Occasionally we will need help in getting photos of certain vehicles that are missing from the database. For the time being we will list the required vehicles here. Please refer to the second post for a list of vehicle photos needed.
THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY, SO CHECK BACK OFTEN.
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The following is to be used as a guide for photo contributions.
GUIDELINESIf you would like to submit a photo for us to use, please use the following guidelines. We know that photo techniques vary from photographer to photographer, and different cameras will have different results, but we would like to keep the look of all photos as similar as possible.
IMPORTANT - Vehicles should be facing LEFT and at a slight angle.IMPORTANT - PHOTO SIZE - Photos should be at least 640x480, but not greater than 1024x768, as we will resize all photos to 640x480. -
Please do not crop your photos. Our goal is to have all photos the same uniform size. When taking your pictures, zoom in as close as possible to the subject without leaving too much 'backgorund' space. When we upload the pictures to the TFC Photobucket account, they will all be formated to the same size (but only if they are not cropped
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IMPORTANT - PHOTO BACKGROUND - In order to keep all photos as similar as possible, we recommend using a gray or light gray background when taking photos. Background material can usually be found at art & craft stores.
Please upload your photos as a reply to this thread and we will copy it to our Photobucket account and place it in the proper database. Once we copy your submitted photo we will delete the reply in order to keep this 'submission zone' fresh looking.Subscribe to this thread to be notified of request updates!Basic set-up - generalized illustration
When taking your photos, please try to replicate the angle of the vehicle, camera height and lighting to achieve results, as close as possible to the example below.
The resulting photo should turn out looking something like this...
More vehicle sample photos...
REGULAR TOMICA
TOMICA LIMITED
TOMICA LIMITED VINTAGE
A couple of more studio examples...TheArchitect's studio - professional looking!
Toyotageek's studio - simple but effective
Actual set-up - Cruiser72's studio
