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Tut 01 : The Rule of Thirds, what's behind ?So here we are, my first little article about "photography" ! Sorry in advance for my bad English, hope you will be able to get through :p
To begin this adventure, I wanted to start up-front with a concept I am sure many of you have heard of : drum-roll...  "The Rule of Thirds" !
It is certainly the most controversial and well known composition rule. Half of the world says :
Follow this rule ! it is the key to lovely pictures
The other half screams :
This is nonsense, there is no rule, be free and walk your own path !
So where is the truth ? who's right or wrong ? What should I do ?
I do not say that I have the answer, but at least I can share with you what I feel about that. And what I feel is that this rule is actually less of a rule and more of a particular case. Yep, you heard me right, this rule may actually be seen as a simple example of much larger concepts.
The Rule
If you're not familiar with this rule, here is a little reminde
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The Problem with 'Focus & Recompose' method. Sorry for any bad spellings etc.. I didn't check it :)
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~skaRface6 Jun 3, 2009
Great info! Thanks a lot :D
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~TRBPhotographyLLC May 22, 2009  Professional Photographer
Good Info!!
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~deylac May 18, 2009
Very interesting. :)
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