KNOW-HOW // PHOTOGRAPHY
COMPOSITION
Divide the scene laid out before you into sections, and you can create a more pleasing photographic composition
1 How to use the rule of thirds
The rule of thirds can be used in all genres of photography, but you’ll find it especially useful for landscapes (p92).
By splitting the scene into virtual thirds, vertically and horizontally, you can balance the composition, carefully positioning your main point of interest (a tree in the example below) on a point where the lines intersect, to draw the viewer’s eye into the scene.