Redirecting an image url to a more SEO friendly image url

[RedAntSolutions]

We are currently trying to find the best way of making the images on one of our sites more SEO friendly, the easiest way for us would be to redirect the image URL to a more SEO friendly image URL.

For example:

http://www.website.com/default/cache/file/F8325DA-0A9A-437F-B5D0A4255A066261_medium.jpg

redirects to

http://www.website.com/default/cache/file/spiral-staircase.jpg

Would Google frown upon this as it's saying the image is one thing and then points the user somewhere else?

[BrettCollins]

I think the best way to ensure an SEO friendly title for your images is to change the name of the original image to the more SEO friendly one before you have uploaded it, thus not having to bother with redirects (which are best avoided as much as possible anyway) at all.

If the images are already there and you can't change the title for whatever reason, is it possible to re-upload them with the new title? It's generally advisable to be as transparent as possible and keep things as simple as you can, so I would personally stay clear of the redirects, but it probably wouldn't do a whole lot of harm.

Hope this helps!