The Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds in photography is a method of how to take pictures. This method is creating/imagining a three by three grid on your camera lens. This gives the ability to place an object of choice in the best designated place. These places include the top left corner, intersections, & a couple of other places.

Using the rule of thirds can be simple if you know what you are doing or have a lot of practice with it. . . The first thing you need to know is that the rule of thirds includes a grid, either imaginary or camera set, that has nine blocks (a 3 by 3 grid). The best way to use this grid is by placing your object in the most popular place the eyes focuses on. However there are exceptions when it comes to something like faces and you should place that subjects eye in an intersection.

How to Use the RULE of THIRDS

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This image describes the rule of thirds by the light bulb being placed at the top left intersection where the viewers eye will most likely land first.

This image partially follows the rule of thirds because the main object, even though it is hard to see, is on intersecting lines. This helps with the appeal of the picture since the object is placed where the eye will look first creating the eye to try to discover more about the picture.

This picture uses the rule of thirds first by the rusty post leading the eyes to the main object, the flower. However, the flower is also at an intersection and is on the left side of the frame which is the most eye appealing location to place an object.

This photo follows the rule of thirds because of multiple things. Symmetry, intersections, and is also in the area where most eyes first look. There is symmetry b/c there are red flowers on both sides of the green leaf and smaller flower. Intersection b/c the flower is placed on an intersection point, & the object is also placed on the left side of the frame where most eyes look first.

This image demonstrates the rule of thirds mainly because the object of the picture, the keys, is places on a vertical line instead of in the middle where a picture would be more overlooked.

This image demonstrates some of the rule of thirds b/c the object, my dog, is located at the top left of the picture causing the eye to look there first and leading it to look into the picture more. However the dog is also looking through the picture which may be distracting.

This image has a lot going on but it still can follow some of the rules from the rule of thirds. This includes the main object, which is the lightest colored flower is partially at an intersection point. Even so this picture frame is full of flowers which creates the sensation of that is all there is in the picture which leads the viewer to pass over it quickly.

This image follows the rule of thirds because the horizon is set on part of a horizontal line and the object, the tire, is placed on a third of the frame leading the viewers eyes to go there first.

This picture follows the rule of thirds because the subject/dog’s eye is at an intersection instead of the middle of the picture and the dog is also looking away. However the picture has more room in front of the eyes and where they are looking.

This image definitely shows how hard it is to create a rule of thirds picture. This image does follow the rule of not being placed in the center and is instead in an off-sided block. However the viewer can see another glow from a lightbulb that is going out of the picture, which doesn’t follow the rule of thirds and causes the viewer to skim over the photo faster.

This image follows the rule of thirds by the subjects placement being in a block on the grid where a viewers eye is possibly going to look at first. There is also a rusted post that is going through the photo exactly at a vertical division line on the grid.

This image follows the rule of thirds because even though the main subject isn’t placed in the most popular location . . . but this image also leads you through the picture along the line of light bulbs.