the part I quoted.

I never tell anyone that is starting to learn photography what I quoted.

it's photography by recipe and I for one dislike it.

 

:fawk:

 

of course everyone will have their opinions of what "looks good"

its just mine that using the rule of thirds will help a lot.

post a pic of a car that breaks that rule. i would be curious to see. :happysad:

 

Blatant excuse for masturbatory photography:

 

Nice car but I can't say I like the photo/photochop. :dunno:

 

Here's another angle from the parking ramp as well as a self portrait

 

honestly i'm not even talking about what looks good. i'm just talking about good pictures.

plenty of examples in this thread: https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=122351

 

I am going to have to agree that the best rule is to break traditional rules.

The only real rules a photographer should ever have to go by is aperature settings and shutter time lapse settings because these are tried and true methods...not rules but methods.

Use various settings and see what each of them does then try them with each other overlapping them etc. practice with different angles, and frame fill techniques and eventually you will find your own style.

Art is rarely about following any rules

 

most of those pics uses the rule of thirds...:thinking:

 

yea...some of the best photos dont follow rules. but i think that in order to break rules, you should know how to apply them, THEN you can break them.