kwescott

I agree with the idea of getting a general format, and then allowing for some variation. At this point, I like the photoshop ability to B/W and leaving the car, and accompanying shots in color.

As for fonts, I was looking at the back of my car...looks like we have three separate fonts for the "Mazda", "RX-8" and "Mazdaspeed". I do think we need to make the font a standard as well.

I found a site with over a thousand free font downloads. http://www.1001freefonts.com

I like the reversed shot as well, only if I could get the car in the big pic to be in color, I think that would look good.

As for putting a name on the pics, I don't know if I see that as something we need? I don't know. The month will be on the bottom page, with the days of the week and such. Maybe just leaving it as a picture collage would be best.

Come on peoples, who else is chiming in here. Loren and I can't be the only ones on right now.

lesper4

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Heres your special delivery

Oh and by the way Office Depot does calender for $20 12 month plus cover page with borders around the pictures they can do either 8 glossy or 110 glossy for the same price. Keith do you know the quality of the paper from Kinkos?

SnowFl8k

Keith - I like #2. Are we gonna put our names somewhere on the month? or just leave it up to us to know whose is whose?

As for a night shoot - what about a pic from that lake in Riverside overlooking the I.E.? (if you get off the 15 at Cajalco and take it up over the hill to the other side?) There is also the Kaiser parking structure in Fontana ( you could fina an empty area) Or somewhere over by the 10 and the 15 with the planes landing in the background?

kwescott

I dont know the type of paper. I could call tomorrow.....

I call this one....Tree Lesper Style... I love the way the calipers stand out...can't do it with my B/W skills on Flash.

#3 has a font added. Stacatto something I think...

kwescott

Loren, could you BW the first Snowfl8k pic?

lesper4

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OK here is my first round, the pictures at the top are possible replacements, there is one more from the farmer boys meet that might be a replacement as well, Keith it posted orginaly earlier ( https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=65990 ). I want to hit the refiners up possibly wednesday as well...so i can get a nice and stronge background image.

Keith yoru last version is pretty sick with the orange tree

This Image? OK I see revised.....I think I am going to get highspeed/cable for the new year


Too bad you cant get a shot of your car like this Vanguish, that is some PROFESSIONAL lighting. REVISED MARCH!

kwescott

here's some....The black and white is so hard because color is so much what makes these shots for Erica.

kwescott

Loren, I like the top right pic better than the bottom left night pic you have.....I think it we went back to the "Victoria Gardens" spot on the ramp and angled your car more ( a 3/4 shot), I think that would be an awsome shot that may be "center" worthy.

It sucks cause I'm off for two weeks now for the holidays...I just wish everyone else was so we could set up some photo shoots. We have so many good photos, but there is always something that could be better with each of them. Too bad we aren't pros.

kwescott

I like the revised March better. What does it look like without the top image?
Lets see some "Loren style"s for Cesar now. (Pics 2 and 4 I think would look awsome).

Note: to everyone who purchased the "Beers around the world" set from Costco....La Rossa from Italy sucks.

kwescott

One of the pics I had for Cesar was from Krazie. I need the original it Cesar decides that he want to use that water crossing shot. The one I have is such bad quality it is blurry. I put a fourth pic in just to hold the place.

Note: Ugggh, Bitburger from Germany is even worse. Why does this stuff suck so bad? I had one last night I seriously put down the drain. Talk about bitter beer face. I'm gonna look for the bottle...one sec.

Franziskaner from Germany...yup, the worst beer in the world can be bought at Costco.

lesper4

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OK after retouching the color and removing a digital camera and an arm it is ready. I am still not digging my center image but hopefully I will fix that this week.

And I did a quick change to my avatar but I still cant seem to get them as big as others make them.

Sorry no pics, I like corona and XXX, that is really about it, pass tha hard licquor my way.

THE REAL CESAR!!

kwescott

send the file to me and then I can send it back to you...see if I can make it bigger.

Givetokeith@yahoo.com

lesper4

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log onto aim it is faster,NA?

kwescott

erica signed it up and I have never used it...so don't know the password. I tried the usual ones but no luck.

You actually did an autocross pic of Speeddemon....did I put the wrong one in Cesar's group. His number should be #33?

ZooTender

Well, if I don't get a chance to take any solo pictures of my car I like this one from lesper pretty good.

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=65830

Ok I couldn't figure out how to get it to actually show the picture.

I have some idea's of pictures I'd like to take but don't know if I'll have the time.

vipers

damn...im really liking the black/white/color pics......really makes the cars "pop"......

keith.....sorry, i was working earlier, so i couldnt respond.......im off on wednesday, if your not busy, maybe we can get some good shots of her then........ only if your not busy though! just lemme know (just keep in mind that w/ my current motor taking a dump on me, i cant drive too far)

speeddemon32

wow..... lot of posting!

I do like the B/W backround, with the car still in color, but depending on the picture, I like full color. like if I were to use my snow picture, I would want that in full color/ (but I am not)

I also still like the Idea of having "mod" shots. maybe 4-5 small pictures of favorite mods on the car. In mycase i would like the stereo, Under hood, wheel/brake, interior, and maybe even a closeup of the new wing.


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also Kwescott, I noticed on some of yours, there are a few that have your main picture and then in your small pictures you have the night tree shot. from a distance (or thumbnail) that ONE picture really stands out, might want to get a small picture that is not SOOO bold. (does this make sence?)


anyways, that is just my $.02


oh yeah, also as for the names, I am for adding the persons screen name someplace small and not to obviouse, but hey thats just me.

also is there going to be a cover pic? If so I vote for the pic that has us all in the "V". that was a pretty good shot. that one of us up in the mountains is nice to but that damn eclipse screwed it up.

Jedi54

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Wow...TONS of posting!

Okay, here's my $.02

- I'm thinking collage type pages is gonna be the way to go. Just SO hard to pick only ONE picture.

1) Erica - I like the 2nd one on post #32. The first one is nice but putting those B/W pics takes away from the cool sunset in the back.

2)Loren - I like the 3rd picture on post #36. I actually really like the center pic that you used. Those rocks in the background look pretty cool (plus it's one of the few pics of the Malibu Run)

3) Cesar - I like the 2nd one on post #35.

I have a few pics that might help some of the people here out but I'll have to steal my camera back from my girlfriend and post them tonight...stay tuned.

Jedi54

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Keith,

I really like the picture you took of my car in front of that tree. I am really leaning towards using that for my center pictures.

I have some other pictures that I'd like to contibute BUT my photoshop skills are seriously lacking...

If I post the pics up here, can someone help me with the collage?

kwescott

Zoo....that is a cool shot, especially for yoiur month December. I'm just not too excited about the resolution. I know Krazie sets his camera up for low settings, so that he doesn't have to reduce the size for web posting. I set mine on the highest setting, but then have to do a lot of work reformatting them for the web.

Speed and Jedi, use your photoshop skills to put up ideas. The ones that Lesper and I posted last night were to help discussion....cause I still don't know what I really like either.

Speed, I agree that the night picture stands out...I'm still waiting for some submissions from others so that i can see what other pictures there are of me out there.

Viper...I'm not working for two weeks...so wednesday is fine. Maybe you could scout out some places with your "yellow scout car" that you could get to with your motor. If you find some good places, maybe we could get some sunrise pics? How far do you think you'd be able to get...Crestline?.....down the street?...roll down the driveway?

meshell

So is the plan to do everyone’s in the black and white with extra pic's or can the owner pick the way their lay out is?

O' I like the idea with putting your screen names on it (small)

vipers

i think the cover pic should be the "v" also.......definently the best one of the group we have....

keith.... yeah, ill try to scout some areas tonight when i get home..... i live right next to san mateo canyon, so ill see what out there, i wanna try to get some pics of my car in front of orange groves..... i think that would look good.... and there are some right up the street from my house.... so ill see what out there also.....

FastRX8

I'll join you if you do sunrise photos.

Do you want to take some pics today?
I'm leaving work at 3:45, and planning to head 15N to 138 to crestline.

I really like the 2nd pic on post #35.
I'd like to add the pic that's on my avatar if the resolution is there, and I really want to use the pic of me driving through the water if there's a good copy somewhere. Of course, if they're the small pics, the quality doesn't have to be as good, right?

- Cesar -

P.S. Check your pm's.

KrazieKave

these arent the originals, but they are posted on the first couple of pages on this thread~

(The Water RUN)

lesper4

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not going to be joining anybody on a cruise tonight but i defenitly want to swing by the plant in fontana tomorrow as long as i get my car back, you guys will have to do the reconasence for me.