Lesson 2 - Rules of thirds and Compostion

The rule of thirds is one of the main "rules" in art and photographic composition and stems from the theory that the human eye naturally gravitates to intersection potints that occur when an image is spilt into thirds. 

In the rule of thirds, photos are divided into thirds with two imaginary lines vertically and two lines horizontally making three columns, three rows, and nine sections in the images. Important compositional elements and leading lines are placed on or near the imaginary lines and where the lines intersect.

RULE OF THIRDS GRID

We were assigned to compose our subject matters in a 6 inches by 9 inches black frame with 1 inch border out of mounting board. I chosen  SHOES as my subject matter. We were required to take 50 photos and choose 30 of the best shots of our chosen subject matter and compile them into a short video which is less than 5 minutes.

RULES OF THIRDS EXAMPLES

Example of LANDSCAPES

The focus is on the land area rather than the sky so the bottom two-thirds of the photograph are filled with land and the top third is sky.

Example of PORTRAIT

As you can see, the eyes are lined up with the upper horizontal line and each eye is where the upper horizontal line intersects with a vertical line.

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