Sunday, 23 November 2008

Rule of Thirds!

What is the Rule of Thirds?

  • One of the most popular 'rules' in photography is the Rule of Thirds. So the basic principle behind it is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds horizontally and vertically so that you have 9 parts. As follows


  • As you’re taking an image you would have done this in your mind through your viewfinder or in the LCD display that you use to frame your shot.
    With this grid in mind the ‘rule of thirds’ now make out four important parts of the image that you should consider placing points of interest in as you frame your image.


  • Using the rule of thirds helps produce nicely balanced easy on the pictures. works with this natural way of viewing an image rather than working against it.

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