Another Technique for Great Car Shots

Sep 29, 2012

Written by Matthieu P. (Forzafaithful99)

This technique is not as straight forward as the other one, but it's awesome when perfected. I don't use it very consistently, even though it has produced (in my opinion) some of my best shots. Maybe you've heard of this technique, it's called the Rule of Thirds.

Now without getting into the math, the Rule of Thirds is a guideline which basically says that the subject of your painting or photo (in this case, the car) should be in one of the outside thirds of the photo or painting. That probably doesn't make any sense, but hopefully this photo will clarify things.

Ferrari 430

As you can see, the center of the car is on the line that marks the beginning of an outside third. Now, the center of the subject doesn't have to be EXACTLY at that line, but it should be somewhere in the area. Here are two other examples of the Rule of Thirds.

Ford Mustang

Bentley Continental

Hopefully you get the idea now, if you don't send me a message or look it up. I would really encourage you to try it, post the picture, and put the url down as a comment. I would love to see how it turned out!

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baystatespotter2 said:

If it's a good picture, can someone tell me how long it takes to be posted on the website? It's been about 18 hours or so since I tried to post pics.

Posted: 06/30/2015 13:42:07

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Captainslow said:

i'll try it out some time.

Posted: 04/14/2013 11:15:26

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LB29 said:

Nice article! I have one shot like that: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lb29photography/8109191550/in/photostream/lightbox/

Posted: 12/05/2012 16:36:15

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RALLLPH said:

@Forzafaithful, Thanks.

Posted: 11/27/2012 17:36:44

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Forzafaithful99 said:

Nice shot, ralph!

You're welcome

Posted: 11/23/2012 17:43:47

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Gunny said:

Thanks, I need that reminder.

Posted: 11/02/2012 23:37:34

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RALLLPH said:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/553482_10150621429091268_2128718070_n.jpg

Posted: 10/29/2012 19:32:24

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Forzafaithful99 said:

It's my pleasure (:

Posted: 10/05/2012 06:57:04

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r8lover said:

This really helped me with some recent pictures. Thank you very much.

Posted: 10/04/2012 23:26:38

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DjShift said:

and you actually helped me in another way too with this article.
only days after i read it, i had a state mandatory photography class pre-regence and one question on there was the rule of thirds which i rememberred from here.

so, thanks for that too!!!

Posted: 10/04/2012 22:53:49

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DjShift said:

Great article!!!
I'll try to try these sometime.

Posted: 10/01/2012 21:54:55

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