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Submitting Pictures and the Story of Your Corvair |
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I’ve gotten a number of queries concerning how to get pictures of Corvair(s) published on The Ideal Garage. The quick answer is there's really not too much to do. Just go outside and take a picture of your Corvair in its garage (front or back facing out, it doesn't matter). The photo should prominently feature one or more Corvairs, since that's the point of the site. We have full scanning capabilities here at The Ideal Garage, so if you don’t have access to a digital camera, don’t worry. We can scan photographs for you. |
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Detailed Guidelines |
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The slow answer is that there are, in fact, some guidelines. The reason for the formality is that I want to end up with a website that’s more than just a scrapbook of Corvair pictures. |
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Guidelines for Photographs |
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When taking the garage shot, please try to make sure that you're standing no more than about 10-20 paces away. I'd like to avoid long range shots that look like they were taken through the wrong end of a telescope. |
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For what it’s worth, the garage shot on the Craig & Diane Hardy page (shown on the right) is one of the ones I like best so far. The one of Ron and Kathy Thompson’s two earlies in Washington State is about as far away as you should be from the garage when taking the picture. In hindsight, I was a little too far away when I took the shot of Kerry Parkos' car in its garage. |
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Along with the garage shot, please give me a few others of your Corvair. I'm sure that any favorite shot you have of your car(s) will do. I can take JPEGs, GIFs, Bitmaps, whatever. |
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Please don't be offended, but if your Corvair is in primer, or is in generally poor condition, I would prefer to wait until your restoration efforts are further along before featuring the car. The photo on the right provides a good example of what we’re not looking for... |
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If you're planning to give your Corvair a shiny new coat of paint within 6 months, I'd rather publish the before and after shots, rather than just the before. I can think of a few reasons why there might be exceptions to this (e.g., it’s your daily driver or your “snow car”), so please send me an email if you're uncertain. |
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Guidelines for Text |
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A few good snapshots of your Corvair in its customary resting place are only the starting point; The photo of your car in its garage is the gateway to your story. With this in mind, for each car pictured, please also tell me:
And anything else that comes to mind. One of the things I'm trying to avoid on this website is repetition. I don't want to put up car after car with "110/4-spd, black interior, AM radio, bought from 2nd owner, yadda, yadda, yadda, and the clock works!." I think the site's readers will want to know something about the contributors' backgrounds and some bit about their personalities. If that doesn't come through, the site will suck (to use the technical jargon). Don't worry about buffing up the language in your answers, I'm a pretty fair editor and can help you out by asking some pointed questions (such as the ones above). |
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Summary |
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Thanks in advance for putting up with guidelines that might seem to be picky. I want this website to have a certain look and feel and the only way to achieve that is to develop — and then adhere to — certain standards. A good looking website doesn't happen by accident...sorta like a good looking Corvair. Please let me know what you'd like to do next and thanks for your interest. Steven J. Serenska |
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