This week we will do a "Back to the Basics" assignment, "Rule of Thirds." Sometimes it's good to review compositional basics. This is a "rule" that is often broken in both good and bad ways. Some ideas:
- Try composing in your camera instead of depending on cropping.
- Pick up a 5x7 picture frame (or cut one out of cardboard). Hold it up to the subject you are planning to photograph and plan out your best composition using the frame as a guide. This is good practice even when you don't use your camera to help you develop an eye for composition.
- Rule of Thirds on the DPS blog
My Coffee is sitting on one of the "thirds" lines.
As always, the rules...
Please note the change in closing time.
1. Your image you submit should be taken between the 4th and the 18th of February. Each week as an assignment closes on the Wednesday, it will be AUTOMATICALLY deemed *CLOSED* after 8am GMT ( 3am EST) and any posts after that time will not be eligible for the assignment competition.
2. Your post must include "Assignment: Rule of Thirds" (to show your permission to count it for the contest) and the date the picture was taken (to show that it is a valid entry).
3. EXIF data should be intact. It helps if you can include the main points (including camera, lens, date taken, ISO, shutter speed and aperture) in the text of your message.
4. Only one entry per member (if you can't restrain yourself until the end of the first week you can post two or three separate pictures but your entry should be in a separate post and the only marked with the text above).
5. Remember the cross-site image size limit (800px on the longest side).
6. If the image does not exist in post at the end of the contest, it is disqualified. If you modify anything on flickr and re-save the image then the link is broken and the message needs edited to link the picture again before it will be included in the contest.
For everyone, please do not repeat other people's photos by quoting them until the contest is over. If you want to comment on or discuss an entry you can use a link to it (or just delete the picture from the quoted text).
7. If you are looking for the winners of the mini-contest, please check the front page of the
DPS blog Saturday late afternoon (EST) or
here.
Next week we're going to go with another common compositional camera "rule" that you should have a crack at is "Balance"
Have a look here -
BALANCE - next week.