On The Thirds was the prompt for today's photo; this refers to the Rule of Thirds that is commonly cited in photographic circles. The idea is that if you were to divide the photo into a grid of 9, as if you were going to play noughts and crosses on it, then you should place the main focus of the photo in one of the 4 places where the lines intersect; apparently this is where we humans most like to see things and it gives a pleasing composition. This is commonly the case and the rule can be very useful but my advice would be to think of it as more of a guideline; in fact, breaking the rule can make for a very powerful image that stands out from the crowd.
In any case, today we were supposed to keep to the thirds, which I think I've just about done. I was walking over the Angel Lane bridge on my way to work today when I noticed that the sun, low in the sky, was hitting the road almost completely side on. This, like with all subjects, gives a sense of much greater depth and texture to what otherwise might look very flat. Try this for yourself, especially with portrait photography, try to never have the sun (or other light source) directly in front of or behind your subject; try to have the light coming in from one side and hopefully you'll get a little more pop in your picture.
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