Rule of thirds
I haven’t started the composition part of the the course yet as I’m trying to come up with something a bit more interesting than passing traffic for the panning exercise. If pushed on what I know about the subject already I think I could only come up with the rule of thirds. Every week I some really great photography dropping into my in-box thanks to the Magnum picture of the week service.
Last week it was this photo by Chien-Chi, http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&IID=2K7O3RJ2VSX9&CT=Image&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm
If ever a picture displayed the rule this one has it by the bucket load! Vertically the couples eyes are about on the 1/3 up line and the tops of their heads 1/3 down, each of their noses are about 1/3 in from the edge, that and the looks in the eyes of the couple all add up to a very engaging picture.
See and Imagine 