Can someone tell me why the rule of thirds is fact?
TheNissanMan wrote: I think it is mainly aesthetics and images tend to be more pleasing to the eye although all rules are meant to be broken and this is no exception
The way you need to look at the rules is they are teachers of good composition. After you have learned the lessons you can then breaks the rules.
Dori wrote: If I remember correctly (don't hold me to this) I read something where the rule of thirds/golden ratio based on mathematics??? That everything in nature follows it???? Not saying it shouldn't be broken at times.
OK, so maybe I am losing my mind.
Exactly! That is the root of my question, I remember seeing something where there were claims that mathematically this all worked? I'd like to see this formula.
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