Weirdest car photo on a selling website?

[Dog Star]

generationx said:

You'll be needing the Legendary Threads => https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

And one of the first responses on there to the pic in question....

Davey S2 said:

I'd happily chuck one up your auntie's back doors though

Can't say I disagree, though!

[FA57REN]

Car half in frame: 10 points
Cig packet in frame: 20 points
Lens flare: Sold it

[jamoor]

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

[Tasmin200]

No wonder Charlie had her taken out.

[A1VDY]

jamoor said:

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

Phones don't produce great quality pictures no matter what make they are. We use a Canon D200 dslr which gives much improved pictures.
Even so though, pictures are all taken on site with other cars sometimes in shot.
Dealers who take with a reflection or white background studio shots always come with a 50% increase over other identical cars elsewhere..

[jamoor]

A1VDY said:

jamoor said:

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

Phones don't produce great quality pictures no matter what make they are. We use a Canon D200 dslr which gives much improved pictures.
Even so though, pictures are all taken on site with other cars sometimes in shot.
Dealers who take with a reflection or white background studio shots always come with a 50% increase over other identical cars elsewhere..

Just look at the pixel 4 and p30 pro, they will take pictures that are far better than necessary for advertising car pictures.


Computational photography and AI is quickly making jobs like this redundant

[gforceg]

[hepy]

[quote=generationx]

You'll be needing the Legendary Threads => https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Thank you for that, I wonder if the poster on that thread has grown up yet?

[HTP99]

jamoor said:

A1VDY said:

jamoor said:

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

Phones don't produce great quality pictures no matter what make they are. We use a Canon D200 dslr which gives much improved pictures.
Even so though, pictures are all taken on site with other cars sometimes in shot.
Dealers who take with a reflection or white background studio shots always come with a 50% increase over other identical cars elsewhere..

Just look at the pixel 4 and p30 pro, they will take pictures that are far better than necessary for advertising car pictures.


Computational photography and AI is quickly making jobs like this redundant

A DSLR is just overkill for photos of cars for sale to be put on a website, we use our phones, mines a P30 Pro, the quality of the shots is more than adequate.

We are supposed to use CitNOW for our photos which is all done through a phone but it's a massive ballache so we stopped using it, I believe our Seat branch still use it as it is one of Seats standards.

[16v stretch]

HTP99 said:

jamoor said:

A1VDY said:

jamoor said:

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

Phones don't produce great quality pictures no matter what make they are. We use a Canon D200 dslr which gives much improved pictures.
Even so though, pictures are all taken on site with other cars sometimes in shot.
Dealers who take with a reflection or white background studio shots always come with a 50% increase over other identical cars elsewhere..

Just look at the pixel 4 and p30 pro, they will take pictures that are far better than necessary for advertising car pictures.


Computational photography and AI is quickly making jobs like this redundant

A DSLR is just overkill for photos of cars for sale to be put on a website, we use our phones, mines a P30 Pro, the quality of the shots is more than adequate.

We are supposed to use CitNOW for our photos which is all done through a phone but it's a massive ballache so we stopped using it, I believe our Seat branch still use it as it is one of Seats standards.

Depends on if you're trying to sell supercars I suppose! If you're only going to stick your SLR camera in auto, you might as well use a phone camera.

A long exposure, maybe a nice graduated lens filter, and some photoshop knowledge could turn that in to a pretty nice shot.

My wife used to work for a company that had a team that would do the fake backgrounds for the sales shots, the amount she used to get back from them with the wrong brand on was nuts, didn't help that she was at a multi-brand site.

Wondering if more will go to tesla style, where there's no real pictures, just the configurator screen shots.

[OddCat]

This place couldn't decide on AT whether to go with the real background, or the fake one, so in the end went with both....

[gerrytheberry]

Have we had this one yet?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2020...

Edited by gerrytheberry on Sunday 7th June 12:38

Edited by gerrytheberry on Sunday 7th June 12:43

[Chubbyross]

gerrytheberry said:

Have we had this one yet?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2020...

Edited by gerrytheberry on Sunday 7th June 12:38

Edited by gerrytheberry on Sunday 7th June 12:43

Yep, looks like a jag owner.

[wjwren]

^ that car seems pricey

[rowley birkin]

Nicely presented

[Stussy]

SD_1 said:

Like the watch people who have staged photos with other very expensive objects conspicuously in the background

Scroll down, you’ll soon work out which post it is

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[A1VDY]

HTP99 said:

jamoor said:

A1VDY said:

jamoor said:

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

Phones don't produce great quality pictures no matter what make they are. We use a Canon D200 dslr which gives much improved pictures.
Even so though, pictures are all taken on site with other cars sometimes in shot.
Dealers who take with a reflection or white background studio shots always come with a 50% increase over other identical cars elsewhere..

Just look at the pixel 4 and p30 pro, they will take pictures that are far better than necessary for advertising car pictures.


Computational photography and AI is quickly making jobs like this redundant

A DSLR is just overkill for photos of cars for sale to be put on a website, we use our phones, mines a P30 Pro, the quality of the shots is more than adequate.

We are supposed to use CitNOW for our photos which is all done through a phone but it's a massive ballache so we stopped using it, I believe our Seat branch still use it as it is one of Seats standards.

Also have a P30 Pro and although yes it does produce good pictures, I'll agree there but the Canon dslr leaves phone pictures way behind.
Having said that, the missus does the advertising and has an array of cameras and lenses she uses for professional landscape photos. I personally wouldn't have a clue how to use them properly and she doesn't let me touch them anyway!
Its only when I compared the (relatively) crap phone pics to the proper thing that I could see the difference. I just let her get on with it, it's one less job I have to do..

Edited by A1VDY on Sunday 7th June 13:57

Edited by A1VDY on Sunday 7th June 13:58

[Nickp82]

Got a red MX-5 to sell? Want to sell it quick snap (possibly)? Get the Mrs involved!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313108791893

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Roaringopenfire]

A1VDY said:

jamoor said:

FA57REN said:

Wacky Racer said:

Advertising your cars in the middle of a lake.

That's also poorly composed, one key point when shooting reflections is to ensure that no other features intersect with the subject's reflection. In that instance they've managed to merge the chimney with the car...

Little things like that and the general framing of the subject give away that they're not using an experienced photographer, so what else are they skimping on?

Do any car dealers use photographers? I’d expect a car dealer just to take photos with an iPhone or similar high quality phone, which is more than adequate.

Phones don't produce great quality pictures no matter what make they are. We use a Canon D200 dslr which gives much improved pictures.
Even so though, pictures are all taken on site with other cars sometimes in shot.
Dealers who take with a reflection or white background studio shots always come with a 50% increase over other identical cars elsewhere..

50% increase in what? Cost? Sales?

[Blib]