photogs - and who are we kidding... sometimes veteran photogs, sadly - think they need to be centering up a subject in a photograph. Say whaaaat??? (I blame darts, archery, and other bullseye-ish games) That's not good composition! Using the rule of thirds means this: when you shoot your photograph (or design your poster, or book cover, or whatever!), mentally divide your image into 3rds (horizontally and vertically), and then place your subject on one of those imaginary lines. That's it! Pretty easy right? I've given you an example above, and then another below with some 3rd lines overlaying. If you want a constant reminder, I suggest getting a grid focusing screen put in your camera. I've linked to a couple different Canon camera screens below (sorry Nikon users, find it yourself - haha!); they're only like $30 on Amazon, and are pretty simple to install.
Now that you know the rule of thirds, two things are going to happen.
1) you're going to all of a sudden SUCK at darts.
2) you're going to notice rule of thirds all over the place! Seriously, it's everywhere
Talk to you soon
Wade
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