Rule of Thirds
One of the most important rules to keep in your mind while capturing a Photo and you want the photo to be looked as a professional one is Rule Of Thirds.
In photography theory, the rule of thirds makes a photo more interesting and professional to the viewers. While capturing a photo, guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.
In the year 1797, the rule of thirds was introduced by John Thomas Smith. In his book Remarks on Rural Scenery, Smith quotes a 1783 work by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in which Reynolds discusses, in unquantified terms, the balance of dark and light in a painting.Smith then continues with an expansion on the idea, naming it the "Rule of thirds":
Two distinct, equal lights, should never appear in the same picture : One should be principal, and the rest sub-ordinate, both in dimension and degree : Unequal parts and gradations lead the attention easily from part to part, while parts of equal appearance hold it awkwardly suspended, as if unable to determine which of those parts is to be considered as the subordinate. "And to give the utmost force and solidity to your work, some part of the picture should be as light, and some as dark as possible : These two extremes are then to be harmonized and reconciled to each other."
It is not necessary to follow the rule of thirds all the time. As we know that rules are made to be broken. It is recommended to follow the THEORY and you must KNOW the same in any professions. And only after that you will be able to play with your gadget and try different experiment.
No Rule Of Thirds
Key factor to capture an Image:
There are few things to remember while capturing an image.
- Aperture: One of the most important thing is Aperture. to make your photograph more interesting you must balance your light and focus. The more you increase focal length (f value denoted as focal length) you will get the entire picture focused. For example,
f1/8
f/10
So basically you need to know your requirement and base on that you need to set the aperture.
- Shutter Speed: We can atleast guess what is it by it's name. Yes this the the time you want your shutter to open and pass the light into the lens.Highest value is 30 seconds and quickest speed is 1/6400. In higher camera they have even more speed.
for example, If you want to shoot a milky way, you need to open your shutter for 30 seconds or based on the surrounding lights. And if you want to capture a humming bird, you need to set your shutter speed over 1/1000.
Shutter speed 30 Secs
Shutter speed 1/1000
- ISO: Stands for International Organization for Standardization. This is another key factor of photography where you must set the ISO according to your aperture and shutter speed. Remember high ISO consumes high noise. The photo in night sky above has a lot of noise due to high ISO as you need to set ISO high or auto while hotter speed is super quick and adequate light is not sufficient that are coming thru the lens.
These are few very basic rules of photography I shared today. Will share more articles on this.