2007 Wall Calender

[nfpgasmask]

Great! I'm glad everyone likes it. I haven't even placed an order for mine yet cause I am kinda broke at the moment, but I will soon. January has been a tough month for me....

Anyway, I am REALLY curious to see what kind of print quality we end up with. I'm sure it will be obvious to everyone which photos were made from higher resolution images.

So the only thing I can say is, for 2008, make a folder on your hard drive and keep all the high-res shots you want to submit, so next time around we don't run into any of the issues we had with 2007. Plus, we can start working on 2008 in like October or something so it is ready by December.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who contributed, etl, thanks for the idea and all the help.

Whoever gets it first, report back right away with the quality!

Bart

[thedutchguy]

regarding the quality:........................I'm a bit cautious since the last VX t-shirt purchase.(you know with the avitar drawing)
The design of the drawing was good ,but the shirt?
Man that really was poor q....., sorry I can't even call it quality.

[nfpgasmask]

Yes, agreed. CafePress basically sucks, imho. Not only do they censor whatever they feel isn't "PC" enough, their quality is substandard, especially when it comes to printing on fabric. They are just doing computer printed transfers. It is not true screen printing, which imo, is the only way to make a T-shirt. However, I once bought a poster I made on CafePress (this one to be exact), and the quality of their paper printed products was pretty decent. So I think the calendar should be ok. I am just worried about noticeable pixellation with the shots that were generated from not so high resolution images.

I almost cancelled my CafePress account once because they would not let me make a T-Shirt that "depicted violence". It really pissed me off because the shirt was just a still from a short film me and some friends made, and it really wasn't that violent looking. Censorship of this kind really urks me.

Anyway, we shall see I suppose. This will be a good experiment to see if we want to use CafePress next year.

Bart

regarding the quality:........................I'm a bit cautious since the last VX t-shirt purchase.(you know with the avitar drawing)
The design of the drawing was good ,but the shirt?
Man that really was poor q....., sorry I can't even call it quality.

[cyronman]

Anyone else feel like chipping in a buck or two to cover Bart's calendar?

He could have been making at least a buck on every order, so I think we can collectively cover him for his effort.
Not sure if anyone else has thought of this yet or exactly the easiest way to go about it?

Bart, is that cool?

Cy

[nfpgasmask]

Awww, that's very nice of you...but you don't hafta...

Bart

Anyone else feel like chipping in a buck or two to cover Bart's calendar?

He could have been making at least a buck on every order, so I think we can collectively cover him for his effort.
Not sure if anyone else has thought of this yet or exactly the easiest way to go about it?

Bart, is that cool?

Cy

[etlsport]

Anyone else feel like chipping in a buck or two to cover Bart's calendar?


Cy

im in!

[VXD959]

Bart,

PM me your address. I'll get it for you as a token of appreciation.

Thanks,

[nfpgasmask]

Wow, thanks everyone, but seriously, your really don't have to.

But if you are bent on it...

Thanks everyone...

Bart

Bart,

PM me your address. I'll get it for you as a token of appreciation.

Thanks,

[biju]

Anyone else feel like chipping in a buck or two to cover Bart's calendar?

Where do I send my pesos?

-biju.

[cyronman]

Where do I send my pesos?

-biju.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like
VXD959 hooked him up already.

Thanks guys.

[nfpgasmask]

I believe you are correct.

Bart

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like
VXD959 hooked him up already.

Thanks guys.

[biju]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like
VXD959 hooked him up already.

Thanks guys.

right. VXD959 let me know if I can send you some $$'s to help offset the cost. Thanks for stepping up to get bart one...

-beej.

[littlewing2]

Ordered mine just now. Thanks for all your hard work. I look forward to receiving it.

[Baxman]

Well done, and thanks! to those who worked long and hard on this project!

[k4tmc]

Bart,

Re "I was actually thinking, we could do 3 or 4 calenders, like a Moab 07 calender, a hot street VX calender, a offroad rig VX calender, and action shot VX calender, etc..."

Another thought...could each individual calendar be customized? Maybe have a collection of 100 photos, and then let each customer select the 12 they prefer for their calendar. Can CafePress do that?

And, even a wilder thought...how about a nice hard-bound 'coffee table' book with a collection of VX photos and review articles from the magazines. You know, one of those that you see in the book stores, about 15 X 10 inches, for $9.95 (on sale).

I realize that the book would be a more difficult task. But, when I am sitting in the retirement home and the grandkids come to visit, and I start talking about my VX, I'll have pictures to show...