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Five simple photo composition tips

David Johnson, PCWorld

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1. The Rule of Thirds

Most people are at least somewhat familiar with the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds is ubiquitous: Every movie and TV show makes almost constant use of it, and professional photographers avoid putting the subject in the center of the frame almost without exception. To understand it, draw two lines through a photo, dividing it into thirds. This turns it into something like a tic-tac-toe board, as you see here.