Project: Pentax Forums 2010 Calendar??

*DanLoc78* · 09-25-2009, 10:45 PM

Was wondering if it had been thought of to take the images that have won the 12 monthly photo competitions for 2009 and creating a calendar for 2010. Thoughts?

*smc* · 09-25-2009, 10:48 PM

I'd preorder....

jcool · 09-25-2009, 11:14 PM

that is a great idea, could sell them and if the powers that be care to apply the proceeds to the web site fund.....

adamkean · 09-26-2009, 10:46 AM

i'd buy one!!

*Ash* · 09-26-2009, 10:53 AM

That's a good idea Dan.
And a good promotional plug for the forum.
Would have to wait and see what Adam thinks of this...

**Adam** · 09-26-2009, 11:26 AM

Something's telling me that this has been suggested before, and that I liked the idea, but was prevented from doing it for some reason or another.

I'd very much like to make a calendar, but the main issue I see is image sizing. I'd have to contact every previous contest winner and request a resolution along the lines of 200dpi or higher (and if that person is unreachable, there goes one page of the calendar!). The 800-pixel contest photos definitely won't cut it in print!

Regardless, go I'll see if it can be done. Does anyone have some suggestions as far as printing companies go? I don't think CafePress makes calendars.

*Ash* · 09-26-2009, 12:00 PM

To get around the loss of high-res images along the way, perhaps if this project gets off the ground (or is planned to be), then winners of each month can post/e-mail the high-res images to you (or whoever will be in charge of its design) to be kept for this purpose.

**Adam** · 09-26-2009, 12:01 PM

Right. It wouldn't be too hard to request larger versions in the future; but it's the past submissions I'm concerned about.

*Ash* · 09-26-2009, 12:40 PM

True Adam.
Once can only try for 2010, collating all of 2009's images from the winners if they're all still active.

interested_observer · 09-26-2009, 01:29 PM

For the monthly winners that can not be found, just go with the second / third ..... place images. Its the end of September, it might not be too bad to try to line up the first 9 months for 2009......

In December, count up the number that can not be found, then select alternatives to fill in the voids.

*straightshooter* · 09-28-2009, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Adam

Does anyone have some suggestions as far as printing companies go? I don't think CafePress makes calendars.

I know Shutterfly does but how they would want them to be ordered is a different matter.

CW

*DanLoc78* · 09-28-2009, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by interested_observer

For the monthly winners that can not be found, just go with the second / third ..... place images. Its the end of September, it might not be too bad to try to line up the first 9 months for 2009......

In December, count up the number that can not be found, then select alternatives to fill in the voids.

This is what I had in mind as well. Honestly, I would hang a 2011 (with 2010's 12 pictures) calendar in my cubicle and at home in a heartbeat.

*skinja* · 09-28-2009, 01:10 PM

I did half a dozen calanders for family members last year, I used the apple software on my home computer, the quality was extremly nice, but it was really expensive like $22 each.

Where I work does a couple thousand calanders every year I will find out who does it for them. I can't imagine that they are paying anywhere near that.

*indytax* · 09-28-2009, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Adam

I don't think CafePress makes calendars.

CafePress does calendars: Calendars - CafePress

I don't know anything about their quality, but it looks like they charge $18.

**Adam** · 09-28-2009, 02:50 PM

Indeed it looks like they've got them. 13 images- a cover and one for each of the months!

$15 is the base cost, so we'd be looking at a final price of $18 to $20. I'll get started with requesting the full-size images from contest winners.