Composition - The Rule of Thirds One of the most used
compositional rules in photography and one that I use quite a
lot is the ‘Rule of Thirds‘ It is probably one of the most
important compositional rules that a photographer can learn, by
following this rule, your images will be well balanced and have
impact. However it is not the only rule and can be broken should
the image require it, but to break it you have to understand it.
Imagine that the view finder or LCD screen of your camera is
split into thirds both horizontally and vertically, creating a
grid of nine squares. With the grid in your mind’s eye, now
focus on the points where the lines cross, there will be four in
total, upper left, upper right, bottom left and bottom right.
When framing your landscape try and place a point of interest
from within the landscape on one of the intersections and the
horizon line along either the upper or bottom gridline. In the
example above, the tree has been deliberately placed on the
upper right intersection with the