On 6/30/06 10:40 PM, MMnospam posted the following:

Interesting comments on photographic "rules" at
http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/
including the following advice from contributor Ken Tanaka --

"... But don't, don't, do not start confining your creative ambitions with
"RULES."
They do not exist. Take the pictures that you like to take and let your own
frustration
be your guide to developing your own set of best practices. You may, indeed,
find that,
say, the "rule of thirds" works for your own eyes, or not! "

Pretty spot on, but taken solely at face value, is misleading. Rules of
thumb do exist, and for tried and true reasons.

BTW, if you do not hit Return as your text approaches the edge of your
compose window, you won't get odd wrapping as above.

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john mcwilliams