ARGG. Sorry, but you don't "break" the rules if you don't know the rules in the first place. There are many exiting and lovely ideas that came from people who hadn't been forced into narrow patterns of composition. There are, however, a great many artists and images that failed to reach their goal through lack of basic tools. Let's not laud "breaking the rules" over all else. The goal is to make the image YOU wanted, and with luck will speak to other people as well (if it wasn't intended to reach other people, why post it in a public space?) Now that I've calmed down, I'll read Papu's links! :)