Rule of Thirds

Rule of thirds

What is Rule of thirds?

The rule of thirds is a guideline witch helps the process of composing pictures, the focus point of a picture would be placed on one of the third lines or intersecting points, to create a new focus point away from the middle of the picture, which is usually used.

Examples of Rule of thirds? 

This picture is a good example of the Rule of Thirds, because the focus point of the picture is the house, this is created on the first line of the 3, so the focus point, is the left. This makes the eye look at the left of the picture, and focus on that, because the picture is all roughly white, it would be not as interesting if there was no focus point, or if it was just in the middle of the picture. It is placed in the intersection point.

Placing one or more elements of the subject at (or very near) the intersecting points adds power to them and makes them much more noticeable.This again is a good example of an Rule of Thirds picture because the focus point is placed on the line, which again creates a new focus point, so the eye is drawn to this. 

 

A horizon should normally be placed along (or near) the upper or lower of the two horizontal lines. This will drag the eye to the bottom of the picture and make it a lot more interesting, rather than having the horizon right in the middle. It also makes it look longer which makes it more eye-catching. 

Use of straight and curved lines along (or near) "rule of thirds" lines, or to connect their intersecting points tend to be aesthetically pleasing, this picture has made the focus point to be the fence, having the line in the picture connect with the rule of third line can add a longer look to the picture, this makes the view look more exciting, rather than having it placed in the middle. This also makes the viewer want to study the majority of the picture, as it looks so long.

 The four pictures i have looked at all are different, but similar in some ways, they are all using the "rule of thirds" but in completely different ways. The photographer's main focus is for the picture to be interesting, but not only that to enhance the look of whatever their taking and i feel that the four pictures i have picked to represent this all do it sufficiently well. Each one of them use the lines and intersecting points differently and to their advantage, i have explained this underneath each one.