Composition Mission
If you have been following this column over the past year and a half, you will have read two things over and over. The first: Experiment, experiment, EXPERIMENT! And second: All rules should be broken, with regularity.
With that free-flowing approach in mind, here are a few tips to help you improve the composition of your photos. Remember, these are simple ideas to help your photography, not steadfast laws that must always be followed.
THE RULE OF THIRDS
This is the most commonly repeated composition concept—and a good one. Imagine lines dividing your viewfinder into thirds, both horizontally and vertically. Now try placing your main subject at one of the four intersection points of these imaginary lines, rather than dead centre of the frame—where most people instinctively place it. This is a trick stolen from Victorian-era painters, who found an off-centre subject pleasing to the eye.
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