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<blockquote data-quote="AxeMan - Rick S." data-source="post: 11025" data-attributes="member: 1746">Thanks for the replies,&nbsp; I understand that rules (guidelines) are meant to be broken.&nbsp; What I was taught about rules (guidelines) they are written on a piece of paper, and if you take that paper you can bend it. so it's flexible and so are the rules you don't always &quot;Have to Follow&quot; them.I have looked at other people photos and have downloaded many of them and have spent hours looking at them in Photoshop CS5 and EXIF readers.I know some people are not post processing fans, however I also love using this software as a learning tool because you can always get an answer to what if this was changed or what were the setting they used on that shot.&nbsp; I've taken a lot of my own photo's and just by applying the thirds rule to them I have had pleasing results, some of them the &quot;rule&quot; does not apply and is better off left the way it was.Now when I take a picture I think how the rules (guidelines) MAY apply to the shot.&nbsp; I still stay relaxed and do my thing and don't stress about applying them.&nbsp; Then if needed go into postproduction and make the changes and see how they look.The rules that I have pointed out already I understand and or I am learning them as I go along.&nbsp; I guess what I am asking is there anything else I my have missed along the way?In the short time I been here I have learned so much I cannot tell you.ThanksRick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AxeMan - Rick S., post: 11025, member: 1746"] Thanks for the replies, I understand that rules (guidelines) are meant to be broken. What I was taught about rules (guidelines) they are written on a piece of paper, and if you take that paper you can bend it. so it's flexible and so are the rules you don't always "Have to Follow" them. I have looked at other people photos and have downloaded many of them and have spent hours looking at them in Photoshop CS5 and EXIF readers. I know some people are not post processing fans, however I also love using this software as a learning tool because you can always get an answer to what if this was changed or what were the setting they used on that shot. I've taken a lot of my own photo's and just by applying the thirds rule to them I have had pleasing results, some of them the "rule" does not apply and is better off left the way it was. Now when I take a picture I think how the rules (guidelines) MAY apply to the shot. I still stay relaxed and do my thing and don't stress about applying them. Then if needed go into postproduction and make the changes and see how they look. The rules that I have pointed out already I understand and or I am learning them as I go along. I guess what I am asking is there anything else I my have missed along the way? In the short time I been here I have learned so much I cannot tell you. Thanks Rick [/QUOTE]

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