One page of Notes
This website was well written, clearly and concisely. It was interesting learning how this Rule came to be.
A test group of thousand people had to sort a thousand (marked) pictures of all themes. The task was to separate "good" from "not good" photos - regardless of their themes.
Every batch of everyone's "good" photos was noted, and from all results, the pictures that appeared good to everyone in the test group were extracted. Then all those pictures were analysed for similarities.
It was found that all the important picture elements were spaced around certain points or along certain lines within the format, which could be represented by above-explained thirds - plus two diagonals.
This was explained as a part of atavistic manner in which humans look at the world. Thus, the main points of the theme will best be placed at the crossing of thirds (or where a third crosses a diagonal).
So, our placing of something at such points will suggest the importance of that element to the viewer. This has been a nice rule for beginners to see the world in different perspective.
A test group of thousand people had to sort a thousand (marked) pictures of all themes. The task was to separate "good" from "not good" photos - regardless of their themes.
Every batch of everyone's "good" photos was noted, and from all results, the pictures that appeared good to everyone in the test group were extracted. Then all those pictures were analysed for similarities.
It was found that all the important picture elements were spaced around certain points or along certain lines within the format, which could be represented by above-explained thirds - plus two diagonals.
This was explained as a part of atavistic manner in which humans look at the world. Thus, the main points of the theme will best be placed at the crossing of thirds (or where a third crosses a diagonal).
So, our placing of something at such points will suggest the importance of that element to the viewer. This has been a nice rule for beginners to see the world in different perspective.
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