Critique me please

[Rachel]

Hey
I'm just getting started with photography because I've always wanted to and I needed something to do that wasn't just going to college. I don't really know if I'm any good or what I need to do to get better. It would be great to get advice on what to work on.
http://365project.org/rawrs1009
Thanks!

[Frank Hymus]

You have some pretty images in your album. I commented on two of them. with a few suggestions as to what I might have done. Keep it up! Good shooting.

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Hi Rachel and welcome! I paid your album a brief visit and left some thoughts - some good shots there! :)

[John W. Cundiff]

Some good subjects. I would encourage you to look at the golden ratio for composition purposes. This is not the rule of thirds.

[Rachel]

@chapjohn I've only ever heard of the rule of thirds. I'll have to look it up. Thanks!
@pocketmouse @frankhymus Thanks for looking!

[Frank Hymus]

@rawrs1009 Don't sweat the Golden Ratio "rule." It's just another way of dividing the frame and finding "strong" positions. Check out the Crop Tool when you go look at your mom's Photoshop. You'll actually see THREE ways of using this ratio! The grid, the spiral and the triangle. Personally I don't find any of them more compelling than the simple "thirds" rule, and way too complicated to implement without viewfinder aids when shooting. They are all only guidelines, and who is measuring anyway? ;)

If you are really interested, here is a reference. http://www.apnphotographyschool.com/composition/golden-ratio-compositional-rule-for-eye-catching-photographs/.