The first of our photographic rule or technique assignments starts with probably the first composition rule you will learn when you study photography: The Rule of Thirds, sometimes known as the Golden Rule. It basically encourages you to set up your shot to be the most visually pleasing and dynamic as possible. So that the eye of the viewer is lead gently around the photograph and the various components within, and is not challenged by competing elements. Its easy to learn, and something that most people that have the photographic "eye" do naturally anyway. You simply imagine the frame of your shot is intersected by two lines, both vertically and horizontally, and you place key planes (e.g. the horizon) or points of interest either along the lines or at the intersection points or both. For some examples see here, and more in depth explanation is found here. Good luck! Later on in our assignment series we will deliberately break the Rule to show that all good rules should be broken :) But only once you have learned them!
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