Photography Rules

Hello All,

Was thinking having a thread which has all the rules of Photography like Sunny Rule 16, Rule of third etc. Please contribute in the form of explanation or link.

1. Sunny Rule 16
http://www.camerarevie​w.com/templates/sunny1​6.cfm

2. Rule of Third
http://www.silverlight​.co.uk/tutorials/compo​se_expose/thirds.html

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Rules?? We don't need no steenking rules!!!

Seriously though, probably not a bad idea. That way when we get good enough, we'll have something to break.

why does everything in life need a rule? If you don't like it try again.

There really aren't that many rules. There are a lot of compositional guidelines like color, DOF, framing, leading lines, texture and such, but those aren't really rules. Maybe another would be that the minimum shutter speed is 1/focal length.

I'd call them guidelines not rules..

Ahhh.... Guidelines. Now we're getting somewhere.

gjl711 wrote in post #5722467
There really aren't that many rules. There are a lot of compositional guidelines like color, DOF, framing, leading lines, texture and such, but those aren't really rules. Maybe another would be that the minimum shutter speed is 1/focal length.

Could you please post information on what you mentioned here,

mangaloreaviators wrote in post #5731230
Could you please post information on what you mentioned here,

Which one?

Let's atart with Depth of Field.

mangaloreaviators wrote in post #5732396
Let's atart with Deapth of Field.

Yikes!! One could write a book but I did pick up a very nice video tutorial that really explains it much better than I can. I believe I got the link from someone hear and bookmarked it. It's 20 minutes long but covers just about everything. It's geared towards videographers but everything applies to SLR users as well.
http://snodart.com/tut​orials.php

I agree: photography rules ok.

gjl711 wrote in post #5722467
There really aren't that many rules. There are a lot of compositional guidelines like color, DOF, framing, leading lines, texture and such, but those aren't really rules. Maybe another would be that the minimum shutter speed is 1/focal length.

..which, as stated, applies only to 135 format frame. It needs to be adjusted for smaller APS-C frame, 1/(FL * crop factor), or (1/(FL * 1.6) and for APS-H frame (1/(FL * 1.3), or 1/(FL * 0.6) for 645 format

mangaloreaviators wrote in post #5732396
Let's atart with Deapth of Field.

...which has no rule of thumb. At macro distance DOF is divided about 50:50, but any distance farther away the ratio changes, all the way out to 10:90!

The golden rule.
He who has the gold and black is jealous of she who has the red and white. L lenses rule.

John could you please provide information on leading lines and framing. Saw the 20 minutes Video.