>>2931558>frame PROPERLYim afraid theres no such a thing. the "rule of thirds" is so rigid and amateur looking that youll regret having so many pics like that once you grow up of it. its not that its useless, but theres so much you can do with a frame and a subject that only doing that is very limiting.
best advice is to look at the greats. there is this german guy, august sander, one of the early masters of portraiture. he did lots of people and specially workers, his framing is a lot of times centered, sometimes centered with little off axis tilt. there is a sense of dignity in all of them, aided of course by the rapport built with the subject, and the great use of space.
your pic related is a retarded critique, if anything, that photo should have been a full body portrait with that same perspective. the only way to make the thirds thing work is to have in the background elements that are significative to the subject and that contextualize him. frozen cars give no context to that kid no matter where you put him in the frame.
