Rule of Thirds in Photography

Much has been said about the so-called “Rule of Thirds” or “Golden Rule” in photography.

It basically boils down to dividing your image or viewfinder into 9 equal parts by two equally-spaced imaginary lines and two equally-spaced imaginary vertical lines. The visually dominant areas are where these imaginary vertical and horisontal lines intersects. You can also position the point of interest along the vertical or the horizontal lines. Try to NEVER place the subject in the middle of the frame.

It is of importance to try and position your point of interest onto one of these intersections. The most dominant intersection is top right, second is bottom left, third bottom right and the least dominant position top left.

The “Rule of Thirds” is just one of several possible compositions but is the most commonly used.

A rule can also be broken – provided that you know what the rule is!

Some other interesting links to this subject is listed below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Edwin_Leong/Camera_Hobby_-_e-Book_on_the_Rule_of_Thirds.htm

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