I suspect one has to know about the 'rules' before safely breaking them. Picasso had mastered traditional portraiture before developing his own 'style', and the most interesting photographers appear to do this too. My only rules are that if there is a visible horizon it must be level, and verticals must be vertical, lest the shot be mistaken for a still from a third-rate video (but Orson Welles could break this rule without looking like an amateur).
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I suspect one has to know about the 'rules' before safely breaking them. Picasso had mastered traditional portraiture before developing his own 'style', and the most interesting photographers appear to do this too. My only rules are that if there is a visible horizon it must be level, and verticals must be vertical, lest the shot be mistaken for a still from a third-rate video (but Orson Welles could break this rule without looking like an amateur).