For hundreds - if not thousands- of years, visual artists have been studying how best to frame their subjects and exactly where to plants the focus of their compositions. While there are no definitive rules about how to frame your shots, there are certainly tried and true guidelines that are well worth looking at... The Divine Proportion: Balancing the Golden Rule. Nature created it; visual artists follow it. Using aesthetically-pleasing framing creatively draws your viewer into your shot composition.