RULE OF THIRDS

The rule of thirds is the quintessential composition technique that you’ve no doubt heard of. This is where you divide your frame into nine equal boxes so that you have a

3x3 grid, and then line up your horizon with one of those lines, depending on whether you’re shooting in the portrait or landscape orientation. You then position your focal point on one or more of the cross sections of the grid. The reason this works so well is because it gives your image a good amount of breathing space, where your subject or focal point isn’t uncomfortably close to the edge of the frame, or right in the middle.