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The Rule of
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The Rule of Thirds is a concept that breaks a picture down into
a grid of 3 x 3. By concentrating points of interest on the center horizontal
and vertical lines, it makes a picture more interesting. Note how the
cricket’s antennae bisects the corner of the center square and his body
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Studies have show that when people look at pictures, their
eyes tend to go from left to right concentrating on the corners of the center
grid rather than the center. The rule of thirds is by no means a hard and
fast rule. |
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One of the most important things in photography is to notice
what is behind what you are shooting! |
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The photo on the left is what is called the raw picture. It’s exactly
as I shot it. The picture on the right is the same photo cropped. Even
cropped the above picture is diminished because of the train wreck behind it.
Note the Rule of Thirds in the cropped photo. |
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By moving just a bit, I took another picture without the train
wreck and was able to crop out edge of the table. When I shoot a picture, I
always take a bit more than what I want for a final picture because I know I
am going to crop it. What I would like you to do now is look at pictures you have
taken and think about how you can crop them using the Rule of Thirds. |
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In the next installment I’ll talk about picture size and
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