Website front page concept - NOT TAKING INDIVIDUAL SHOTS. PLZ DON'T ASK.

[smokn4]

just seen this thread....ill try find a pic of my wagon

[Guest Bemrose]

[smokn4]

 Bemrose said:

thats a wicked wrx there....ever thought of givin it a facelift ???

or would matching the paint be too much of a issue

[Guest Bemrose]

yeah paint is the only issue, would have done it a long long time ago ! i never have the black covers off so doesn't really bother me

[smokn4]

 Bemrose said:

yeah paint is the only issue, would have done it a long long time ago ! i never have the black covers off so doesn't really bother me

carbon fibre's always a option tho aye ???...but yea wicked as is 8)

[Guest Bemrose]

hahaha carbon fibre , dont want to be like scoob

[ReubenH]

Some back drop candidates.

[Shale]

Backdrop pics... epic win ;D

More car pics... reading the entire thread fail. Thanks, appreciate it, but reading the thread fail.

[DRFVDR]

some one say subaru in snow

[chulozumo]

 Shale said:

Looks cool indeed...very pretty car ;D

Pic is a bit dark though, it would fade into the background a bit...also a pain to clearcut as the bottom half of it is almost solid black.

At the moment I'm gonna look at organising an AKL/CNI meet somewhere after a cruise, get a tonne of cars together in some way...and from there, other cities can do the same for a revolving banner

The design I'm workin on so far...I'm not fond. Might scrap it and try again, lol.

sweet as i shall try and find the original! think ive still got it on my pc somehwere...

[Shale]

Just as a reiteration, I'm not going to use individual car pics now.

There are going to be colour, angle and resolution issues that'll take days to match up to a photoshoot or three, that'll take people and the photographers half a day to do and just send me the files.

IMO it'll be more fun for people to turn up to photoshoots in their respective areas, have a laugh with friends, have a BBQ maybe, spend an hour taking some schmancy photos, and party on the rest of the day in proper CS style

[aim]

Hey Shale. Might bring it up at CHCH's next pizza night.

[Shale]

Do it!

[ODB]

the problem i see with this is that collectively:

a) are the cars good enough for a club banner?

b)space constraints....they will appear matchbox toys if you want them all to appear.

I guess some fancy scrolling banner could rectify b) but I'd argue for some of the elite cars in the club rather than a whole lot of cars.

If we want to look at motorsport affiliation perhaps our cars on the banner should be more towards that area?

If we have a bunch of ricer, boyracer cars on the front banner what sort of message is that sending about who we are?

Im not pointing the finger at anyone here btw.

[Shale]

Fair points, but this club isn't specifically about the nicest Subarus that the company has to offer. That's the job of the NZ STi club. It's a general club for general Subaru owners.

A display of as many people as possible, say 20 cars per banner rotation, gives the most honest description. Yes, there are some ricers and gangstas and wiggas amongst us. Yes, there are some mind-blowing race cars, some stockers, some restos, and one or two wankers with dressed up grocery carts Everyone as much a part of ClubSUB so long as they contribute, whether that's through mechanical help, social offerings, paid membership, etc...

There are ways and means of not making cars appear as matchbox cars at low resolution; it's down to photographic skill.

I'm working on a mock banner at the moment, but it's a very loose idea of what's possible, not a representation of what's going to happen. Some of the cars are teeny weeny, and none will appear as they do in this banner as they'll be part of a whole photo. You can see my issue with 34957395 separate shots in this...they're on different angles elevation-wise, and the colours all poop themselves.

http://a.imageshack.us/img821/4935/clubsubnewsite2.jpg

Need far better photos of course. These are a mock-up.

[ODB]

Yeah i do agree with your points.

However, i think you should take a club-president directive as to what direction the club is aiming in rather than letting your creative juices flow wildly in the direction you choose.

Ultimately that will stop petty arguing here so perhaps that could be on the agenda for next phone hook up meeting????

Again id like to re-iterate how crucial the banner is for prospective new members. You give the wrong impression, you get the wrong people joining imo.

[Shale]

Sounds like an idea to me.

[Guest]

 ReubenH said:

Some back drop candidates.

THIS one is awesome.

[petrolheadjman]

Have spanku in the center, will give the right message

[wrx_lou]

I agree with ODBs points. But I do think there should be some level of diversity in the cars used in the banner. I think it would look nice with cars like BT's and Fastfours as well as somenice road cars like Spec-C's (yes i did just say that) and BC5RA's. Maybe we could even mix in some oldschool boys in there too.

[Shale]

If the shots are taken quite intentionally between the different photographers (as I can't foresee us being able to get everyone across the country in one place at the same time), then it won't be noticable with a ton of photoshopping. As you can see from the demo above it looks horrendous with an assortment of shots plucked outta nowhere and slapped together.

And no, I wasn't intending on having my car in there, it's an exception not a rule So don't worry, by 'diversity' et al I don't mean 'my car gets in or I throw a tanty' Any grey bums like it should be an STi.

[matty231]

Pretty cool idea, If I can get a nice shot of my car up, i'll post it.

BTW, I can help you guys with the site design & layout if you like seeing i'm a web designer myself.

Free of course!

[Shale]

That would be great and thank you for the offer, but plz to read the whole thread

As a quick recap (again) - I'm not taking individual car shots. And I'm working on the layout as I find time. I've also just been accepted for a rather cool diploma in digital media, so at this rate I'll be able to do the ENTIRE site.

[matty231]

Another thing is, why not make 2 dozen pictures with individual cars in them, then each time the page loads, a random one is selected and display. Check out this website, it's my dads, each time you refresh it you'll see a different image.

I can help set this up if you'd like.

http://stevenreidtraining.co.nz/main/news.php

[matty231]

 Shale said:

That would be great and thank you for the offer, but plz to read the whole thread

As a quick recap (again) - I'm not taking individual car shots. And I'm working on the layout as I find time. I've also just been accepted for a rather cool diploma in digital media, so at this rate I'll be able to do the ENTIRE site.

My bad, that sounds cool! Im sure you can make the site look a lot better, not that it is already, it serves it's purpose well but you can probably have some good fun making it even better