OrionsByte
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Why don't you try this as an experiment:
Find some pictures that you really like, or that you're trying to emulate. Print that picture out and draw lines on it to divide it in to thirds vertically and horizontally, like kundalini and Bus_Rider did above. Take note of what's going on along those lines, as well as where they intersect.
You'll probably notice that landscapes tend to have the horizon on or near one of the lines, and that in portraiture the subject's eyes will be on or near one of the lines or intersections.
Find some pictures that you really like, or that you're trying to emulate. Print that picture out and draw lines on it to divide it in to thirds vertically and horizontally, like kundalini and Bus_Rider did above. Take note of what's going on along those lines, as well as where they intersect.
You'll probably notice that landscapes tend to have the horizon on or near one of the lines, and that in portraiture the subject's eyes will be on or near one of the lines or intersections.