Helpful Article: Everything You Need To Know About Rig Shots
Rig shots are striking and produce a great sense of motion. That’s why a lot of automotive photographers use this technique. Unfortunately, this has resulted in over saturation. I challenge you to show me one automotive magazine that doesn’t have at least one rig shot.
This over saturation might be the reason a lot of automotive shooters are weary about sharing the secret to this technique. But the majority of the photogs that are hush hush about this are more than likely threatened by new photographers that are coming into the market, using techniques such as this, and undercutting them. But here’s my take, photography is more than just a camera on a pole, there’s so much more to it. Anyone (especially you after you’ve read this article) can do a rig shot. But that doesn’t mean they have the creativity to make it look good. The ability to do a rig shot doesn’t make you a photographer.