Rule of Thirds

The concept of the rule of thirds was to get a picture of a subject in a "tic tac toe" format. What I mean by that is that you put your subject in one third of the frame and balance it out with two thirds of the frame. This could mean that you put your subject in the corner of the picture, to one side of the picture, etc. I also applied this concept to regular objects as you can see above. The picture of the Drew College Preperatory restroom sign applies to this concept because it's off in the right portion of the frame which balances out the rest of the wall. The picture of the courtyard lights applies to this concept because its at the bottom portion of the frame which balances out the rest of the sky. The picture of James sitting on the courtyard bench applies to this concept because he's off to the left portion of the frame which balances out the rest of the courtyard. The intense glare that he gives in this particular picture also draws more attention towards him than the rest of the picture. The picture of Julian with his arms crossed applies to this concept because he's off to the left portion of the frame which balances out this particular part of the courtyard. I personally like this picture the best because the metal bars next to Julian contribute a great effect to the picture. The picture of Cal standing in front of the church applies to this concept because he is standing in the left portion of the frame which balances out the church. Originally all of these pictures were bigger in lengh and width but I knew that trimming them down in photoshop would make them apply to the rule of thirds concept even more.