The Quality of Photos in 2nd Hand Sales Adverts , or More Precisely Lack of Quality !

Shizbazki said:
Oh tell me about this.

You want to sell something, THEN SELL IT!.

Humans have limited time on this here Earth and will make split second snap judgements subconsciously, this includes sales.

SH*T photos do not sell your gun or what ever well or you'll get low ball offers at best.

Photos that are

Dark

Poorly exposed

Flash glare

Grainy

Blurry

Too much background distraction (think horrific bed sheets)

Too much Dutch angles

Part of the product your selling has been cropped out or framed poorly

No sense of scale

upside down photos

Dogs/Cats/people/body parts in the shot

Dirty/unclean background - If you treat your living space that badly, how badly did you treat this product

For me though the biggest faux pas and cause of me turning away from a sale

FEET

How hard is it to not get your feet shot in the image? 

Wouldn't be so bad if it was a pair of trainers or shoes, i get put off by normal feet and sometimes you see some proper grubby toes.
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What is a Dutch angle??

 
Shamal said:
What is a Dutch angle??
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Basically turning the camera to the side slightly rather than having it sit square

 
Here's one. When the seller includes a bunch of close up detail shots but no wide shot of the gun as a whole or all of the parts that are included in the sale. 

 
I don’t get the ad’s where it’s just the single picture. “TM NGRS” 1 pic of a generic M4... Oh because it’s a TM you only get a pic and it’s at a premium. If I’m dropping 400£ on a secondhand toy ima need to see up inside that shit. Of course this can be requested later however it’d be nice to see general overview of the piece. 

 
Cr0-Magnon said:
I suppose it depends. I like to take photos for my ads outdoors so you can properly see condition in the natural light. I recently posted a Glock ad with a surefire replica that's not included. Purely because they were the only decent photos I had on my phone and it'd been pissing it down for three days solid. Also I could understand if it's a sniper rifle/DMR and you want to give a better idea of what it looks like with accessories (lots of retailers do this too). 
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I’d say yes and no to these points , agree everything looks better in natural light BUT a simple plain background (plain bedsheet , pail coloured towel) with enough indoor lighting works just as well .

bells’n’whistles bolted on ? I say no as I feel it’s detracting from the gun plus you can hide defects with ‘bolt-ons’ like say a crack in the rail put A PEQ over it and play dum ? Plus me personally I like to see guns bolt-on clean just to get an uncluttered impression of it .

 
Thread revival , 

See the shite upside down photos are still just as prevalent as always ! ?‍♂️

 
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