The Rule of Thirds

A video about the Rule of Thirds, a very simple way to dramatically improve the composition of photos, paintings, design, and so on.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• starfedrogue
• snapshot
• series
• rule
• of
• thirds
• photography
• photograph
• camera
• power
• points
• lines
• intersections
• grid
• alignment
• focal
• point
• interest

[YouAreQuiteRight]

I tried your grid system on my Ikebana arrangement; the results were appaling, it didn't work.

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Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[starfedrogue]

@YouAreQuiteRight Let's clear one thing up right away; this is not "my system" and I don't claim credit for it; the rule of thirds was first recorded by John Thomas Smith in 1797.

Rather than being a magic bullet for perfect images, ROT is a tool which can add energy and drama to a composition. I would have thought ROT is well suited to Ikebana when used as an aesthetic device, but ROT will give you much less back aesthetically than it will dramatically. Composition is a subtle affair!

[YouAreQuiteRight]

@starfedrogue Dear Rob,

Thanks for your conitinuing guidance.

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And you historical reference.

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Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[starfedrogue]

@YouAreQuiteRight You're welcome! Your comment and others' comments have convinced me that I should do this video again to clear up some misunderstandings, which is probably a good thing.

[dabigjokeoftheday]

........if you want to waste time taking pictures of nothing go for it.....why on earth would you want your main focal point shoved of to one side with nothing in the other 2/3...

[starfedrogue]

@dabigjokeoftheday This is a very basic overview of one principle of composition. Although it is called a "rule" it is not to be applied robotically for no real reason and there will be many situations where it is inappropriate or flat out harms the final image.

If you want to understand more about the fundamentals of photographic composition I would recommend Freeman's "The Photographer's Eye". It's less than $20 from Amazon US.

[caveman73]

Knowledge is power. Thanx mate.

[nanotek2711]

@henrychouk idk it's in the first silent hill on playstation 1.

[henrychouk]

@nanotek2711 wich soundtrack it is ?? PLEASE ,??

[YumMellon]

@dabigjokeoftheday you're thick as shit

[nanotek2711]

silent hill :-O

[YouAreQuiteRight]

@caveman73

Dear Cave.,

Sauce(!?); are you asking for a reference?

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Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[caveman73]

@YouAreQuiteRight BACK it up with source.

[YouAreQuiteRight]

@caveman73 Dear CavemanEric,

I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.

It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.

(Albert Einstein).

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Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[YouAreQuiteRight]

@starfedrogue Dear Rob, Thank you for your message. . The best thing to do, Rob, is to re-title the video. . I can't really think what you, in particular have as a problem according to your in-mail. But, reviewing the video DATA (ignoring the discourse), entitle the video in keeping with the DATA. . 'photo composition suggestions'; 'traditional ways of seeing'; Pyramidal Representation In The Captured Image'; gender symmetry in the contrived image. . Cheers. from, del-boy.