What is the Rule of Thirds?

It is a "rule of thumb" or a guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images; for example: designs, films, paintings, and photographs. This guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts. Divided by two equally spaced horizontal lines & two equally spaced vertical lines. Also states that important subjects should be placed along these lines or their intersections. They claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy & interest in the composition than simply centering the subject. - Wiki

I've added a few photographs taken by me in this blog post, that had the rule of thirds in action.

Shooting Preview:

I'll show you here a shot of what my camera looks like when I took the photo (Sample, not actual). My viewfinder has gridlines showing to guide me when taking shots while considering the rule of thirds.

As you can see on this photograph of my pair of slippers, the subjects fall right on the gridlines and occupy 2 intersections. A principle based and discussed by the rule of thirds. I'm quite a beginner at this though so I'm still trying to improve how I execute the rule.

Other sample photos:

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Do you think the rule of thirds does a fine job at emphasizing subjects on a photo? I do. And I'm finding myself trying to shoot with those gridlines to help me out, and continuously producing photos applying this certain rule of thumb. I think my photos turn out nicer when I use it rather than just shooting randomly all the time.

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