tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post5999071730164219725..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: On Rules of Compositionamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-20861487375415461372013-05-21T07:33:54.980-07:002013-05-21T07:33:54.980-07:00Photographers are the only ones really obsessed wi...Photographers are the only ones really obsessed with the Rule of Thirds, and they get it wrong. Painters and graphic designers sometimes divide the frame up into thirds and stick thinks inside those areas, but only photographers put things ON the lines, as near as I can tell.<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-32115412152827813162013-05-21T06:47:07.485-07:002013-05-21T06:47:07.485-07:00I recently re-read a book on composition in art, w...I recently re-read a book on composition in art, which uses only paintings as examples, and was surprised to find that it did not mention ROT anywhere, not even once. There was some discussion of dividing the frame according to the golden mean, which appeared to give similar results, but even this was only one of many factors to consider in composition. Another thing which might surprise people who've learned composition only through camera clubs or internet photo forums is that no taboo against centering a subject was expressed. The problem really is centering something in a way that traps the eye in the center, giving it no place to go. There are many classic paintings with a centered subject, but there are lines created by body tilt, raised arms, etc. that keep the viewer's eye moving. There's some interesting stuff on this in Arnheim's Art and Visual Perception, which I've never managed to finish, but will continue to attempt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com