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Tut 01 : The Rule of Thirds, what's behind ?So here we are, my first little article about "photography" ! Sorry in advance for my bad English, hope you will be able to get through

To begin this adventure, I wanted to start up-front with a concept I am sure many of you have heard of : drum-roll... "The Rule of Thirds" !
It is certainly the most controversial and well known composition rule. Half of the world says :
Follow this rule ! it is the key to lovely pictures
The other half screams :
This is nonsense, there is no rule, be free and walk your own path !
So where is the truth ? who's right or wrong ? What should I do ?
I do not say that I have the answer, but at least I can share with you what I feel about that. And what I feel is that this rule is actually less of a rule and more of a particular case. Yep, you heard me right, this rule may actually be seen as a simple example of much larger concepts.
The Rule
If you're not familiar with this rule, here is a little reminde

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Quick 3 Steps: Custom WBalanceby ~fridaythe13th

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If you'd like a more permanent/professional filter of this type,
_{here's a quick photo description on how to make one yourself using 2 cheap UV filters (& the coffee filters).}

This was my first tutorial,
so I really hope it was clear and useful
_{all feedback/faves are truly appreciated!}

_{I was so tired of being unhappy with the colours of every indoor photo I would take; so when I read about this trick I just had to share it with all of you!

About a week ago during a period a lot of rain, I started to get really fed up with not being able to set my custom WB quickly indoors, so I started looking around for what I could buy.}

The first thing I came across was something called the ExpoDisk.

_{It looked perfect, but a little pricey (around $130 for a filter that would fit my uber large 77mm lens)

I decided to research more, and I found this fantastic Idea!

I was a little sceptical as to how well it would work, since it seemed so cheap and cheeseball but to my surprise it worked far better than I had imagined!

I really hope you all give it a try}

~TE2YA Aug 23, 2009

YES! it is clear and useful.
only one problem for me is i use BROWN PAPER filters.
so i will get white one next time.

thank you for your tips!
i am always having a hard time to whitebalancing when i shoot green or pink things.
i will try this when i shoot them.
thank you!!!!

~fridaythe13th Aug 24, 2009

yay! that makes me so happy to hear

you'll definitely need some white filters! hehe

~JGDA9RS Aug 21, 2009

sweet! i'm off to safeway later this afternoon. this came just in time, since i'm planning on shooting my dining room at home for an architecture exhibit. thanks for this!!

~fridaythe13th Aug 21, 2009

you're welcome!

hope it works out well for ya

~JGDA9RS Aug 21, 2009

guess we'll find out

though i cant really see why not

~dadian Aug 21, 2009

Thanks for sharing, simple ideas are normally best

~fridaythe13th Aug 21, 2009

you're welcome! and i most definitely agree

~dadian Aug 21, 2009

~KiganHayashi Aug 20, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

I love you for this. Thank you so much for sharing!

~fridaythe13th Aug 21, 2009

you're very welcome! I hope you give it a try

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