The Rule Of Thirds

Knowing the Rules

The idea is to imagine that your frame or image is split into nine equal parts which is made up of two horizontal lines and two vertical lines.

Once grasping this concept, you can then place your subject or key part of your scene, on or near a point of where the lines cross.
This is not essential in all aspects of photography because the rule of thirds does not work in certain shots and does not apply.
An example of the rule of thirds is shown below in a short video that i made.



Another example is shown below aswell.



This example shows how placing the sunlit peak at one of the hotspots gives this photograph depth and eventually leads us to the desired location.
The bottom third features the foreground, the middle third features the hills and pathways and the top third features the horizon and clouds. This is a basic composition that adheres to the rule of thirds.