2008 Calendar Submissions, 6gc.net calendar Options

[playr158]

I'm going to start collecting photos for calendar consideration.

HOW TO SUBMIT

a) DEAD LINE TO SUBMIT- OCT 19th by midnight (anything after will be auto deleted)

b) EMAIL THEM TO districtymotorsports@gmail.com

c) HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS ONLY

I'll then have a photo voting thread up for top 12 votes
which will close no later than 10/31/07 mid night and will go to production

A "style" voting thread will come up with in the next 1-1.5 weeks

(to get this started, if someone else wants to step up and do it then let me know and pm coomer)

This post has been edited by playr158: Sep 24, 2007 - 1:57 PM

[97lestyousay]

I'm confused this is the 6gc.net calendar? Coomer is having you do it?

[malpaso]

I'm glad there is happening some action according to my post , however IMHO would not Christian Coomer approve this? I mean have you asked owner of this site?

[playr158]

don't get up in a bunch i'm just starting to get the pictures together.
I've sent coomer a PM about it. If he decides to put it together and/or have someone else do it, they will get the package of pictures. this is just to get a start on it.

[manphibian]

Needs someone to start it off or it won't happen again

[BloodyStupidDave...]

I'm glad there is happening some action according to my post , however IMHO would not Christian Coomer approve this? I mean have you asked owner of this site?

My take is that getting the 6gc logo on the calendar is just a branding issue. The calendar photos can be chosen, artwork drawn up, printer found and job costed with a placeholder logo instead of the official 6gc logo, then the official 6gc logo swapped in at the last moment.

The main jobs are (I would have thought)
* getting enough submissions such that there are at least 13 really high resolution photos short-listed
* sorting through the photos, deciding which to use for each month
* soring out copyright issues
* finding a printer and having at least one back-up printer in case first choice pulls out
* logistics and payment, cash flow

Sounds like quite a lot of work to me. Of course, coomer has to be approached and we will need his agreement, plus a high-resolution version of the 6gc logo. But other things can be done in parallel.

[97lestyousay]

I wait to see coomers approval before sending any pics. If it isn't going to be a 6gc.net calendar
it probably needs to be discussed in off topic.

[playr158]

if you don't like it there is a handy report this post feature on your left hand side..

at least the UK guys get the concept!
in the mean time i'll be waiting for a PM back from chris and the rest can do as they will

This post has been edited by playr158: Sep 24, 2007 - 2:00 PM

[jason]

wow what a dick... but yea... i think someone needs to get the ball rolling for this.. coomer seems to be a bit busy, and if he cant seem to get a calendar together, then i give props to whoever can.

[x_itchy_b_x]

we the site users have the power
I'm sure Coomer wont mind at all.

glad someone is taking the initiative here.

[BloodyStupidDave...]

i'm just starting to get the pictures together... this is just to get a start on it.

I still have all the high res , photoshoped, pictures, ready for insertion from last year's calendar winning pictures (that never made it).

Perhaps we should use the winning ones for the 2007 calendar, and keep the new submissions for the 2009 calendar? Perhaps a pole post to decide whether to accept new submissions or just use the 2007 winners?

This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Sep 24, 2007 - 4:37 PM

[playr158]

i'm just starting to get the pictures together... this is just to get a start on it.

I still have all the high res , photoshoped, pictures, ready for insertion from last year's calendar winning pictures (that never made it).

Perhaps we should use the winning ones for the 2007 calendar, and keep the new submissions for the 2009 calendar? Perhaps a pole post to decide whether to accept new submissions or just use the 2007 winners?

not too bad of an idea, although part of the essence of the calendar is to represent the year that just passed.

would taking 6 of 2006's final 12 and 6 new ones?

[purplegt4]

plus a high-resolution version of the 6gc logo.

vector image

[j0e_p3t]

time to take some pics. looks like i'ma have a calendar next year. this year seemed so empty.

[jcaron9gt4]

email sent

[malpaso]

don't get up in a bunch i'm just starting to get the pictures together.
I've sent coomer a PM about it. If he decides to put it together and/or have someone else do it, they will get the package of pictures. this is just to get a start on it.

Fine, fine I just respect some authority here

note: still have question what is "hi-res picture" for you? The same rules like here? (Photos must be high-quality, scenic, and at least 1024x768 pixels)

This post has been edited by malpaso: Sep 25, 2007 - 12:39 AM

[Insanity-74]

Good Idea to get the ball rolling. Expect some pictures to be heading your way soon.

[manphibian]

don't get up in a bunch i'm just starting to get the pictures together.
I've sent coomer a PM about it. If he decides to put it together and/or have someone else do it, they will get the package of pictures. this is just to get a start on it.

Fine, fine I just respect some authority here

note: still have question what is "hi-res picture" for you? The same rules like here? (Photos must be high-quality, scenic, and at least 1024x768 pixels)

1024x768 is not high res enough to look professional IMO

[Insanity-74]

An 8MP camera will deliver a picture size ITRO 3260 X 2440 pixels (about 2.5 - 3mb file size). obviously the less pixels the camera, the smaller the picture can be, it wants to be as big as you camera can take, if your camera is only 2MP then it will struggle to produce an image that big without looking poo.... so just make it as large as you can with the camera you have.

It also depends upon how big the calender is going to be????

Increasing image size in photoshop will also dramatically reduce image quality.

[Rayme]

An 8MP camera will deliver a picture size ITRO 3260 X 2440 pixels (about 2.5 - 3mb file size). obviously the less pixels the camera, the smaller the picture can be, it wants to be as big as you camera can take, if your camera is only 2MP then it will struggle to produce an image that big without looking poo.... so just make it as large as you can with the camera you have.

It also depends upon how big the calender is going to be????

Increasing image size in photoshop will also dramatically reduce image quality.

A 4 MP camera is more than enough to have a quality 8.5x11. 2200 x 1700 pixels is enough.

All picture need a little modification though.