need ideas for bike shop website photos
- Thread starter Herbsman.
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GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
well you can go for the victoria pendleton type shots
or some nice take on the old style pirrelli black and white calendars etc so it's hyper stylised, very contrasty.
or some nice take on the old style pirrelli black and white calendars etc so it's hyper stylised, very contrasty.
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
also close ups and macros
should i just accept that bikes are fucking boring therefore
They're not boring, they're fascinating. Except for the truly boring brands like Dawes. Why did you pick it? Are you perchance a non-cycling web designer?
kained&able
Here for the football.
just take out the background entirely and replace it it will looka lot better.
Also easier to keep a consitent style that way.
Have a look on other websites and see what works.
dave
Also easier to keep a consitent style that way.
Have a look on other websites and see what works.
dave
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
tbh the level of work involved in removing such a background it's easier and cheaper (time is money and all that) to reshoot with a neutral backdrop. (white sheet hung over a line of string held on with bulldog clips will do)
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
herbs try summit like this but better (rather than using my naff bike and skillzzz)
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
mauvais
on reddit or something
I like my LBS' website background: http://www.thehubcycleworks.co.uk/
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
All you need is hi contrast shots or versions of similar macros close ups crops etc with a shallow DoF and you're away...
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
yeah that's nice too much more modernist in it's presentation but either work well be it classic or modern style.
Herbsman.
Nah Lotion, Pet, Nor Powder.
Sadly due to the fact that the shop is in a quiet part of the city and the owner is a sole trader who can't afford to employ a mechanic, the budget is zero, except I get bike bits at wholesale prices in return for occasional website (well, actually it's a wordpress blog that looks like a website) updates... There isn't really anyone who can come and ride the bikes while I'm shooting them, so it's just gonna be bikes leaning against walls or standing up somewhere
Why did I pick it, he asks
*facepalm* Errr I dunno, perhaps because the shop is a Dawes dealer and the owner of the bike shop specifically asked me to shoot it?
Plain backgrounds = boring. Why go to the effort of shooting something against a plain background when there are already plenty of images like that on the web? It would be more logical to just nick the pictures off other sites than to waste my time producing something almost identical to what's already out there.
Why did I pick it, he asks
*facepalm* Errr I dunno, perhaps because the shop is a Dawes dealer and the owner of the bike shop specifically asked me to shoot it?
If the photographs are for a bike shop, then why not photograph the bike shop itself? People then will be able to recognise it when they go their to buy stuff.
You could have someone about to dismount from the bike, wearing all the biker type kit, right outside the shop with the name of the shop visible in shot. If you really cannot get anyone to model as a cyclist perhaps the owner himself could do the posing. However between the two of you, you must have a friend somewhere to do the posing bit. You could ask a random stranger but there is a risk that they will ride off into the sunset with the bike.
You could have someone about to dismount from the bike, wearing all the biker type kit, right outside the shop with the name of the shop visible in shot. If you really cannot get anyone to model as a cyclist perhaps the owner himself could do the posing. However between the two of you, you must have a friend somewhere to do the posing bit. You could ask a random stranger but there is a risk that they will ride off into the sunset with the bike.
Why did I pick it, he asks
Uh-oh. I was afraid there was a perfectly good reason.
What else does he sell? Is the target market commuters or kids or racer types who train hard or what?
Can you get the owner to pose as if re-spoking a wheel or gently tapping home a cotter pin while assembling a shiny pedal assembly or something. Perhaps he could be lovingly polishing the logo on a brand new bike. Come on Herbsman you have Craftsman At Work possibilities or Man and Machine. You could make a couple of documentary photo series out of that material.
Bert Hardy started his photography career doing pictures of cyclists racing, and in a very few years was up a ladder photographing the firemen working in the London Blitz for Picture Post. This could be the making of you.
Waddyamean you are scared of heights?
Bert Hardy started his photography career doing pictures of cyclists racing, and in a very few years was up a ladder photographing the firemen working in the London Blitz for Picture Post. This could be the making of you.
Waddyamean you are scared of heights?
tom_craggs
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Personally I like that Herbsman. It providers some context and interest...I was going to suggest shots of people riding/posing on the bike in interesting locations but as it looks like this might not be possible I think trying a few shots at your place might a good option.
Is there no way you could play on the cluttered/unattaractive nature of the shop and do some kind of documentary style shots of him and the shop as a character perhaps? Don't know perhaps not a great idea.
Perhaps some shots at night? - http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3447085038/ otherwise gears, cogs and cablers are all good macro fodder I suppose.
Is there no way you could play on the cluttered/unattaractive nature of the shop and do some kind of documentary style shots of him and the shop as a character perhaps? Don't know perhaps not a great idea.
Perhaps some shots at night? - http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3447085038/ otherwise gears, cogs and cablers are all good macro fodder I suppose.
Herbsman.
Nah Lotion, Pet, Nor Powder.
Got some doc shots but were overflashed. May do some more with ambient light for a more natural look. Never really thought of doing night photos but thats a good idea. Maybe some long exposure shots with flash, so I get blur trails from passing cars plus a perfectly sharp subject
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