compose a shot in the viewfinder, and for good reason. You can think of the act of taking a photo like taking an empty photo frame and hanging it in the air to capture a slice of reality. The decisions you make about what to include in the frame add up to the difference between a memorable photo and a throwaway snapshot.
Want to improve your photos? With a little practice, you can easily take advantage of some of the established rules of composition that photographers have relied on for well over a century.
Rule of Thirds
Even if you don’t know it by name, I am willing to bet that you are at least a little familiar with photography’s most basic and well-known rule: The Rule of Thirds. After all, most photos (and paintings) rely on it. Virtually every movie and TV show uses it repeatedly over the course of the story. Expressed in just one sentence, the Rule of Thirds is simply this: Put the subject of your photo pretty much anywhere except dead center in the image.
But here’s a more precise definition: Take any photo and draw two lines through it, each one a third of the way from one of the edges. You’ll end up with something that looks like a photographic tic-tac-toe board.
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