List your car with us today for from only £10 and we’ll create your bespoke advert, edit and crop your photos, and proof-read your text. We’ll also give you access to a photography guide to ensure you capture the best angles of your car.
Photography Guide
We’ve put together a photography guide to maximise your classified ad’s potential and help us maintain our high-quality standards. If you can provide us with quality photos, then we can crop them and implement them into your bespoke advert.
All these photos were taken using a smartphone and following this guide. Before we get started there are 5 key things to consider and practise when taking your snaps, these are:
- Take landscape photos only
- Take your photos in daylight
- Don't rush and let the camera focus
- Ensure the full car is in the photos when doing the external shots
Photo 1: Front three-quarters
The main photo! Take your time to get this one right as it’s your classifieds calling card. Rotate the steering wheel all the way to the left, stand inline with the front-right wheel and take 5-6 paces back.
Photo 2: Side view
Straighten up your steering wheel and looking at the same side of your car as the previous photo, take a simple snap of the side (be sure to fit the whole car in, don’t worry we’ll crop it after).
Photo 3: Rear view
Position yourself nice and straight to the rear of the car and hold your camera at chest height for this photo.
Photo 4: Front view
Move around to the front of the car now, and just like with the previous photo; hold your camera at chest height and make sure you’re perfectly straight on with the car.
Photo 5: Through the door cockpit
Time for an artistic one to aid your potential buyers imagination of claiming inside the cockpit. Simply open the door as wide as it will go, take a couple of paces back, and with the camera tiled slightly… snap!
Photo 6: Middle seat view
This photo is super important and often missed out on car classifieds. To achieve this shot, you have two options. Option one is to sit in the middle seat, hold your camera (or phone) as far back as possible. Option two is to open the boot and take the photo over the rear seats.
Photo 7: Rear seats
If you have rear doors, this shot is super simple. Hold the camera flat and point it to the rear seats. If you don’t have a door (rather like me) just pop the drivers seat forward and do the same.
Photo 8: Engine bay
Last but not least, show ’em the goods! Pop the bonnet, stand straight on with the car, take a big pace back and take your photo.
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