One of the most important rules in photography

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The Rule of Thirds

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Whetheryou’ve enrolled classesor are planning to improve your photography skills on your own, it’s important to master the Rule of Thirds. As one of the most well-known lessons in photo composition, understanding this technique is an essential part of your are some helpful insights to get you started.

Understanding the Rule of Thirds in Photography

What Is the Rule of Thirds?

According to the rule of thirds, a photographer should view their image as a gridbroken into thirds with nine squares total. With this grid in mind, along these invisible lines or at points where they intersect. The practice works well for landscape images, as well as

Embrace healthy new habits

Welcome Spring!!

As the weather begins to warm, the clouds dissipate, and our waking hours are seems to be a rush of anticipation and excitement in the air, and a desire to embrace healthy new habits. If you’re feeling this stirring as well, here are a your lifestyle, and put a spring in your step this month.

Out with the old

Sorting belongings into categories (trash, sell, give away, store, put away, etc.) is a great way to declutter a home take inventory of, replace, or let go of thoughts and behavior patterns that no longer serve us. Overhauling negative people, places and ideas from our lives frees up mental and emotional energy needed to make positive changes, and relieves weight energy or self-esteem.

Let the light In

The physical and mental adequate exposure to sunlight are lengthy, and well-documented (improved immunity, sleep, a decrease in seasonal and other forms of depression, higher energy levels and MORE).

To harness the healing power of sunshine, throw open the shades, schedule a walk with friends, spend time gardening, keep windows clean, or opt for lunch outside!

Reconnect

After a long, cold winter tempting to remain cocooned in our homes.

center of an image, the rule helps photographers create a more balanced, visuallystunning photo. This allows image you’ve captured.

D o P h o to g ra p h e r s Do Photographers images where one person, these grid lines creates a point of interest in a shot. Since the human eye is naturally guided to these pointsrather than the

Why Should You Use It? Should You Use It?

How Does the Rule of Thirds Apply to Editing? Thirds to apply when you’re taking photos, but when you’re editing them as well. Since editing approaches like reframing and cropping can is along your invisible grid, it’s important to keep the Rule of Thirds in mind before you hit the save button. Likewise, an older shot you captured that didn’t follow the Rule of Thirds can be experimented with in post-production to

A l way s H ave to Fo l l ow Always Have to Follow t h e R u l e o f T h i rd s ? the Rule of Thirds? The best part about rules is that they are made to be broken. Once a novice photographer masters the Rule of Thirds in their early photography classes, they are in a better place to make a purposeful decision and break the rule. Doing so can result in some visually striking shots that you may never have thought to capture before.

Have more questions? Schedule a 1-on-1 in-person photo class at the Shutterbug (1 hr for $45) online or in-store! Need to rent a camera? Give us a call for availability at (503) 639-5088.

#FOX12OREGON New Homeless Program Provides $1000 per month for a year

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Aproposed Oregon bill would provide homeless people and low-income people with $1,000 per month for a year.

services desired by the recipient would be covered by the $1,000 payments.

Payments would be targeted toward BIPOC, people aged 58 and up, people with disabilities, veterans, homeless youth, and households with children.

However, social support and interaction is vital to long-term health and wellness. Some simple ways to connect or reconnect with family and friends during this emerging season are to host or attend a board game/trivia night, check out group/class offerings at your local community center, learn a new skill/language, or volunteer for a cause you care about.

The Department of Human Services would administer the People’s Housing Assistance Fund Demonstration Program, which would provide 12 monthly $1,000 payments to individuals who met the following criteria: experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, severely rent burdened, or earning at or below 60% of area median income.

Rent, emergency expenses, food, childcare, or other goods/

Before the program is implemented, Portland State University would conduct a policy options for providing

If the trial program is successful, the DHS would create a plan for administrating the funds.

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