Originally Posted by DakarM
the part I quoted.
I never tell anyone that is starting to learn photography what I quoted.
it's photography by recipe and I for one dislike it.
Almost everything captured has a rule of 1/3's in it really. It's part of life one could say :-/
Originally Posted by DakarM
Still a rule of thirds going on there, like Will stated.
Originally Posted by Nightshade
I am going to have to agree that the best rule is to break traditional rules.
The only real rules a photographer should ever have to go by is aperature settings and shutter time lapse settings because these are tried and true methods...not rules but methods.
Use various settings and see what each of them does then try them with each other overlapping them etc. practice with different angles, and frame fill techniques and eventually you will find your own style.
Art is rarely about following any rules
Rules are there for a reason
Knowing them before you break them will help more than just breaking them one could say
