Comments on: An Introduction to Photography Composition

By: Hali

Hali — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:52:40 +0000

Thank you so much for a wonderful guide. I’ve been shooting for years but it’s so nice to review and see things laid out so succinctly.

By: Zsoa

Zsoa — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:03:17 +0000

Thank you very much, for these well summarized councils. I will use them.

By: matthew

matthew — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:13:57 +0000

thank you very much for writing this

By: Gabriel H.

Gabriel H. — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:14:09 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. It is not as in-depth as some of the others that I have read- and that is a good thing, it helps to have a quick, simple, refreshing review. And yet it still explained each technique quite well.

Good job.

Ms. Cassandra,

I am arguably Obsessive-Compulsive- but once I started taking pictures using the rule of thirds, I was so impressed with the result.

By: Cassandra Olmstead

Cassandra Olmstead — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:28:33 +0000

Thank you for these informative lessons. They are very well done and easy to follow.

I have a question of everyone. I have had the rule of thirds explained in many classes; however, nobody seems to include the possibility that not everybody sees photographs in this realm all the time. I have found that many classic type “A” personalities feel “uncomfortable” with the uneven balance of thirds – including myself in specific photos.

In the photos above, most of them are beautifully laid out and draw the eye comfortably to the subject. However, with some photos like the bird in the hand, it makes me feel somewhat off balance and I find myself wanting to move the photo to the left. The Eiffel Tower photo does the same for me, but not to the extent of some of the others.

I was just wondering if anybody else had this problem and how they deal with it?