Calendar Photo Submissions

[PaulProe]

Our new forum software brings a long-needed feature to our group. A place to submit photos easily for consideration for the coming year's calendar.

Calendar Submissions​

The photo folder will accept these file formats: png, jpg, jpeg, jpe and gif. NOTE: new iPhone users, as of this writing, we've included the Apple heic format however it has NOT been tested.

Click on the link above and it will take you to the album to upload your picture.

For a calendar submission, the file should be the original resolution, not a reduced size. These types typically won't work

• Instagram clips
• Facebook photos
• email photos

We recommend connecting to this site on your phone and uploading directly to the folder. If you get a dialog box asking about download size, select "original" or largest size possible.

Some tips:

• The format HAS TO BE landscape mode. Portrait(vertical layout) WILL NOT work
• Pay close attention to what's in your background - Don't position the car so you have a tree coming out of your hood
• Pay attention to lighting. Sunny Days ARE NOT the best days. A bright cloudy day is better, the light is smoother and there aren't any harsh shadows.
• Before 10AM or within 2hrs of sunset are the best times. In between, the shadows make a hard picture.
• Sorry, no people in the pictures.
• If you see the size of the picture is below 5Mb or a number followed by Kb, it will be too small to use

The folder is up, hopefully we'll see some submissions in the near future. I've put in one test upload, just to make sure the larger files would upload/download correctly. It is a good example of a BAD picture - note the shadows and sunlight flares.

Now we just need your pictures.

 

[PaulProe]

Update on uploads
Yesterday, Tim added a bunch of photos to the submission folder.

Size is very important. Some of them are too small to use so I've contacted the person in the picture (Steve, Brian) directly.

The calendar pages are 8-1/2 x 11, the printing resolution is 300DPI - putting this into layman's terms, your picture size should be a minimum of 3300pixel x 2550pixel., about 5Mb or larger. If you see the image size is followed by "Kb", be warned it is probably too small.

Some additional size is preferred since some photos are shot on a different aspect ratio and the picture size needs to be cropped to fit the page properly.

 

[PaulProe]

Pictures posted in a forum thread CANNOT be used for the calendar. They are resized when uploaded.


Please go to the Calendar submission folder and upload it there. If using an iPhone, make sure you upload the original photo. iPhones tend to reduce images to save space.

This is the upload page: Calendar Submissions

 

[PaulProe]

Repeating the upload process, use the link above to connect to the gallery to upload your pictures. If you do happen to get a 'Image too large' notice, let me know and you can upload to the club's DropBox account.

 

[PaulProe]

Cleaned up all the old posts and bringing this back to the top. The thread is pinned to the top of the forum so you can find it again when you need to.