So, is this how you take eBay photos?

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:01 pm

http://www.tomaswhitehouse.com/2011/03/ ... pey-clave/

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:18 am

Photos like that would ruin eBay. The secrets to successful auction photography are to (1) shoot each reel side from an exact 90-degree viewing angle to make sure no feature is shown in 3-D, (2) shoot from at least 20 feet from the reel to make sure the reel takes up no more than 3% of the photo area, and (3) be sure no part of the reel is in focus.

Since "what you see is what you get" most of the time, I suppose that most reels you get off eBay look blurred when you take them out of the box.

Reel Geezer · Post by **Reel Geezer** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:00 am

I suppose that most reels you get off eBay look blurred when you take them out of the box.

Ron Mc · Post by **Ron Mc** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:54 pm

the best deals I've ever won on ebay were from poor photographers.
Not saying some aren't using poor photography as a way to pass off junk, but there are honest sellers out there who also happen to be bad photographers.

Post by **john elder** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:32 pm

...or lazy photographers...or too cheap to pay 15 cents apop for a few extra shots...so they just give you that one satellite photo and figure that's good enough.