Calendar competition

maybe not quite the right area for this but one of the mods will over-rule the stoopid admin guy if necessary!

I haven't seen any talk about the calendar competion we launched last week so maybe it has been missed? or there's no interest
Anyway, we figured it would appeal to all those spinners that for whatever reason can't put together a COL video so I hope we were right!

Are people planning those winning shots yet? or are you waiting for the details/upload page to appear?

PAW 1 http://www.homeofpoi.com/articles/photo_calendar.php
cheers
George

Cool stuff

Do Acyrilcs count?
*looks at avatar and the 40 other pictures I took in the same place*

It's on my radar, but I've not been planning any shots or anything. I'm sure there will be a significant interest.

A calendar is loooooonnngggg overdue.

I sure noticed this one and I think it's a nice idea. If you don't mind me saying then I'd recommend thinking again about the name "Poi around the world".

quote : "Images must include at least one element of poi/staff arts being displayed."

Fire around the world? Homeofpoi around the world? Something like that.. I don't see "poi" being the best word for firearts or -community.. Since it's not supposed to be only poi spinners.

It's a bit of a quandry indeed! "Homeofpoi around the world" might make some people think we would only allow our products to be used in the shots, "fire" excludes the many cool situations with LED, tailed poi, rope dart etc etc. As it was (and always is), we picked a name and hoped the description would make it clear what we are after. Settled on "Poi around the world" because we are "Home of Poi" and PAW is such a better acronym than any of the other's I could think of - is anything better than a nice cuddly cat?!

Any better name suggestions will be seriously considered though!

Acyrilcs Durbs??? I'm just a thick-o from Down-under - you might need to explain that! But if it's a place in the world and it looks like your Avatar pic then it has potential.

cheers
George

George:
Acrylics:
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How about for the name: Different people doing different things and different stuff in different places? (DPDDTDSDP) Kinda catchy and rolls of the tongue dont you think?

 Written by: GeorgeMC

I haven't seen any talk about the calendar competion we launched last week so maybe it has been missed? or there's no interest

This is a site of slack lazy hippies
People will enter otherwise Im going to win all the prizes
Well.... the bragging rights!
And they sure wont let me get that otherwise they know they wont hear the last of it!

Thanks UCOF! I did wonder if it was a typo but I have to admit the only acrylics I could think of was acrylic paints....
Durbs - if you can make them look as picturesque as a full page calendar scenic photo should look then I'll allow it!

And UCOF I doubt the site is full of slack lazy hippies - I bet that everyone was outside manipulating rather than wasting away their time on the internet.

George

I've got some ideas planned

Feeling kinda fancy too! Never thought I'd enter a competition on here!

Is this gonna be the swimsuit edition? If so I'm looking forward to entries from Finland...

" 4 # Digital images submitted should be of at least 2592 x 1944 resolution or better to allow full-screen PC display and high quality printing. "

So is this the exact aspect ratio (1,33 x 1) you are looking for? Should dslr ratio (1,5 x 1) pics be cropped to fit this ratio? Or can you crop them (as it seems to be allowed) the way you want to as long as the resolution is high enough..?

And does it matter if the photos are 2592 x 1944 or 1944 x 2592 ?

are we allowed to post pictures on the site to get feedback then enter them, on the understanding that they are deleted afterwards? and is image manipulation (i.e, using photoshop) allowed? is the image or the actuality more important?

Good questions Guy

In all honesty George, I'd completely missed it, and I'm on the site regularly- How was it advertised? (I link straight through to the forum for most visits, so the front page may also miss other members).

Antti - the resolution is the desired minimum - bigger is fine.
And "vertical" or "horizontal" is also fine. (x by y or y by x no prob)

Lazy Angel - posting for feedback bit - who would you get the feedback from? The judges aren't likely to comment! As for deleting after posting, that would be up to you whether it stayed in your gallery or was deleted. Actually, I guess that bit's not necessarily clear - the only provision for posting images on the site currently is the gallery. The competition entry area will probably not allow anyone to see the submitted entries. We haven't discussed the mechanics of this bit yet, but my vote would be not.

image manipulation bit - cropping is ok but what we don't want to see is "photoshopped effects" etc. touchups, red-eye removal, whatever aren't allowed - we're not looking for the "perfect" picture of a model-like person etc - it's primarily the overall visual effect we're looking for - the combined impression of scenery and "toy".

Hope this helps.
George

yep, that was pretty much what I was asking! also, I thought that in the case of having a whole bunch of images you might want to have some help in selecting the best ones for entry.

I.e, I would stick something in my gallery, and then ask people to comment on it. The reason I ask about deleting the photos: well If the finished product is a calendar, wouldn't it have the same rules on entries as COL?

I'm definitely going to start trying to get some snaps while I'm in china...

if people don't want poi around the world, and maybe i missed it but come on people it is obvious
hop around the world-cheesey but hey it's us

Thanks for the info George.. The reason I was asking about cropping etc was that pictures in calendars are usually either horizontal or vertical. Trying to go for a smooth design out of pics that come in all shapes and sizes will be a terrible task for the people in charge. And I am not letting anyone else crop my pics if one would get chosen to be on the calendar. Or does "All submitted entries become the property of Home of Poi." mean that I have no control over that..?

So you might want to reconsider giving more precise and strict requirements for the pics. But you prob thought of all this already..

Digital images submitted should be of at least 2592 x 1944 resolution or better to allow full-screen PC display and high quality printing.

Wow I just purchased a fairly expensive 4mega pixel digital cam and it does not meet the resolution requierments but comes very very close.