Rules were not made to be broken indiscriminately
Stairs to Bukit Puteri., originally uploaded by Fadzly Mubin.
Taken with a Nikon D50 and AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G lens
If you're making pictures for other people, then the guidelines are ignored at your peril because your work will be evaluated in terms of their expectations. Otherwise, the "composition anarchists' " advice can free your creativity to find what works best for your sense of organization and effectiveness.
The guidelines have evolved over the centuries and represent what most people find pleasing, but have been successfully violated by those who understood what they were doing and why they did it. It's usually a good idea to learn the rules before you decide whether or not to break them: they were surely not made to be broken indiscriminately.
Labels: AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, Landscape, Nikon D50, Philosophy of Photography, Photography
