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  • The Rule of Thirds

    Saturday, July 28th, 2007

    The Rule of Thirds is probably the #1 guideline in photography for taking good pictures. Keep in mind that it’s a guideline, and not actually a rule. Just if you are beginning in photography, or people just aren’t reacting to your photos in a way that you would like, this is a good place to [...]

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    The “Rules” of Photography

    Thursday, July 26th, 2007

    I took a photography class years ago offered by a local camera store (the recently defunct Warehouse Photographic). I remember vaguely them talking about rules. Some of them that I can remember are: 1. The rule of thirds- never place your subject in the center of the frame, but rather offset to one side or [...]

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