[noonespecial]

>"There are no rules for good photographs, there are just good photographs".

There are also lots and lots (and more lots) of bad photographs. There might not be specific rules for taking really stand-out pictures, but there sure are good rules for what not to do.

[aeden]

Photographers take many more bad photos than good ones. Entrepreneurs fail more often than they succeed. We just tend to avoid showing bad photos and talking about failed businesses in public.

[kisielk]

And yet a lot of times the best photographs are the ones that break the rules of what not to do...

[zacharycohn]

On purpose. Bad photographers break rules they don't know exist. Good photographers break rules on purpose, in very specific ways, to achieve a very specific effect.