It's a guideline for composition in paintings, photography etc. basically to really make your photos pop and to learn how to place things off-center without there being awkward/unwanted negative space. It's a great, great rule to follow if you want to spice up your photography a little bit and get away from the standard having the subject focused in the middle thing~
Basically you just visualize a graph similar to this (http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Michael_Fodor/Photo_School_-_Rule_of_Thirds/ruleofthirds.jpg) over your composition and make sure that the subject is placed along the lines or intersections!
Some good examples (with the graph on the photo!) - one (http://z.about.com/d/photography/1/0/g/-/-/-/rainbow.jpg) - two (http://photohub.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/rule-of-thirds.jpg) - three (http://www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/photography/rule_of_thirds.jpg) - four (http://thinkdan.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/eagle.jpg)
It can be frustrating at first and AS ALWAYS with rules, there are exceptions. Just experiment!
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Basically you just visualize a graph similar to this (http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Michael_Fodor/Photo_School_-_Rule_of_Thirds/ruleofthirds.jpg) over your composition and make sure that the subject is placed along the lines or intersections!
Some good examples (with the graph on the photo!)
- one (http://z.about.com/d/photography/1/0/g/-/-/-/rainbow.jpg)
- two (http://photohub.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/rule-of-thirds.jpg)
- three (http://www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/photography/rule_of_thirds.jpg)
- four (http://thinkdan.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/eagle.jpg)
It can be frustrating at first and AS ALWAYS with rules, there are exceptions. Just experiment!
Nadine//Claw