How To Take Photos - Rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is an important rule of thumb that you need to know when you are learning how to take photos.

The rule of thirds is to do with composition of the photograph and how to get the most interesting picture by arranging the subject, background and foreground to interconnect with each other.

The rule is to imagine a tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses) broad over the image you are trying to take.  now rather then placing the subject in the middle of the frame ( or middle square) try placing them at one of the intersections where the lines cross over.  You will get a more interesting photo.

Similarly, if you are taking a landscape shot, rather than placing the horizon on the middle of the frame place it on the top horizontal line ( of your imaginary tic-tac-toe board) you will get a photo with more depth because the viewers eyes will be drawn up the photo making them look at the foreground first then towards the "back" of the photo where the horizon is.

We found this book to be quite helpful - The Digital Photography Book: The Step-by-step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros

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