Contrary to popular belief, the best place for your subject isn't the centre of the frame-it's a liitle off-centre. To be precise, imagine the frame divided into nine parts by two horizontal and two vertical lines as shown in image below -
Photo by thegreatlandoni
The best places for your subject are at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines (red marks in the image above). This is the Rule of Thirds which is the basic rule of photography which every photographer must know.
Photo by geoff-in0z
Photo by alancleaver 2000
In the above photo, the bird is slightly off-centre according to Rule of Thirds.
Rule of Thirds is an important rule in photography but it is not neccesary that you follow it everytime (rules are made to break). Sometimes image is better with the subject at the centre rather then off-centre. But before breaking the rule you should be 100% sure that image will look good or if you are confused which will look better than you can take some pics with the subject at the centre and also off-centre and then judge which is better.
But according to my experience, Rule of Thirds work most of the times.
Photo by thegreatlandoniThe best places for your subject are at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines (red marks in the image above). This is the Rule of Thirds which is the basic rule of photography which every photographer must know.
Photo by geoff-in0zPhoto by alancleaver 2000In the above photo, the bird is slightly off-centre according to Rule of Thirds.
Rule of Thirds is an important rule in photography but it is not neccesary that you follow it everytime (rules are made to break). Sometimes image is better with the subject at the centre rather then off-centre. But before breaking the rule you should be 100% sure that image will look good or if you are confused which will look better than you can take some pics with the subject at the centre and also off-centre and then judge which is better.
But according to my experience, Rule of Thirds work most of the times.
But every one should this basic rule. Must know for the professionals. I have a photography blog where I explained about Sunny 16 Rule.
http://trickytechtunes.blogspot.com/2015/11/sunny-16-rule-photography-without-light.html
I think this will be helpful for the readers.
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