The rule of thirds is one of the most basic rules of photography; it applies to portraits, landscapes, and any photo in between. The photo above is a perfect example of this rule; the tree is perfectly split down the middle by one of the lines, while the horizon lines up perfectly with the bottom horizontal line. What also helps is that there are no other subjects that can take focus away from the tree, the focal point is the tree nothing else. The yellow is a visual representation of the rule of thirds; it shows what a photographer should see anytime they attempt to take a photo.

This photo was found on https://fujifilm-blog.com/2015/06/16/tutorial-rule-of-thirds/

Another crucial rule of aspect of photography are leading lines. These lines lead the viewer to a central focal point. Similar to the rule of thirds a a focal point is emphasized, though the rule of thirds doesn’t need to be followed, when dealing with leading lines. Leading lines also emphasize patterns and repetition as seen in the photo above; the photo has one central focus point but, also dozens of leading lines horizontal, vertical, and curved.

This photo was taken by French photographer “Jose antoine Costa“. He can be found here https://gurushots.com/joseantoine.costa/photos

Depth of field is a concept that most everyone is aware of; make a picture blurry in the back ground giving the foreground extra attention. Many photos on Instagram, Facebook, or even Pintrest use this to their advantage. Most would know this as simply the focus of their photo but, what they don’t realize is they are really using the concept of depth of field. In a Digital SLR Camera the aperture is what controls the depth of field and the focus of the photo. The photo above shows a very nice depth of field photo and the water droplet is emphasized because it is in the foreground; the yellow highlights show what is entirely in the foreground, what is is focus, making this another great example.

This photo was found on https://photographycourse.net/physics-of-depth-of-field/