For any blog to be interesting and appealing, it is advisable to use a combination of text, images and other multimedia tools like charts and videos in order to make your blog appealing to your readers. Appealing pages help bring in more traffic to your blogs.
Now, let’s talk quality photography.
Pictures for your blog are not just used for their aesthetic value, they also have other functions. For example, they are used to convey your message clearly, especially if you use the right kind of image. Also, pictures help your blog post look more detailed. It shows that the post you have written is both well researched and understood. In order to show that you understand what you are doing, make sure that you apply the rule of thirds in photography.
What is the rule of thirds, you might ask. Well, the rule of thirds is a guideline which is applied in the process of photography which proposes that an image should be imagined that it has nine equal parts i.e. two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines and that the elements of the image should be placed in the intersections or along these lines. Well, that’s Wikipedia version. My version, don’t center your subject. Simple.
The reason why the rule of thirds works is because it creates a balanced and unified image. It also creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition of the image. It also helps build a story about and around the photograph.
Take the example of the sunset:
If you take the picture of the sunset without applying the rule of thirds, you will most probably find yourself with an orange blob on your image. The description of the image might prove a little difficult because the person that will see the image on the blog will have other ideas as to what you photographed.
When applying the rule of thirds to capture the sunset, what will be seen first will be what is nearer to you. If you are in the coast, the beach will be seen first, then the ocean and at last the sky with sun sinking giving way to the moon and the night. See, I just described the sinking of the sun without even realizing it!
The rule of thirds also applies to moving objects. Pay attention to where they are moving to. You should leave space to in front of the subject than behind in order to show where they are going.
The rule of thirds can be applied effectively when cropping. Then removing your unwanted parts in an image during editing, you unknowingly use this rule. Keep in mind that the rule of thirds is not used in all situations. For example, in medical photographs, they might not use this technique.
The secret to perfecting the rule of thirds is practice, practice, practice. You will find that when you master this technique, the rest of it comes easy.
