"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
02/25/2014 at 12:12 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
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So, the back of a modern Alfa Giulietta hatchback covered in tarps driving in Denver, or that Mahindra pickup that just passed you going the other way. (both instances I missed capturing on my phone camera). What is that picture really worth? don't sell yourself short! That may be what devalues the picture to begin with....
Lifted from deep within a year old article on test car photo-spy Brenda Priddy, referenced !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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She still commands anywhere from $100 to $1,000 for a set of pictures, but she only sells about one out of every 10 sets to a shrinking pool of buyers. Five years ago, she had enough work to keep two other photographers on the payroll full time. Now she works alone and wonders if anyone will be able to make a living at this five years from now. Priddy says only two or three other companies in the country specialize in this kind of photography. But a legion of amateur car enthusiasts are out there now who are perfectly willing to trade camera-phone photos for a magazine subscription or less.
So, if you are lucky enough to get that picture, it might be worth something. Here, it's cool to see. If it's something special no one else has seen yet, get a few hundred for it and buy your own magazine subscription, beer, and an intake kit....for your car, (not a beer bong funnel intake kit for you.)
alexotics
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 12:19 |
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I scooped what looked like the Ferrari California at the Ferrari factory before anyone else in the World. This was back in 2008. It also could of been a mule for the Ferrari FF as it was almost impossible to guess. I also took pictures of a lightly camoed Ferrari Scuderia. I've always wondered how much those pictures would of been worth.
Gamecat235
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 12:33 |
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To be fair, this has always been a magazine subscription offer for some of these. Going back more than a decade I can remember offers from Autoweek (pretty sure) that offered a year subscription for spy shots that they use.
Now... If I lived in an area which was more traveled by camo'd cars... I'd probably carry my DSLR with me everywhere and try to get pictures of them. But unless it was my job, I'd only ever try to do anything with the shots if they were of something I knew to be newsworthy. But that's just me.
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Grindintosecond
> Gamecat235
02/25/2014 at 12:38 |
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Exactly, like that Alfa I saw in Denvers industrial area to the east. I had no idea it was testing or doing anything in the US here around 2010 when I saw it. It could have been worth something I suppose but more than a subscription price? Who knows. I'm wondering how many people are just settling for that instead.
nafsucof
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 12:39 |
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Awe, I posted pics of that Alfa in new haven ct on OPPO last year for free:(
Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 12:41 |
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This curse hurts far more than just prototype photogs, it hits all photographers right in the stones. With the abundance of cameras, everyone now considers photography worthless. And if you go to the trouble of creating great photos, everyone feels that they should be inexpensive, since everyone has a camera.
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Gamecat235
> Grindintosecond
02/25/2014 at 12:42 |
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When I'm up in Phoenix, or travelling around Southern Arizona's back roads (or even when I drive to CA or Vegas), I'm in full on car ID / Car spotting mode (unless I'm on the 10 or 405 around LA, in which case I'm in survival mode). And I've spotted a LOT of manufacturer plates and cars in partial camo...
But about 90% of them are cars that I already know are being planned to be brought here and are probably just undergoing testing or pre-release reviews. Except the cars in full camo, those I sometimes can't even guess at. But... down here in Southern Arizona, we don't get much.