Dear reader, if this entry or my other blog entries don't answer your specific photography questions, you can call me on the phone anytime for advice by clicking here.When learning photography composition for the first time, the rule of thirds is no doubt the first lessoned learned. These compositional guidelines are essential to learning how to frame great images, and move forward in your exploration of photography.
Centered compositions tend to take back seat to off-centered images in the early years of studying photography, no doubt because centered framing tends to be a normal (and possibly boring) method of composing.
If the subject matter is naturally symmetrical however, you may find that the most powerful choice of composition is to keep the subject matter perfectly centered. Symmetrical scenes, when framed perfectly in the middle, offer a sense of mystery, power, and authority.
I took this photo a few days ago in a Mexican cemetery, and was pleased to see that it contained both framing methods; the rule of thirds (tree) and centered symmetry (everything else).
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