2012 Cuda-Challenger Calendar Submissions & Rules
As always, the plan is to have calendars to everyone by the end of December. To make that happen we need to get things right going in, so please read everything below. I've tried to condense and clean up from last year, so this should be an easier read.
1. Take a new picture of your Cuda/Challenger (or both). This can be an A-body Barracuda, and E-body Barracuda or Challenger, or a current design Challenger.
• Use your camera’s highest resolution. Shoot for a pixel count on the longest side that is around 3000; this is roughly the equivalent of 6 megapixels. If you don’t know how to do this, check with me (David, e-mail below) or send me a test image.
• The resolution issue really can’t be stressed enough. You can take a low-res image and enlarge it, but you don’t gain any resolution in the process; you just get a larger, fuzzier image. We need good enough resolution to get good output from which to print. So, if you don’t learn anything else about your camera, know what its highest resolution is, and how to set it for that resolution.
• Another thing that may be an issue, if you use Outlook, is that it may ask if you want to resize the image when you send it. This is almost always making the image smaller so it will transmit more quickly. If you see this pop-up, then select “Keep image original size” from the drop-down.
2. The subject of the picture is your car; it has to be your car you submit.
• You do not have to be the photographer, only the owner of the car(s) in question.
• No people in the shots, like, say, gorgeous models.
• No Photoshopping to change the nature of the shot.
o This refers to things like putting your car with the Eiffel Tower or similar tricks. If you want a shot of your car at the Eiffel Tower, ship it to Paris and take the shot
o You can correct brightness, contrast and color cast. (Don’t worry too much about this, though. Your friendly neighborhood calendar team will also be paying attention to this. On the other hand, the better your shot looks for voting, the more votes it’s likely to get.)
• Please don’t crop the image. If you want the final image to be cropped, either indicate how you would like it cropped or send a separate cropped image. We sometimes need all the resolution we can get, and cropping an image will reduce the pixel count, as well as throwing off the aspect ratio (and you thought that term only applied to tires, didn’t you?).
3. Include the following information with your submission:
• Your first name
• Your board name (e.g., ChallengerHK)
• The model year(s) of the car(s)
• Any special model designations (e.g., RT, Gran Coupe)
• Your preferred month if you have one (no guarantees, but we’ll try)
4. Submit your picture by midnight, Sunday OCTOBER 2nd, 2011 in order to enter the contest.
5. Voting will start on Sunday October 16th for the 13 main photos (1 for each month and a back cover image). We will have voting open for 14 days (thru October 30th).
Send submissions and/or questions to:
Rdwaryer at aol dot com
I will confirm receipt of every submission. If you haven’t heard from me in a couple of days, resend or e-mail and ask. If I’m going to be out of town, I’ll post a note in this thread.
We also need other shots for the fun stuff on each page: works-in-progress, engines, details, etc. These are not voted on, and used at the production team's discretion, but I think they really make the final product a lot nicer.
Orders will be taken from the time of voting, October 2nd through November 15th. We will order enough calendars for those that place an order between that time frame and then a few extras for any late comers or if people decide they want more. (A lot of folks want to order a calendar only if their car will appear in it. This schedule tries to make that possible. The flip side is that we can’t guarantee a price until we have the number of calendars set, so the price that will be set will be an estimate.)
Good luck and have fun
