How the Rule of Thirds Will Improve Your Pictures

Understanding the science and art of improving composition.

Do you keep the grid of camera on, or add grid while cropping the photos to make the picture fit into the rule of thirds power points? Do you find pictures improving? What do you think happens while using grids? There’s an art and science at work as we use the rule of thirds. Let’s find out.

Rule of thirds is a ratio. It is, simply, 2:1. In 1800s, Sir Joshua Reynolds set the ratio of warm color to cold color as 2:1 in a painting. ...