photography tip - rule of thirds
Rule of thirds, make your photographs look more dynamic by placing the important or focal point of the image appear on a line that cuts either horizontally or vertically through the image at a point 1/3 the width or height of the image either from the left or the right, or top or bottom.
Diagram of the rule of thirds
Look at the next 2 photos and compare them for impact.
Photograph of Basingstoke Gate
The 1st photograph cuts the image into 2 so looks like it is 2 seperate pictures.
Photograph of Basingstoke Gate showing rule of 1/3
Here the image has been cropped so that the edge of the gate is closer to one edge of the picture, it looks less like 2 photographs stuck together and more like a shot of the gate with some of the background in view, a more pleasing shot to look at.
Of course not all images need to be taken in this way i.e. portraits and close ups can be taken such that the subject is in the middle of the photograph, but even here it is worth considering putting the eyes on the top horizontal 1/3 line or other parts of the body on other 1/3 lines, try it and see. I will add other composition improvements to this blog later this month.
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