Photo Tip of the Day-Rule of Thirds

A basic composition technique is "the rule of thirds". Basically, think of your image divided into nine squares.
Most people tend to place their subjects, people or objects, in the center of the frame. But when things are centered...they seem almost too balanced and fail to catch our eye. The image is static.

Instead, our eye is drawn to things off centered. When something is slightly off... we notice it.
To make your photos more "interesting"...think of this rule of thirds as you compose your image.
For example....a landscape. Avoid having the horizon dead center, splitting the photograph in a top and a bottom. Instead, experiment with more sky, or more ground...just not in the middle. Use the 9 squares as a guideline. If there is an old barn, or a person,  in the landscape...use the same rule. Place it/them off center, by about a third.

Snap?

A client called me the other day and said something along the lines of "you have a really nice camera that takes big photos, right? Can you come snap a few for me?".

Note to all non-photo geeks in the world. Yes, it is a nice camera, but it really can't take any photos by itself at all. I do that, and it has nothing to do with "snapping" anything.

As much as I love gear (and yes, most photo geeks LOOOOOVE their gear), good photos are about light, composition, and capturing a moment. The nicest camera in the world can't help you with those. Sure, once you have all those down, great gear certainly helps. Key word...helps.

I want to remain open minded about people's lack of understanding but at the same time, I can't imagine calling my accountant saying "hey, you've got that really nice calculator....".