Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds is a simple, yet effective way of changing up an image and making the focal point not be in the center of a photograph. This helps to draw the eyes to the subject, and then to the rest of the photograph, instead of just drawing the eyes to the middle. Basically, to achieve the rule of thirds, you want to think of the photograph in 9 sections. Top, middle, bottom, and left, middle, right. Think of it like a grid, you want the lines of the sections to intersect at some point with the subject on the grid. I demonstrate this with the frog photograph below. The frog intersects twice, which is what you want.

Here are my top 2 tips for achieving the Rule of Thirds - 

1) With the rule of thirds, the subject is either on the left or the right. Try to stick with this as it makes it easier.

2) Usually, there is only one subject in the photograph as to not distract the viewer too much. However, you can break this rule occasionally if the main subject is bigger or in the foreground.