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Breaking the rules FINDING INSPIRATION
Guidelines are there as a starting point, but that
doesn’t mean you have to stick to them all the time. To see great examples of good composition, visit art
Ultimately, how you want your photo to look is galleries and study the paintings that you think really
stand out. Why do you think they work so well? Look at
just as important as the rules of composition, and how the key elements are positioned within the picture,
to be creative, you sometimes have to break the which colors have been used, and how the light and
rules. The Rule of Thirds, for example, discourages shade fall. It is also a good idea to study photographs
you from placing your subjects centrally. However, that you admire to figure out how the photographer has
achieved the effects that you like. You can then adopt
if a photo would be stronger with a central subject, the same techniques yourself, or try recreating the
you should ignore the rule. The same applies to all images in your own way to see how close you can
the other guidelines covered in this section. get to the effects created in the original photographs.

BREAKING THE RULES

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