Friday Night Ride To A Calendar

[mmmmartin]

Look, I'm tired of waiting for replies on another thread so I've started this one.

What does the team think? We could do one and profits go to Martletts - or the Dellzeqq Beer Fund or whatever......

 

[ianrauk]

Seem's a bloody good idea to me..

 

[mmmmartin]

Seem's a bloody good idea to me..

Now that the Headmaster is on holiday we could cook up something behind his back. Providing no one tells him, no one snitches on us.....

 

[StuartG]

Well I'm not going to remove my nouveau Lidl Bibs for no one. Well for 50% of the human race to be precise.

 

[StuartG]

Which 50% is that?

You will be delighted, I hope, to know it does not include you. Indeed if the Calendar is to be representative of the FNRttC ridership - I'm not sure we are going to get many sales. Well until late November anyway ...

 

[frank9755]

Here you go, Martin.

It's all been discussed before!

 

[mmmmartin]

if the Calendar is to be representative of the FNRttC ridership

No no no no!!!
This is getting out of hand and I shall report you to The Holidaymaker when he returns.
The idea is to produce a calendar made up of nice photographs taken during the FNRttC - landscapes, dawns, mists, rivers, that sort of thing. Any profits go to A Good Cause.

 

[Shadow]

Now that the Headmaster is on holiday we could cook up something behind his back. Providing no one tells him, no one snitches on us.....

Why would we need His approval?!

Seems like a good idea to me MB, I'd take one.

 

[mmmmartin]

right. how do we decide which photos to use? or shall i just tim and els's any suggestions?and do we do it at cost or charge a bit more and give the money to a charity?

 

[ttcycle]

right. how do we decide which photos to use? or shall i just tim and els's any suggestions?and do we do it at cost or charge a bit more and give the money to a charity?

You'd probably need them in a TIFF format as standard Jpegs won't print well and may be too low in resolution.

Depending on what you wanted to do - I might be able to shoot it but don't have access to a studio so would need to hire.

 

[deckertim]

I suggest we get people to nominate either their own or other people's shots. After every ride I always enjoy looking at the photos taken by others.
What do you all think.

 

[deckertim]

You'd probably need them in a TIFF format as standard Jpegs won't print well and may be too low in resolution.

Depending on what you wanted to do - I might be able to shoot it but don't have access to a studio so would need to hire.

I agree that we need to be careful with the resolution. But the majority of pictures taken on a digital camera made in the last few years are likely to print fairly well at up to A4

Martin. What size were you thinking of making the calendar?

 

[frank9755]

Got that, Martin - you need TEEF and TIFF to do this.

If you have a romantic photo it would need to be lovers' TIFF

(Let me know if you want me to give you any more help of this nature!)

 

[mmmmartin]

Martin. What size were you thinking of making the calendar?

Truprint will produce a calendar for you at £19.99, with the pictures on glossy paper and the dates underneath on matt paper so you can write on it.
Have a browse here:
http://www3.truprint.co.uk/truprint/photo-calendars
Someone at work receives a calendar every year personalised with pix of the family, babies, dogs, etc. It seems fairly straightforward to do.
My original idea was to produce it and then charge a few quid on top, which would go to a charity or FNRTTC funds or something but I now think it might simply be easier to produce one in Truprint, and then people can just go to the Truprint site and order one. Truprint probably wouldn't want to get involved in charging a premium and passing it on so let's forget that idea for the moment.
It should have some nice pix of what the FNRttC is all about - striking dawns, mists, landscapes, etc. The front should perhaps have someone wearing a FNRttC jersey - I think I've seen a pic of TC wearing one that looks good (obviously the front won't be hanging up for a month in one's living room.)
We could also insert all the dates of planned FNRttC events into the calendar section.
I think some (if not all) of Els's pictures would be good and DeckerTim has also produced some stunning images.
Obviously we'd have to run it past Dellzeqq when he's back from sunny climes.

 

[mmmmartin]

unashamed bump so peeps can ponder before expressing opinions between HPC and the Madeira.........