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Originally Posted by AnnetteJ
That sounds like an interesting rule, thanks, I hadn't heard of it. Does it have a name? I can't think of an obvious one like rule of thirds has, rule of intersecting 45% diagonals is not quite so snappy...  |
Bakker's Saddle, I think it is named after the photographer that created it. It is often used in wedding photography.
And there are more, and more, and more. Photography is no different from art, the same rules apply because you are dealing with three dimensional objects on a two dimensional plain.
These rules are used by journalist's, commercial photographer's or wedding photographer's to grab the viewer AND get the message across that they want to convey.
Leading Lines is another.
I am currently doing massive panorama's of interesting streets, about 4foot by 1.5foot and composed of anything up to a 100 portrait shots. To do it I have to use the Perspective Rule so that the viewer actually feels that they are standing on the corner looking straight up the street or down the side street. Go for the overused Rule of Thirds would completely destroy the panorama.
The sad thing is that if you go onto the web and search most sites only cover the Rule of Thirds. But persistance will produce results. And it is these rules and few little tricks that seperate the professionals from those that would like to be (besides the equipment, which tends to be fully auto).