Theme - Rule Of Thirds

In my 2009 In Photos group we are doing a Rule Of Thirds theme. I believe this is the single most important technique in photography. It has absolutely transformed my photography.

The idea is to divide your view screen up into a tic-tac-toe grid and put your subject one one of the lines or intersecting points. Keep your subject from being dead center in the frame. There are times of course to break this rule but it is very effective.

Here are some of my images using this technique.


60mm, ISO 100, f/5.6 for 1/50 sec.


47mm, ISO 1600, f/8 for 1/250 sec.


50mm, ISO 400, f/2.8 for 1/50 sec.

Chris.