Rule Of Thirds - Elements Of Photography

The rule of thirds, often viewed as one of the most important rules of photography states that pictures should be divided into equal boxes on the page. With rule of thirds your pictures become balanced and you can draw people’s eyes to certain areas of the page.

This is a rule of thirds grid. On a picture our eyes are usually drawn to where the lines meet. Magazines use rule of thirds often when they have famous people on the front of their magazine to draw eyes to the magazine. For example sometimes they have famous people posing and the lines meet on the artist’s eyes or the way there body is shaped. Sometimes they have the artist’s body creating a line with their arms or legs. 
For instance, in this image the photographer used the rule of thirds to make the subjects face and eyes the focal point of the image. This gives the image a more intimate feel with the audience and helps to attract a greater range of people who like the artist.

For my own images I am also going to try and make eyes the focal point of the image using the rule of thirds, this is a common convention for r&b music magazines and I think it will help the audience to identify the magazine quicker, it will also make the image more intense.