Using Photographic Examples

One of the challenges in teaching photography is knowing how to present the information in such a way that it will make sense to the learners.

One way to overcome this is to provide examples of photographs that illustrate the principle under consideration, but also to provide similar photos that show what happens if you violate the principle. The photograph may still be good or interesting, but not as good as it might have been.

These two photographs are a good example of that. The top one is a good example of the rule of thirds where the sunset is in the right third quadrant of the photo. The lower photograph has the sun more in the middle and the boat is also directly aligned with the sun, reducing the effectiveness of the photo.