The rule of thirds is probably the first and quite possibly the most popular compositional tool out there for photography. I don’t really know anyone who hasn’t started to become a decent photographer who hasn’t followed it, but like Vin Diesel said in The Knockaround Guys, “You learn a lot of things on the way to 500.” And as you progress as a photographer you too should learn to ‘F’ the Rule of Thirds. One of the largest issues we are faced with now is that even our cameras give us viewfinder and live view options to divide those viewing locations to our images up into a grid of nine little rectangles. This promotes an almost automatic placement of our subjects within the rule. And if you have ever taken a workshop with me you will quickly learn that I hate rules. Stop signs, speed limits, no parking zones – all mere suggestions in my world…….

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Jay Goodrich Rule of Thirds Rules Of Photography