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05/01/2002 11:25:37 AM · #1
Does the product have to be something a company whats to sell or can we advertise for the company its self? I hope that made sense.
05/01/2002 11:48:30 AM · #2
I think the product can be anything, as long as the photo advertises it in some way. Also, since most companies who have products want to sell their products, I doubt they'd mind the free adverts! These won't be /real/ adverts after all, since we're being constrained to fit the rules of the challenge...
05/01/2002 01:50:54 PM · #3
I smell another nasty interpretation of the challenge coming on after reading this comment... lol

05/01/2002 02:12:13 PM · #4
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Does the product have to be something a company whats to sell or can we advertise for the company its self? I hope that made sense.

You mean can you shoot the golden arches, rather than the burger ? I don't see why not - most MacDonald's adverts are all happy smiles and big letter M's rather than really showing the burgers themselves...

05/01/2002 03:30:02 PM · #5
Thank you Gordon. You took the words right out of my mouth. :)
05/01/2002 04:09:00 PM · #6
Ahh, photos of company signs & buildings... now I get what you meant :o)

As a side note, does taking a photo of an advertising hoarding / billboard / existing advert count? Or is the idea to create a completely new advert?
05/01/2002 04:42:13 PM · #7
Originally posted by manic:
Ahh, photos of company signs & buildings... now I get what you meant :o)

As a side note, does taking a photo of an advertising hoarding / billboard / existing advert count? Or is the idea to create a completely new advert?


Actually I think the idea with photographing the golden arches is one of advertising the brand over the product. That's different than just shooting a sign. And as far as shooting existing ads such as billboards, my guess is that voters will see that as lame and score it accordingly.

Regarding happy smiling faces in MacDonalds ads, I think it's always a good idea in selling something to either show or imply benefit to the consumer for your product.


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05/01/2002 10:01:18 PM · #8
I wonder if the product has to be tangable.
05/02/2002 09:26:19 PM · #9
I'm going with the tangible product theory.. A bit easier to convey. Here's a pic I just did to sell my Microdrive on half.com..

New 1GB Microdrive Cheap


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05/02/2002 09:30:34 PM · #10
now that's what i call good advertising :)
05/02/2002 09:42:19 PM · #11
Now that's what I call a picture larger than the forums :)
05/03/2002 05:52:52 AM · #12
interesting. here's what I'm struggling with myself:

on the one hand, i can take as esthetic and pleasing as possible of an item such as it would appear in a catalog or for sale ad, such as you have done here with the microdrive. This would seem to be the easier tack. it's really almost more about creating the most sterile image possible than anything else.

on the other other hand, I could create an image that has an embedded narrative by taking a bunch of elements and putting them together so that they nonverbally tell a story.

the latter seems to me more challenging, and is what I want to do. I'm curious which of these two tacks other people are taking, or if there is yet another angle I haven't presented here.
05/03/2002 06:08:40 AM · #13
personally i wouldnt want one huge card. youd be in some hiroshima style shit if you lost your only memory card. oh, it also happened to be 1gb worth of you naked dancing with a turkey
05/03/2002 06:12:30 AM · #14
Originally posted by clay:
personally i wouldnt want one huge card. youd be in some hiroshima style shit if you lost your only memory card. oh, it also happened to be 1gb worth of you naked dancing with a turkey

so that's where my card went.

she told me she was 21

05/03/2002 09:59:44 AM · #15
on the other other hand, I could create an image that has an embedded narrative by taking a bunch of elements and putting them together so that they nonverbally tell a story.

the latter seems to me more challenging, and is what I want to do. I'm curious which of these two tacks other people are taking, or if there is yet another angle I haven't presented here.
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Gotta hope the voters are gonna understand your story though!
05/03/2002 10:16:49 AM · #16
I went with a simple straightforward picture of the product. You have to look at the product you are selling and ask yourself, "What kind of setting will sell this product?" The old saying KISS (keep it simple stupid) is a guideline to go by in advertising. Some products sell themselves just by showing the product. Others need an attention grabber to lure you in. If it becomes too complicated you will lose your target audience for lack of interest.

05/03/2002 10:31:20 AM · #17
well here's an example: i saw an ad in a computer magazine. it showed a bike cop with his foot on a computer tower writing out a speeding ticket. the message? that is one FAST computer!

another example: a kitty cat looking up for it's feline-chow.

someone using a cell phone, or flaunting expensive jewelry.


stuff like that?
05/03/2002 10:35:13 AM · #18
I would call that attention grabbers! I love the idea of the speeding computer.
05/03/2002 10:56:40 AM · #19
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
well here's an example: i saw an ad in a computer magazine. it showed a bike cop with his foot on a computer tower writing out a speeding ticket. the message? that is one FAST computer!


Probably more accurate to show the computer being towed away by a pick-up truck...

05/03/2002 12:00:33 PM · #20
That sounds like a lemon to me. You must be familiar with that model of computer.
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