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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 5:44am
I spent the last 2 days shooting product. What do you think?





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Loose 2/17/2009 10:26pm
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Got any in black?
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Loose 2/17/2009 10:27pm
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Seriously though, looks great!
Stoop 2/17/2009 11:54pm
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Loose wrote:
Got any in black?
haha Laughing
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jtomasik 2/18/2009 3:07am
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Jeezus. Ya ride the thing, not wear it to a bar to pick up women.

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jtomasik 2/18/2009 3:17am
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I thought this thread was going to be something interesting like:







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lumpy790 2/19/2009 8:13am
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Shot the CRF250 yesterday..........

Couple with the Coolant Tank too........







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FreshTopEnd 2/19/2009 8:37am
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Honestly, I think someone who shoots product (not in my resume) would present your product a lot better. Good looking product, though.
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Rooster 2/19/2009 8:49am
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I'm thinking you missed out on a great marketing opportunity.

Hose (hoes)
Silicone
Moto-X

I can think of a much better way to advertise that product.

Photos aren't bad. I agree with FTE. A pro would have lit them much better. The product doesn't really "pop". Using a used bike for the "model" hurts the image too.
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TJ 755 2/19/2009 8:51am
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jtomasik wrote:
I thought this thread was going to be something interesting like: [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iBrtdRORL._SL500_AA280_.jpg[/img] [img]http://images.inmagine.com/img/uppercutrf/ucsi020/ucsi020551.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.snow-dome.de/imperia/md/images/snowdome/events/news_events/miss_wet_t-shirt.jpg[/img]
I thought this thread was going to be something interesting like:







Now that could cause one to "shoot product"...
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noob 2/19/2009 9:12am
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X2 w/ FTE - your product isn't represented very well in those photos

Although they're colorful, your hoses are still competing with a "busy" area - the engine and radiators. The repeated logo backdrop just makes it more of a cluster-fuck. A pure white backdrop and better lightning would help. Maybe with your logo as a digital watermark on the crisp white BG, like this:



If you want to go with a detailed background, make sure it doesn't distract from your product:




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todder 2/19/2009 10:19am
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Colored hoses? Do you plan on going shopping for a Corvette later? Why? If there is a market for that crap then good for you though!
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indy_maico 2/19/2009 10:41am
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I hope that fuel line hose is lined with viton or something.

Silicon won't last in gasoline.

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lumpy790 2/19/2009 11:03am
2/19/2009 11:03am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 10:34pm
indy_maico wrote:
I hope that fuel line hose is lined with viton or something.

Silicon won't last in gasoline.

You are 100% correct Indy_maico!


Our Radiator Hoses are silicone just like CV4's but....... our carb hoses are not silicone like CV4 sells people for carbs.


Our carb kits are tried and true since 2001 and were on last years WWR bikes and are on Jeff Alessi's CRF250 this year. I hope to have the 09 CRF450 radiator hoses for the rest of the Moto Concepts team in time for Daytona.


I also offer sponsorship threw MX Resultz.


I am a small company not a big Nascar corporation like CV4.......I try to do the best I can with what I have access to........so I guess I need some better friends with new bikes! Wink

My pressure washer decided to die before I cleaned the bikes so I just had to hose them off.
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flarider 2/19/2009 11:05am
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I like the blue.
I also agree with FTE, if it is something you can afford to do.
If not, consider like noob said, drop the background and watermark (label) the image with your logo in the lower right.
Some good lighting will go a long way. That lighting has your colors way off.
Also consider getting a loaner from your local dealer so the bike is "primo" for the photos. Tell the dealer you're return it in the same condition (unused) with a complimentary set of hoses to help them sell it.
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lumpy790 2/19/2009 11:23am
2/19/2009 11:23am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 10:34pm
www.Hagercycle.com let me shoot bikes on their floor last year.




NC Kid offered for me to come into their dealership and shoot Kawasaki's but at this time I can not afford to give away product like that......some day maybe.....but if they bought a dozen.......
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mxracer32 2/19/2009 11:34am
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what are you shooting with? point and shoot? dslr?
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I am using a Panasonic DMC-LZ5 with 6.0 pixies on a tripod with 3 lights.

I know Benjamin from Eastern dirt could do a million times better but......$$$
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lumpy790 2/19/2009 12:11pm
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BTW MXracer32.....I will have the kit for your bike in about a week. Wink

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mxracer32 2/19/2009 12:38pm
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actually thats not what i was refering too, one of our locals and a contributing photog to EDM is just a few short months away from graduating from the the charlotte school of arts in photography. a lot of the pictures that are of me are taken by him, hes got some skill. i think he could do a great job for a fraction of what a seasoned veteran would charge. if your interested in the least bit, i'll give him a call and ask what he would charge for something like this. he has all the post-editing software as well to go along so it just wont be 'taking a picture'. i assure you it would be more then reasonable.
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indy_maico wrote:
I hope that fuel line hose is lined with viton or something.

Silicon won't last in gasoline.

lumpy790 wrote:
You are 100% correct Indy_maico! Our Radiator Hoses are silicone just like CV4's but....... our carb hoses are not silicone like CV4 sells people for carbs...
You are 100% correct Indy_maico!


Our Radiator Hoses are silicone just like CV4's but....... our carb hoses are not silicone like CV4 sells people for carbs.


Our carb kits are tried and true since 2001 and were on last years WWR bikes and are on Jeff Alessi's CRF250 this year. I hope to have the 09 CRF450 radiator hoses for the rest of the Moto Concepts team in time for Daytona.


I also offer sponsorship threw MX Resultz.


I am a small company not a big Nascar corporation like CV4.......I try to do the best I can with what I have access to........so I guess I need some better friends with new bikes! Wink

My pressure washer decided to die before I cleaned the bikes so I just had to hose them off.
Maybe I'll have to get some red fuel line for my Maicos, my cooling hoses are made of thin air!
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lumpy790 2/19/2009 1:35pm
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Since your Maico is different I can custom make a kit for you. Yellow would look good on it too.
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No orange?
tcannon521 2/19/2009 2:15pm
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Hose and Photo Shoot without brentneybvotemissAX09 equals FAIL!!!
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lumpy790 2/19/2009 2:28pm
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123 wrote:
No orange?
Im working on KTM's
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tcannon521 wrote:
Hose and Photo Shoot without brentneybvotemissAX09 equals FAIL!!!
Couldn't agree more.
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jtomasik wrote:
I thought this thread was going to be something interesting like: [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51iBrtdRORL._SL500_AA280_.jpg[/img] [img]http://images.inmagine.com/img/uppercutrf/ucsi020/ucsi020551.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.snow-dome.de/imperia/md/images/snowdome/events/news_events/miss_wet_t-shirt.jpg[/img]
I thought this thread was going to be something interesting like:







I was thinking "Hoes" Photo shoot.

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