A point is the smallest graphical element, if you join many points together you make a line. In mathematics, a point doesn’t have any weight at all, it indicates a place. So compositionally, a point has to be small within the frame and its position is generally more important than its form.

Take three or four photographs in which a single point is placed in different parts of the frame. When composing the shots use these three rules: the place of the point shouldn’t be too obvious (such as right in the middle), the composition should hold a tension and be balanced (the golden section or rule of thirds) and the point should be easy to see. Evaluate the shots according to these rules and select which one you think works best.

In these three examples, the goalposts are all in different sections of the photograph using the ‘rule of thirds’.

I particularly like the first image, as initially the viaduct leads your eyes away to the left of the photo, but then they come back around again following the trees to the goalposts positioned to the right of the shot.

Below are a couple more photographs I took, mainly of the impressive viaduct, but due to the rule of thirds, the viewers eye is always drawn to the goalposts, even if thats not necessarily the main focus point of the photograph.