The Rules of Photography???

Forget The Rules (Anonymous Retail Outlet), Barcelona, 2020

“Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules!”

—Photographers of the Sierra Madre (1948 Film)

—Blazing Cameras (1974 Film)

So…

…the “Rule” of Thirds… always crop tight… always balance the elements… always shoot in raw… always make photos during the “golden hour”… and so on, and on.

There are lots of so-called “rules” out there.

I would personally take them as mere guidelines, not rules. Play with them, try them out, break them…

In short: There are no rules!

P.S. Today is 02/02/2020… quite a rare alignment of numbers. It will be awhile before we see, for example, 12/12/2121, or 03/03/3030…

La Seu Vella, #2, Lleida, Catalunya, 2020