2009 NJFBOA Calendar

[Tru2Chevy]

Well folks, it's that time of year again! Time to get the ball rolling on our 2009 NJFBOA Club Calendar.

Once again we will be using pictures from all of you to fill the pages of the calendar.

Here is the information you need to consider when submitting your photos:

Please make your images as close to 3375 x 2589 pixels or larger. This results in an image about 11" x 8.5" @ 300 dpi and will produce the best results when printed. Images up to 20% smaller will work but may not reproduce as sharp. Basically, you need to use a 7+ megapixel digital camera to attain the required image size, although a 6 megapixel should work as well. Also, when taking photos, please remember that these pictures will be cropped to 8.5" x 11", so leave a lot of room on the edges of the image, because a lot will be taken off. Photos that are cropped too closely will not be eligible. Keep an eye around your car for trash that's not supposed to be in it, we will be able to Photoshop some things out, but want to edit the pictures as little as possible.

Please use this standard when submitting pictures for consideration in the calendar.

There is no set limit on the amount of pictures that you are allowed to submit, but please keep it to a reasonable amount.

Please don't hesitate to send in a few pictures if you don't think that you car is worthy of being a feature car. We try to use as many different member's pics as possible to fill in empty space in the calendar, so go ahead and send in those pics.

All submissions should be emailed to the following address: Pics@njfboa.org

All submissions are due no later than September 20, 2008


Looking forward to seeing everyone's entries!

[79CamaroDiva]

here are some samples of what we mean about being cropped too closely. These pictures would have been great for the calendar, except that they were cropped too closely. the transparent bars on the sides represent what would be cropped off the original image to make it fit in an 8.5x11

http://www.islanddragway.com/melissa/samples/1.jpg

http://www.islanddragway.com/melissa/samples/2.jpg

http://www.islanddragway.com/melissa/samples/3.jpg

the 3rd image is not as tight as the first two, but is too close for printing because of the margin for error on cutters. make sure that the majority of your image is the car, but please leave room on the sides.

[Knipps]

couldn't you trim from the top/bottom to keep the ratio?

[79CamaroDiva]

no. i would have to ADD to the top or bottom to keep the ratio. 8.5 x 11 is more narrow than the 3:2 aspect of most cameras.

Its like going from wide screen tv to full screen.. if that is an easier comparison.

EDIT, and if you meant on the calendar itself, that adds production cost, as well as additional work for me to redesign the calendar templates. Then each of the days on the calendar would be smaller because they got squished up. Its just easier to say leave extra room :)

[edpontiac91]

Well folks, it's that time of year again! Time to get the ball rolling on our 2009 NJFBOA Club Calendar.

Once again we will be using pictures from all of you to fill the pages of the calendar.

Here is the information you need to consider when submitting your photos:



There is no set limit on the amount of pictures that you are allowed to submit, but please keep it to a reasonable amount.

Please don't hesitate to send in a few pictures if you don't think that you car is worthy of being a feature car. We try to use as many different member's pics as possible to fill in empty space in the calendar, so go ahead and send in those pics.

All submissions should be emailed to the following address: Pics@njfboa.org

All submissions are due no later than September 20, 2008, which is 5 weeks from today.


Looking forward to seeing everyone's entries!

Finally figured out how to send them out!

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Diva, car 3 in your examples is hawt! :) hehe!

[Tru2Chevy]

Diva, car 3 in your examples is hawt! :) hehe!

Well see if you can get some new pics of that hawt car and get them emailed to us then :mrgreen:

- Justin

[enRo]

Just a suggestion, shouldnt the calendar be based on the car of the months this past year? Makes sense, doesnt it? :-P

[79CamaroDiva]

makes sense, but we didn't make any image requirements for COTM, the pictures aren't necessarily the best print quality images, just what looks good on screen.

[Tru2Chevy]

We would love Car of the Month winners to submit pictures of the proper size for the Calendar....so far none have.

- Justin

[ar0ck]

We would love Car of the Month winners to submit pictures of the proper size for the Calendar....so far none have.

- Justin

If you want I can upload all my customers pictures to an FTP like year. I'm going to make a post later in the evening for calendar pictures too.

[Tru2Chevy]

If you want I can upload all my customers pictures to an FTP like year. I'm going to make a post later in the evening for calendar pictures too.

It's up to them if they want to submit the pics, but if they are interested I can get pics directly from you without a problem.

- Justin

[Blackbirdws6]

Justin - I've asked Alex to submit a few of my favorite pics of my car for the calendar. He has all of the raw files so let me know what else you need from me. Thanks Alex!

[IROCZman15]

can i submit photos too?? or no 3rd gens allowed ???

[NastyEllEssWon]

i have no idea what any of the above technical jargon means...i dont know what a dpi is or how to tell how many pixels its made of....soooo yeah...this is what i got

1998 BGM z28 (1 of 323)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/Jsaul83/HPIM0174.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/Jsaul83/HPIM0176.jpg

[enRo]

makes sense, but we didn't make any image requirements for COTM, the pictures aren't necessarily the best print quality images, just what looks good on screen.

tru tru

[Tru2Chevy]

i have no idea what any of the above technical jargon means...i dont know what a dpi is or how to tell how many pixels its made of....soooo yeah...this is what i got

All you need to know is the dimensions. Both of the pics you posted are 800 x 600, and we need pics as close to 3375 x 2589 as possible (or larger). To see what size your pics are, right click on them and select Properties from the drop-down box.

Also, please don't use this thread to submit pics - email them to the address listed in the first post.

Thanks.

- Justin

[IROCZman15]

i just emailed a few photos in, let me know if they work....

[DaSkinnyGuy]

can i submit photos too?? or no 3rd gens allowed ???

a 3rd gen is an f-body its aloud. All f-bodies are aloud.

[Tru2Chevy]

So far we've only got submissions from 5 people.....only a few weeks left to get pictures in!

- Justin

[ar0ck]

For the people who are unsure their submissions meet the clubs requirements!

Go here:
http://www.njfboa.org/forums/showthread.php?p=482234#post482234

[sweetbmxrider]

does this meet the crop requirement and can it be edited to look good enough for the calender? its your call i'll email it but i don't wanna send crap. oh and the original file is in canon raw and large jpg so no worries there but lemme know if you want it!! :D
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg190/sweetbmxrider/IMG_5411rr.jpg

[79CamaroDiva]

tahts a little close on the edges, but if need be the sky or the ground are easy enough to clone to make it fit in the crop

[Tru2Chevy]

You can send in edited pics, but please send unedited / uncropped originals of them too.

That particular pic is a little tight on the sides, but go ahead and send it in, and we'll see if it will work.

We'd rather get too many pics that don't work than not enough pics that do....

- Justin

[IROCZman15]

i know i submited a few phtos, are those able to be used????? if not i can take some more photos tomorrow.. let me know, cuz i will actually have the car out tomorrow.....

[Tru2Chevy]

Your's look pretty good, but they are only 2272x1704. Make sure your camera is on the highest setting. Images at that size won't print as well.

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

cool cool. i'm in the process of sending two that are 3888x2592. they are 5MB and 5.2MB. i'll send the jpg's but i could get canon raw's off my camera if that would be better???

[79CamaroDiva]

jpg is fine, sending a raw unfortunately wouldn't do any good when we send it to the printer that we use.

[Tru2Chevy]

Just to clear things up in case there is any confusion: People who had their car in our first calendar 2 years ago are allowed to submit pics for the calendar this year. We are only trying to keep the same car out of the calendar 2 years in a row.

- Justin

[chemicalstylez]

if i stretch my picture out to those requirements it looks horrid..... is it supposed to go from nice to ****** at those sizes?

[ar0ck]

Shouldn't have to stretch them, if you are then that probably means your camera isn't capable of those sizes.

[79CamaroDiva]

if i stretch my picture out to those requirements it looks horrid..... is it supposed to go from nice to ****** at those sizes?

yeah, you shouldnt have to stretch it. What program are you using? if you right click on the file, just make sure that in the dimensions of the picture are AT LEAST that size. you don't have to make them that size, that's what we do.

BTW, all cameras 6mp and higher should be able to take something this file size. even 5 mp on the highest setting is probably ok (i can't remember exactly off the top of my head)

[chemicalstylez]

Mine camera is only 4MP.... i'll take a picture and send it anyway, see how it looks eh?

[79CamaroDiva]

yeah, you can send it. even if it ends up not looking good full size, chances are good it will end up somewhere in the calendar :)

[DaSkinnyGuy]

It bugs me most of my pictures come out to 2592x1944. I just looked this moment and finally figured out that the biggest my camera will take is 3072x2304. I wish i would have known this since the day i got it. because if there is any chance that any of my pictures can be a big picture then when made at 2592x1944 the qualitly wont look as good as 3072x2304 :hammer: :banghead: :shrug: o well.

[Tru2Chevy]

BTW, all cameras 6mp and higher should be able to take something this file size. even 5 mp on the highest setting is probably ok (i can't remember exactly off the top of my head)

I think it's actually 7 megapixels and up, with most 6 megapixel cams turning in good enough shots. At least my S3 IS is a 6 MP and doesn't shoot at the required resolution, but still takes usable pics.

- Justin

[Tru2Chevy]

It bugs me most of my pictures come out to 2592x1944. I just looked this moment and finally figured out that the biggest my camera will take is 3072x2304. I wish i would have known this since the day i got it. because if there is any chance that any of my pictures can be a big picture then when made at 2592x1944 the qualitly wont look as good as 3072x2304 :hammer: :banghead: :shrug: o well.

If you can get more at the higher resolution in the next 2 weeks, then go for it. We'll take more pics from you....

- Justin

[DaSkinnyGuy]

If you can get more at the higher resolution in the next 2 weeks, then go for it. We'll take more pics from you....

- Justin

I'll have to figure something out. To bad none of the picutres i already sent in could have been full size. I finally figured out how to use the menu of the camera and i see large size and i couldnt believe i actually had that size.

[NastyEllEssWon]

i reuploaded my pics from my digicam. its a 5mp cam and the largest i can get was 2848 x 2144. my digi cam has since broke. might be time for a new one.
sent the photos anyway, hopefully theyre close enough to use.

[V]

ill throw a few your way this coming week... if i manage to find a capable camera

[ar0ck]

ill throw a few your way this coming week... if i manage to find a capable camera

:orlyflag:

[ws6 jim]

okay I just sent a few but was unsure of the of the size and if there is enough space on the sides let me know if everything is okay and that you got them thanks

[Tru2Chevy]

okay I just sent a few but was unsure of the of the size and if there is enough space on the sides let me know if everything is okay and that you got them thanks

Sure thing Jim, I'll check them later tonight and let you know.

- Justin

[//<86TA>\\]

i was going to send some pics just for the heck of it, but i lost all the good/full sized ones when my computer died a few weeks ago, and no time take new ones:cry:

best i have is 1024x768, need small filler pics?

[Tru2Chevy]

i was going to send some pics just for the heck of it, but i lost all the good/full sized ones when my computer died a few weeks ago, and no time take new ones:cry:

best i have is 1024x768, need small filler pics?

I still have all the pics you gave me last year, so we can use one of them for filler if you want. I can also email you the high-res pics that you sent me so you have some of them back.

- Justin

[Pro90rscam]

Justin,

I just wanted to know if my pics reached you and if they are too large or correct size? Just checking.

-Don

[Tru2Chevy]

Justin,

I just wanted to know if my pics reached you and if they are too large or correct size? Just checking.

-Don

Yes, I got them Don. When it comes to the calendar, there is no such thing as too large. Yours, unfortunately, are too small to be considered for a feature. We might use one for "filler" though.

Generally, you'll need to submit pics that were taken by a 7 (or higher) megapixel digital camera that was set on the highest resolution.

- Justin

[DaSkinnyGuy]

I sent more in. This time they are the biggest size my camera could take. 8-)

[ar0ck]

Generally, you'll need to submit pics that were taken by a 7 (or higher) megapixel digital camera that was set on the highest resolution.

- Justin

Or you could hire the friendly website photographer!

My schedule is still free and its not to late to squeeze in a shoot!

[Tru2Chevy]

Or you could hire the friendly website photographer!

My schedule is still free and its not to late to squeeze in a shoot!

Yes....this is prolly the easiest way to get shots submitted for the calendar with no question of whether they are good enough or large enough....

- Justin

[NastyEllEssWon]

i wanna be filler :nod:

[Tru2Chevy]

So far we have only received pictures from 15 different people......this Saturday is the last day to submit pics!

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

are you going to tell us who made the "cut"

[BonzoHansen]

Eventually....

[ar0ck]

My PM box is empty, dam shame no one is interested in being in such an awesomely put together calendar.

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Crap...I forgot to send in pictures. I might be going home from SC on Friday, so perhaps I can get them over in time for the deadline.

[IROCZman15]

if i only had access to a camera with ovet 5 megapix, i would have flooded ur mailbox.. i cant get a good camera that will make the proper size reqirements

[Tru2Chevy]

if i only had access to a camera with ovet 5 megapix, i would have flooded ur mailbox.. i cant get a good camera that will make the proper size reqirements
See here:
My PM box is empty, dam shame no one is interested in being in such an awesomely put together calendar.

- Justin

[chemicalstylez]

I sent 2 pictures, hope you can use them.

[IROCZman15]

i borrowed my ex-girlfriends 8.1 mega pixel camera, and took about 50 photos today, once she uploads them, she will put them on a cd, and I can e-mail all of them to you, or else if u want a copy of the cd, i can send you one also... should be ready by tomorrow evening.. let me know

[IROCZman15]

hey, can i MAIL you a CD with all of the photos on it, it will take wayy too mcuh time to email them... can i? i will p.m. you

[DaSkinnyGuy]

Thats a shame only 15 people sent pictures in. Out of about 300 active members it should be better.

[Tru2Chevy]

Anyone else have anything? As I have said, even if you don't have a picture that you think is good enough or large enough for a feature, we need lots of pictures for "filler".

- Justin

[chemicalstylez]

I'm gonna try to get ahold of a better camera tomorrow. I have a feeling my 4.0 megapixel wasn't good enough. Hopefully I can.

[IROCZman15]

i am going to be mailing you my CD of photos on saturday morning... is that ok? or it guna arive past the deadline to submit photos? its hte soonest i can get it to you. i can even to same day, or UPS if u need it that very day... ?

[Tru2Chevy]

i am going to be mailing you my CD of photos on saturday morning... is that ok? or it guna arive past the deadline to submit photos? its hte soonest i can get it to you. i can even to same day, or UPS if u need it that very day... ?

If we get it by Monday or Tuesday we should be ok, since I know it's coming.

- Justin

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

I can try to submit pics for filler from Chatterbox this Saturday since like 15 members are supposed to show up...

[usp55]

Pics sent but unfortunately my new grill didn't come yet so i don't have any without the front plate.

[V]

I = Failed

[DaSkinnyGuy]

Well i know its the day after the deadline but i sent another email of submissions.

[edpontiac91]

Thats a shame only 15 people sent pictures in. Out of about 300 active members it should be better.

Just look at how many vote for car of the month. A lot of regulars don't even bother to vote, though they sure post threads all the time!

[edpontiac91]

Well i know its the day after the deadline but i sent another email of submissions.

You probably have taken and sent in enough pictures to have your OWN calander! :shock:

[Tru2Chevy]

He had sent in over 30 pics before this latest email.... :razz:

- Justin

[edpontiac91]

He had sent in over 30 pics before this latest email.... :razz:

- Justin

IF HE DOESN'T GET IN, I HOPE YOU HAVE FIRE INSURANCE ON EVERYTHING! :orlyflag:

[maroman88]

if all u need is small filler pics feel free to browse my webshots albums lol....

http://community.webshots.com/user/mc97z34

[IROCZman15]

any updates or news?

[DevilDougWS6]

yeah, i sent you my pictures. any word on whos going to be in it and when can we order?

[WildBillyT]

Voting is in progress right now.

[Tru2Chevy]

The Power Members and Sponsors are voting now....if you want to vote too, click here (http://www.njfboa.org/forums/payments.php) to become a Power Member and support the site.

Once the winners are chosen, we will contact all of them to let them know.

Everyone else will just have to wait until the calendar comes out to see who is in it :)

- Justin