The original post: /r/photography by /u/buddhapadge on 2025-03-12 19:23:55.

Hi everyone,

For my first post here, I thought I’d share about an experience I had lately - I’ve been photographing for about ten years or so now, just as a serious hobby, and every since I started, I always had grid lines turned on in my viewfinder. You know, rule of thirds, etc. Anyway, the other week, for some reason, I turned the guides off on my X Pro 2, and it felt so freeing. My images feel more interesting to me, and I’m making some that I would never have made before. Who needs perfectly straight horizons? Turns out, I don’t