Compositional Trick #1-Rule of Thirds

The Rule of thirds is a trick that is used in photography. It looks like a tic-tack -toe board. The rule divides your picture vertically and horizontally. The vertical and horizontal lines intersect at four different points. This allows you to place your emphasis in one of those four different points. By placing your emphasis in of one of those points were the lines intersect you make the picture more interesting than if it were in the middle. In this picture i used the fire hydrant as my emphasis.