How to Use the Rule of Thirds in Photography

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Check your camera to be sure that it has a grid.

   A lot of cameras these days have that capability.
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   Step 2: Do what you can to visualize a rule of thirds type of grids

   , Be sure the subject of your image is at the crosshatch whenever possible.
   
   Even if it isn't at the crosshatch, but at the location of a third; left, right, top, bottom.
   
   In this screenshot, you see that the eyes are at the top third. , Here you can see that the girls body is at the right third and her head is at the top right intersection (figuratively speaking).
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   Step 3: if it doesn't.

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   Step 4: With the 'visual' of the rule of thirds

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   Step 5: take a photograph.

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   Step 6: Be sure that the point of interest is at the intersection of the crosshatches

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   Step 7: either real or imagined.

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