Hi all,

I'm offering an online car selling service to people who want to sell their car privately. So I create a text with all infos you could possibly need, devided into 3 small lists. I also photograph the car, as pictures say a lot more than words. And it's the pictures I need your advice on.

1. Would you put text IN the picture in order for it to stand out more in car listings on autotrader or cars.com? And what colors would you use for background and text?

Here are a few examples I created

this one is quite decent, it can be a bit louder:

Louder still (background color)

and finally:

I could go on with black text on red, white text on red, but red means danger and that's not good.

2. I heard someone say once there is a perfect 1st image for a pre-owned car ad. It looks something like one below

it's a wide angle shot, bit of the front and a bit of the side with wheels turned. I don't understand and I wonder why 'they' state this. To me the car looks odd this way, I cannot if it has a sunroof or not and I don't see the rear wheel properly.

My idea for a perfect 1st image is this (apart from the cars in the background)

This picture is taken from about 6-8 feet distance, it's more balanced and you get a better idea of the cars' lines. Or this one

Here you have a good overwiew on the car, it shows its color and condition well.

In the brochures you see almost all cars being photographed from a (long) distance. I know space is tight when you have a dealership, but most (of you) have a special area for photography.

What your take on this?