General rules of photgraphy . . . .

[Matthias099]

We all know basic rules of photography like the rule of thirds etc.
What I'd like to do is start a collection, if you will, of all those rules, to have them on one thread. I think especially the newer ones among us will appreciate that. (I am not that experienced either - yet)

So go ahead and let us know which rule or technique you think is worth of mentioning here, that should be observed always (with exceptions, of course) to make our pictures look their very best.

Also if you have sample pictures, that make your point, even better.

Often it might be just a slight adjustment in our technique etc. that can make a huge difference.

Okay so let's fire away . . . .

[Rentham]

Always bring a towel.

[Matthias099]

Never heard that one before . . . .

[Matthias099]

Found this article on the internet which is pretty good.

10 Top Photography Composition Rules | Photography Mad

Who wants to add to these rules?

[SwissJon]

Originally Posted by Matthias099

Never heard that one before . . . .

FYI

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels.

A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

[Matthias099]

Aha! Maybe I need to actually read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Didn't see the need for it - until now.

[zona5101]

are you guys looking for this thread??? Thread Jacking, and why you shouldnt do it.

[Krusty79]

Someone had a similar thread - If I could tell new photographers one thing...

[NgaiHill]

And should you ever lose your towel, remember...... DON'T PANIC!

[AnonymousKiwi1]

Forty - two