Here are just some of the rules of photography:
This is a series where through analysing photographs that have defied convention to produce powerful results, which have been highly praised and awarded, we will show you how to have some fun breaking rules.
For this first article I shall discuss possibly the most often talked about "rules", which pertains to composition. We often ridicule those who mindlessly point the camera and shoot with the subject slap bang in the middle, but should we not also ask the same questions for those who unquestioningly put all our subjects on the thirds of a frame.
1) Rule of thirdsThat you can break, photography is an art form, as such we should avoid seeing rules as hard and fast laws, and instead as guidelines that often make for the best aesthetics. Great photographic works often stand out by breaking the rules.
2) Always leave space for subjects to move into
3) Fill the frame
4) Use a fast shutter speed for action shots
5) Portraits need telephoto lenses
6) Don’t use direct flash
7) Shoot from low down, high up, just anything but eye level
8) Don’t shoot landscapes at midday
9) Avoid shooting into direct sunlight
10) Don’t blow out the highlights
This is a series where through analysing photographs that have defied convention to produce powerful results, which have been highly praised and awarded, we will show you how to have some fun breaking rules.
For this first article I shall discuss possibly the most often talked about "rules", which pertains to composition. We often ridicule those who mindlessly point the camera and shoot with the subject slap bang in the middle, but should we not also ask the same questions for those who unquestioningly put all our subjects on the thirds of a frame.
