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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Photo Blogging Challenge (August 2015): Rule of thirds

This month's challenge was the Rule of Thirds. As I was putting this all together I found myself wishing I had more examples of NOT following the rule. We all know the rules of photography were meant to be broken. And I know I have plenty of examples of that in my photo stream. Enough about breaking rules, lets look at those I took this month that follow the Rule of Thirds.

Sometimes I like using the bottom third leaving some negative space up top.
AMERICAN AIRLINES

It's true that following the Rule of Thirds lends to a visually appealing photograph. I've been doing it so long that generally I don't even think about it.
Smile!

People portraits are the easiest, I think, in terms of the Rule of Thirds. The eyes have it! Or at least the head.
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But animals work pretty good too. You don't have to keep it a traditional framing in order to keep it in the thirds.
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This one is another example of a more non-traditional framing. I wanted to increase the sense of urgency by showing the kid trying to run off the frame vs. more lead room of a traditional framing.
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And a bonus shot to show you can go vertical as well and still follow the Rule of Thirds and she was just too sassy not to include.
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Check out more examples by visiting the other participants over at a 'lil hoohaa blog. Take a look at September's challenge and think about participating. Visit all of my August shots over at my flickr stream. Until next month.