Re: [Chrysler300] 2010 '300 Calender' idea

[Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith Boonstra wrote:
> Good morning all Club members,
> 
> Chris brings lots of good ideas hereon producing a club calendar. Of 
> course the end price can really be quite low by providing our own art.  
> As a matter of fact, I belong to a local chapter of the National Impala 
> Association, and just a week or so ago we came out with a 2010 calendar 
> with photos of member cars featured for each of the months.  I believe 
> we produced 2 or 3 dozen calendars and they came to only $8.00 apiece 
> even in that low quantity.
> 
> But here comes the caveat.  Frankly the quality of the photos used in 
> our Chevy calendar runs from a non-professional halfway decent 
> composition down to several handheld snapshots that would have to be 
> classified as downright tacky.  Poor choices of background context and 
> clutter, bad camera angles and positioning of the car, hoods up and 
> doors standing open, lousy lighting or sun position, distracting 
> reflections and shadows, people in the shot, out of focus, and all sorts 
> of other typical errors committed by the untrained (and I include yours 
> truly here) can make you hope a month passes by quickly just so you can 
> flip over to a better picture.  This is what you can expect from most of 
> us amateurs.
> 
> So my bottom line speculation is that we would likely find it quite 
> difficult to come up with a dozen photos we would be pleased to display 
> in such a circulation to our membership.  And then twelve months later 
> we'll have to do it all over again.  Don't get me wrong - I'd love to 
> see the idea succeed, but I'm just saying it won't be easy.
> 
> Our National Impala Association  publication recognized the problem a 
> number of months back and addressed it by printing a four page 
> "Photography 101" tutorial to help improve members' critical assessment 
> of their own  abilities behind the camera, and hopefully give them the 
> knowledge to provide the magazine with more useful photos for the 
> magazine's needs.  I thought the advice there was excellent.  And if 
> there is an interest out there in the Chrysler 300 Club, I will be 
> willing to check with the Impala  News editor and seek permission to 
> reprint his article and its associated instructive photos for our club's 
> shared benefit.
> 
> Are you folks interested, and shall I ask?
> 
> Thanks.
> Keith Boonstra
> Holland, MI

Have a gander at this amature effort!

http://www.cafepress.com/mmlcalendar


-- 
Paul Holmgren
Mine: 2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hers: 05 PT GT R/T HO Stage 1
Hoosier Corps L#6


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