Rule of Thirds?

Those who have ever read a photography book or taken a class have come across this 'golden rule' of photography. This week's assignment for my photography class was to look through our photos for examples of this rule --- I honestly thought I was fairly decent with composition aspect of photography(the rest...aperture, shutter speed, etc I have some issues) until this assignment. I looked through lots of photos and decided to take these...



I loved these photos long before I knew they were following a composition rule. It's nice to know why. I was a little intimidated...there are people in the class with some serious gear --- thousands of dollars worth, and I've often thought what are you doing in this class...why would you spend so much money before you knew how to use things. I guess some people are just able to buy 'the best', lucky them. The refreshing reminder was that for the most part their photos weren't any better than mine and even in the digital age of cameras and 'anything is possible' photoshop there is still a place for the creative photographer with a knack for getting just the right shot. I hope I can continue to develop my skills to become such a photographer.

On a humorous note...do you notice anything similar with the portrait pics? Perhaps that they're all profiles with one eye showing...thanks to my fab and amazingly talented instructors (check them out) I have a new nickname 'one eyed girl'; we all had a good laugh about my potential market and clientele.