Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Week #11 Centerpoint – Breaking the Rule of Thirds

Essay

To continue our discussion of the rule of thirds, let’s start by breaking it. Before you can break any rule, you have to understand it enough to be able to break it successfully. One thing you can do to break the rule of thirds is to put your subject in the middle of the frame. Although, using the counterpoint doesn’t always work.  It can make for a rather boring photo.  If you are going to use the middle at all, you need a specific and small point of focus, something that will draw immediately the eye to the center of the frame which your eye will then flow through the rest of the photo.

(Note: a square framed picture works best for a subject in the middle because it helps keep your eye in the center of the picture. We’ll talk about square perspectives in an upcoming essay.)

We had been to London, this year in early June. I feel some of these photos break the Rule of thirds:)

The Taj Hotel in the City of Westminster

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This is in the British Museum

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Beautiful flowers in Ealing Broadway

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In Greenwich

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Small and beautiful:)

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Just by chance 🙂

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In the Natural History museum

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4 responses to “Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Week #11 Centerpoint – Breaking the Rule of Thirds”

  1. Nice. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

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  2. Such a wonderful entry for this week’s challenge. I like the variety of photos you have. 😀

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    1. Thank you Cee:)

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