A while back I took a photography class, and of course was introduced to the "rule of thirds", using a "tic-tac-toe" board to help line up things in the shot. (Most cameras/apps have an option to show the thirds.)
So I asked my instructor... "this rule of thirds thing... like sometimes we use it to put things in the squares:
Other times the point seems to be to place things on the separating lines or intersections:
So which is it?"
Her wishy-washy response taught me the lesson: mostly it's just a trick to stop newbie photographers from centering every damn shot.
Myth #4 of this video agrees with this observation:
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