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Forget the Rule of Thirds — This Composition Approach Actually Holds Up in Landscape Photography
I used to think knowing the rule of thirds made me a smart visual thinker. I slapped that grid overlay on everything, nodded approvingly when my subject landed near an intersection point, and called it a day. Then I started doing it with photos that were clearly mediocre, and the grid still lined up. That’s when I realized the rule of thirds might be less of a guiding principle and more of a post-hoc justification machine.