TOP TIPS FOR TAKING PICTURES OF YOUR CAR

1. Camera

Choose your weapon and get your hands on the best camera you can - however, ultimately it's your creativity that will make the difference. So whether you're shooting on an iPhone or a vintage film camera, get to know the camera inside out. Learn the different features (and limitations) of your camera and play with them. Grab a tripod, or if you don't have one, a roll of gaffer tape.

2. Clean your car

Get it clean, or play with the unexpected. Most of the time you'll want to make sure your car is clean, but sometimes a sports car covered in mud or an off-roader waxed to death is more interesting.

3. Composition

Look at the features of your car, the shape, the leading lines that draw attention, and how the light can change from a profile to a three-quarter shot. Play with symmetry and patterns, fill the frame with your subject, and consider whether your setting can naturally frame your car. Once you've done this, change your perspective and look for something less typical and more abstract.

4. Clean your image

Once you have a simple framing in my viewfinder and you've considered what's in the foregrou...