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Ron Sardo
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2017 Calendar Submissions
Oct 9th, 2016 at 1:03pm
 
Yes, it's that time of the year again.

Time to enter your best work of 2016 for the 2017 Woodturners Resource Calendar

This gives you about a month to take a good, high resolution photo anything turned this year.

Deadline to get your photo(s) in is Midnight Friday, November 11, 2016 (Pacific Time).


Voting will begin on Sunday, November 13, 2016 and close Midnight Saturday, November 19, 2016 (Pacific Time). A link will be provided later for voting.  To have your photos part of the voting process, I will need a high resolution version no later than Friday, November 11, 2016.

The calendars will be ready for the Christmas holidays.


To Enter and have your submissions approved, please read the following carefully.

● Contest is open to all WR Members.

● Only items turned during 2016 is eligible.

● Each member can enter a maximum of 3 photos.

● Photos that are are low resolution, out of focus, have distracting backgrounds or do not fit into a woodturning calendar will not be accepted.

● Make a copy of your file and reduce the resolution to a maximum of 75k. Place your low resolution image(s) in the 2017 WR Calendar Album in the Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Login or Register. Save the high resolution image(s) for me.

● As the submissions are entered into the gallery, I will notify you if they are approved or rejected. Once they are approved, I will then ask you to email me the high resolution version of your turnings.
Do Not Send Me Photos Until I Ask You To.


● Your image must fit nicely in a landscape frame measuring 10" wide by 7.5". Tall skinny portrait photos will not be accepted 

IMPORTANT:
Please rename the files with your name and project name such as "your_name_project_name.jpg".  Files named DSN_123.jpg or something similar will not be accepted. Please, make it easy for me.

Take a look at our calendars from years past
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A couple of tips on photographing turnings and having your images accepted:


● Make sure your image is in focus.

● Fill the frame in your camera's view finder before you take the picture. Leaving me some space so I can square up and crop the image if needed.

● Set your camera on it's highest resolution setting, which means you'll get the biggest file your camera can provide. It is not unusual for files to exceed 3 meg or even 5 meg. Remember these images will be reproduced to fit into a 9.5" x 7" image area, enlarging small images to fit will make them grainy.

● Send in the unaltered files. Do not crop, edit or manipulate the image in anyway. Photos that are altered will be rejected.

● Enlarging photos from 72 dpi to 300 dpi doesn't work, all you get is a grainy bloated file that will print poorly.

● Use a light tent to diffuse light and soften shadows.

● Use backgrounds like neutral gray or white. Gradient backgrounds look best. Grey would be the second choice.

● Avoid the "The Kitchen Table" pose with the poor lighting, multiple textures and background colors that can obscure the subject & cause color reflections that aren't true to life.

● Photos with seams in the background will be rejected.

● Photos with blue backgrounds will be rejected.

● Avoid having the subject right next to the edges, I may need that extra space to work with.

● Frame the photo so that the subject has some space on all sides. I may need to rotate and crop as needed. If the subject is right against an edge I won't have any room to work and your image may be disqualified.

● If possible, try to photograph the profile & upper portion in the same shot. Using an angle that just barely shows the rim opening helps the viewer see the full form as well as the thickness/finish quality of the inside.


Check List For Your Submissions To Be Approved:


No Cell Phone Images

Must be in focus
Unaltered files.
No blue backgrounds
Clean Backgrounds with no seams
No wrinkled sheets background
Avoid having the subject right next to the edges
No Hot Spots (bright light reflections)
File is properly named "your name_project name.jpg" ie: Ron_Sardo_platter.jpg
The file must be a tif or a jpg. Contact me about other file types before emailing them to me.
Image must fit nicely in a landscape frame measuring 10" wide by 7.5" tall
Must be a high resolution photo.


Good Luck.
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #1 - Oct 9th, 2016 at 1:03pm
 
Contestants:

Eric Armstrong
Bruce Camp
Buck Nemitt
Steve Doerr
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #2 - Oct 19th, 2016 at 9:06am
 
Ron: Where is the file? I don't see anything at WR Gallery for Calendar Submissions.
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Reply #3 - Oct 19th, 2016 at 9:27am
 
Eric, it's titled 2017 Calendar Submissions

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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #4 - Oct 19th, 2016 at 4:27pm
 
Thanks, Ed. When I click on that I just get a "How to, simplified" advertisement.
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #5 - Oct 19th, 2016 at 5:58pm
 
I think it is because so far, no one has actually submitted a photo... thus nothing show up on that link. Smiley
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #6 - Oct 19th, 2016 at 7:27pm
 
Looks Good Eric, send me the Hi-Res image
Thanks
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Reply #7 - Oct 20th, 2016 at 11:33am
 
Done.
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #8 - Oct 21st, 2016 at 12:20pm
 
Thanks Eric, I received your photos and will review them today.

To All Recent Members:
The gallery runs different software so you'll need to register there too.

Thanks
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #9 - Nov 2nd, 2016 at 4:42pm
 
Thanks Bruce
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Reply #10 - Nov 3rd, 2016 at 3:29pm
 
Thanks Ron for the reminder.  I will be submitting some photos soon.
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #11 - Nov 3rd, 2016 at 4:39pm
 
Ron, I just submitted my three entries.

Thanks for your all the work you do on the calendar and for WR.

Steve
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Re: 2017 Calendar Submissions
Reply #12 - Nov 4th, 2016 at 6:51pm
 
Thanks Steve

And Buck thanks too
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Reply #13 - Nov 5th, 2016 at 4:34pm
 
check it out: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to Login or Register

no excuses for not being able to get good photos now.
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Reply #14 - Nov 6th, 2016 at 8:21am
 
I received your photos Steve, thanks.
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