2014 Calendar pic request

[quicksilvr]

Usually the pictures will need to be at least 1280x1024 resolution. If I was making the calendar, I'd prefer even larger, like 1600x1200.



Several of you guys have posted ones that are too small. Great pics, but if the size isn't there....he won't be able to use it.

 

[Millerad1651]

Is there a way to make them larger? I take all my pics on my iphone and use photobucket...

 

[98OzarksRunner]

This one is not me or my truck. I took it on a run through the Mark Twain National Forest last month. Really brushy but a great time.

 

[NJCatalana]

This one is not me or my truck. I took it on a run through the Mark Twain National Forest last month. Really brushy but a great time.

heyy I know that feller! Nice shot Greg, that was one hell of a trail
thanks for posting this of me n my rig!

 

[afg10000]

Making pics larger that weren't taken in a decent res will make them horrible if you blow them up. I don't want to be judge and jury on what pics go where. What my thought was is to build a format on a site like Blurb (that's who prints my portfolios) where people can go to that site and purchase their own at will. What I'd like to find is a site where I can build a template that's customizable for everyone to be able to access it and swap out pics if they'd like. Vistaprint and Shutterfly seem to be the best starting points. I haven't had time to get on this yet, but I will. At worst, I know I can do a full calendar layout and provide a link that everyone can go to and purchase, but it would not be customizable. Either way, I have to get ground work done first. Feel free to PM me to e-mail larger files if you'd like. If you do that, they'll be at full res when I pull them into Photoshop.

 

[afg10000]

Is there a way to make them larger? I take all my pics on my iphone and use photobucket...

Go into your camera settings on your I-toaster and turn the resolution all the way up. They will be giant files but great for print and digital manipulation.

 

[bpowa]

yalls got some nice looking trucks.

 

[steezemcqueen]

Here are some of my favorites. I can email or post any of them in high res in you want them.

 

[AlphaEcho2k5]

Near Snowy Range, WY.

 

[JWaldz]

This would be an awesome idea.. In fact it needs to happen yearly. It should be organized though and we should do voting to make it fair.

few of my fav's

 

[afg10000]

I agree with your sentiment JWaldz. Regarding your sunken Runner pic, do you want to stare at that for a month? My sunken Runner pics will not appear in any calendar that I print for myself.

 

[CenCalifoothill15]

could one of these be worthy enough for May?

:thanks: David

 

[afg10000]

All right folks, I'm rockin' on this stuff right now whilst I have some time. I have already PM'd a few folks and will be PMing more of you shortly. I personally would still like a bit more variety. Moderators, is there any way you can spread this around the other gen parts of the forum? I think it'd be nice to have some Tacomas, Cruisers and older Runners in there as well. Looks like I'll be using Vistaprint. It's cheap (7.99 or so per wall calendar). What I'll do is create a generic e-mail account and password and post it here. From there any member can log into the Vistaprint acct. and order themselves a calendar and also swap out pics if they'd like. Sounds good so far -

 

[afg10000]

I dud its. DISCLAIMER: Please don't yell at me for the pics I chose to use. I chose what I chose for photographic aspects, originality and subjective beauty to my eye. I'm obviously going to have a bias to pics that have personal memories. If anyone has menial photo editing software, they can edit the pics on the calendar as they see fit. I will provide all pertinent photo specs below. I hope ya'll like it. I really like the cover, personally. I ordered 4 with the premium gloss stock and it was $35. BE CAREFUL with the ordering process on this site. Pay attention to their extras that are automatically checked for you. I retain no liability for operator error or Vistaprint marketing tactics. I hope this all works out and I didn't open a can of worms trying to do something good.

http://www.vistaprint.com/
Log in: [email protected]
password: 2014calendar

On the main page you'll see the "my portfolio". The calendar will be right there. It's the one with the 4Runner (ha-ha). Click on the thumbnail and you'll see the preview of the entire calendar. Click on which ever one you'd like to edit. Simply drag the pic off the specified month onto a blank spot on the screen. Go to the left where it says "Get Pictures". Upload your preferred photo and drag it onto the month. The program will warn you if the picture is low quality. If you're having trouble with the editing just click "scale to fit" option rather than crop. It's a little finicky, but not too difficult. Well, let's see how this works out. Check it out ya'll and give me some feedback-
Here are optimum photo bleed requirements:
Width-1666 pixels
Height- 1250 pixels
Res- 150-180 (I used 180)

 

[the great him]

yeah i just used vistaprint for our wedding invitations, and i can second the "upsale" at the checkout stage, they will try and sell you more and more an if your not careful you will buy more at a higher price...

 

[afg10000]

Any feedback? Does this stuff work? Bump-

 

[the great him]

it seamed to me to work...

 

[02_SE_Runner]

Are you done collecting pictures for the calendar? If not I would love to take September, since its my birth month...

 

[afg10000]

Are you done collecting pictures for the calendar? If not I would love to take September, since its my birth month...

Yes, I already got everything done but you can go to the link I posted above and swap one of your pics onto Sept. if you'd like.

 

[afg10000]

Calendars arrived today. They look great. Thought the Vistaprint folks did a good job.