2011 Club Calendar Submissions Are Open

The submissions are now open for 2011 Club-S12 Calendar entries!

Yes, for months earlier than before. Because you lazy phucks take forEVER to get us good pics

Last year's calendar was LATE... because of what I just stated above, no other reasons. The previous year (2009) was our fault, but this last year should have happened smoother. SO, here we go, WAY sooner.

Again like last year, there CAN be a "BEST GROUP SHOT", which will get a month spot in the calendar along with credit printed for those in the picture, so get your local members together and get soe good meet shots. It can be a shot from a car show provided that:

 - You own the shot. Or your buddy does and says it's okay to use it.
 - There are ONLY S12's in the foreground. Now, if someone's 510 is sitting way in the background, that's okay.

Like before 2011 will also feature a "Car of the Year" choice, so if you think your car has a lot going for it both on the outside, under the hood, and in the cab, take shots of all that and submit it. Who knows, you might make Car of the Year, and get the back cover spot. We <3 engine bay shots, cool closeups of suspension and brakes behind sexy wheels, pics of race-spec gauge and dash setups, along with multiple angle shots of hot cars. I've been really pleased with the previous Car of the Year winners.

Good luck, and let's see what you guys can bring to the table

SUBMISSION RULES

What submissions that will make it will be GOOD shots. Less important if you're stock or not, and more important:

1. How clean your car looks.
2. The setting you take the picture in.
3. The camera creativity (angle, lighting, etc).
4. If there are a dozen other submitted cars that look identical to yours, but your picture is better in the preceding points.

DO NOT send images that are resized down. We need FULL-SIZED images, AT LEAST 2,000 pixels wide. Anything less WILL BE DISCARDED. So make sure your digital camera is set to full resolution, and unless your cellphone is something like 3MP and the shot is clean, forget the phone pics.

You are to EMAIL your submission photos to [email removed] DO NOT PM THEM, AND DO NOT POST THEM IN THE FORUM! The ONLY submissions that will be evaluated are those emailed to the above email address. ALSO, since we are starting so much earlier this year, PM me to let me know you emailed your submissions!

As I said, DO NOT post *submission photos* here! We don't want arguments over who's is better and worthy for one thing, and for another, posting them will just give others ideas to improve on it and beat you out for a spot on the calendar.

... have them in NO LATER than October 31, 2010

Edit: DO NOT POST SUBMISSIONS HERE! DO NOT POST SUBMISSIONS HERE! DO NOT POST SUBMISSIONS HERE!

are you still going to argue black and blue about the quarter lock making cars look broken?

http://s12silvia.com/http://s12silvia.com/...tGazelle_04.jpg

or

http://s12silvia.com/http://s12silvia.com/...tGazelle_02.jpg

I'm going to say yes except action shots, same rules as 2010's calendar went by.

I dont really understand the rational you guys choose for the wheel lock setup.  I didnt two years ago when I helped out and still do not.  Looking at magazines, other publications, and talking to photographers as of late, I think it's a good idea to allow quarter-locked wheels and such, as long as it is obviously artistic and such.

its up to arro and not me, im just going with what im betting to be his preference.  I will say that I agree with him on the fact that I like straight wheels better though.

unless its for showing off the max steering throw or your camber increase/caster, i dont get the different lock positions.

i just took my pics with my wheels where they were to get in the place where i snapped pics :S

lock positioned wheels would make sense if say...your shot was a drifting action shot or something.

a shot of the car at a 3/4 view point with locked wheels allows more of the car to be seen in a single shot. you can see the front of the car, the side of the car, and a straight view of the wheel itself, as apposed to having the wheel being straight at at an angle that may make it slightly harder to see the wheel type. this is especially true when it comes to deep dish wheels, as you can often only see the lip from a 3/4 view shot and not the actual wheel style itself.

its a similar theory to how a person is photographed. it adds character to the shot and gives it a bit of life that a "parked car" shot usually lacks. if you were taking a picture of someone, would you want them to pose or stand straight up with their arms at their sides?

They key word is that it needs to be artistic, which is not an easy thing to do.  Anyone can turn a wheel and take a picture, but does it work?  I do know that in the 09 calendar, both Markus and I have our wheels not straight.  It suited the picture and was not drastic, but it is there and works.  I'm just saying, that as a rule, I can understand you dont want everyone submitting photos with wheels angled, but to reject all of them, not quite sure that's a good choice either.  Def. could see not recommending it but a disclaimer saying if you think you have some magical ability and can make it fit well, then go ahead and try.  After all, someone can submit a couple pictures to choose from and *one* of them may have some amount of wheel turned.

yay! ill be submitting my car (now that it is presentable) i need a high res camera tho damnit!

Some of the submissions thus far are pretty good, and new people along with some that I've wanted to see submit now for awhile... I'm gonna say that I'm relaxed a bit now on the turned wheel thing, because some of the cars in both the previous years' calendars have it slightly. It all comes down to how well -- or just plain unsightly -- it ends up looking.

So if you think your car's pics look good... give it a shot.Some of you know that we've given some guidance on how to take them, and managed to get cars in the calendar that initially weren't photographed well. And many of you do just fine on your own. The bottom line is that there is plenty of potential out there, both refined and in the raw.

We've already got some good submissions, but keep 'em comin. Every year we get surprises and I'm sure this year will have some, too.

And Justin, your car definitely has a good shot at it

i should have a paint job by mid september.. so im going to give it a shot.

i gave it many shots...

I'm still looking for new submissions... new cars we haven't seen before... or maybe you submitted the last couple years but didn't get a car in.... last year there were so many amazing cars, so try again!

send them to [email removed] and let's see whatcha got!

I have some shots....so if I dont get anything better in the next lil bit at least I have something lol.....but I wanna see if I can get any better shots. Either way Ill send you stuff within the next week most likely!

ArroI'm still looking for new submissions... new cars we haven't seen before... or maybe you submitted the last couple years but didn't get a car in.... last year there were so many amazing cars, so try again!

send them to [email removed] and let's see whatcha got!

Ok some of you are sending small images. Please read the submission rules on the first post. We can't use smaller images. They need to be orginal, HIGH resolution pics.

I'm still taking submissions if you got em. Send em to the email ;)

Any eta on the 2011 calender? :D

I am working on my cars appearance right now! lol. new rims coming soon as well as Non broken lights.

i got a pic!

Then send it ASAP! I brought this up in today's announcement so go read it.

Since our cars are UGLY; all the SD guys should get their own month. It will just have my 2 cars, gustards car and camerons car taking a quarter of the page.

any takers?!?!

im down!!! our cars might be ugly, but they have a great personality

lol beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. And most ppl think all our cars are ugly anyways lol

Ok so I like about half of what I have. I have a white Mk1 hatch, a silver Mk1 hatch, a red Mk1 notch, and a dark metallic blue Mk1 hatch.  So if you have an S12 that is none of those, SEND IT.

i would send in a pic if i had a decent camera to take a picture of mine

all our cars look like a door wedges with wheels. this includes mine lol

Arro on 09:09:56 PM / 28-Dec-10Ok so I like about half of what I have. I have a white Mk1 hatch, a silver Mk1 hatch, a red Mk1 notch, and a dark metallic blue Mk1 hatch.  So if you have an S12 that is none of those, SEND IT.

Keith on 01:09:56 PM / 30-Dec-10Will previous calendar entries be allowed this year?  I know for last years calendar you said previous entries would have to wait 3 years before being considered for a slot again.  Sorry, just don't want to waste time taking pics if I don't qualify

Justin you would prolly get featured, if you were so inclined to send something. Gustard, if we met up I could take something calendar-worthy. Keith it's three years and SIGNIFICANT visual change, or six years for just a reprisal.

I encourage more entries so send em!

I got 99% of my goodies just need to install them, got some clears coming to!

Arro on 12:46:05 AM / 31-Dec-10Keith it's three years and SIGNIFICANT visual change, or six years for just a reprisal.
I encourage more entries so send em!

EightySix200SX on 12:33:37 AM / 31-Dec-10keith. your car would qualify if it was pictured throughout the whole calender 5 years in a row. lol!

I got some good engine bay shots if you want them?

Send what you got...

At this point, since nobody seems to have enough good pics so far, it's gonna be way late, and will get discounted. I don't care how late, it will get produced, but it just sucks that there arent as many good submissions this time around.

Arro on 01:13:33 AM / 17-Jan-11Send what you got...

At this point, since nobody seems to have enough good pics so far, it's gonna be way late, and will get discounted. I don't care how late, it will get produced, but it just sucks that there arent as many good submissions this time around.

i hope we haven't gone through all the good s12's in just a couple years.... this is something we need to remedy...my se needs paint this year, so put out the best calendar you can and lets KILL next years!!!

We all need paint! Who's got a deal on painting? :(

Me. not a big one, and its more for personal use if anything, through a friend that i hang out with once in a while. But my car already has fairly fresh paint. just need to install my rims!

Any news on the calendar? I havent talked to Arro in awhile

Maxpow on 12:04:10 AM / 18-Jan-11We all need paint! Who's got a deal on painting? :(

The best I can do is a shot of a ka-t swap in progress .... WHICH In my opinion would be SICKKKKK

I know we are far into the year but I would totally have submitted this one:

Mr Amber Shades on 12:24:37 AM / 11-Mar-11I know we are far into the year but I would totally have submitted this one:

Nope.  I still have the 85 turbo.  Trying to sell it actually.  Cant find the title (which isnt in my name) holding up the sale.

This is the 88 se that was for sale in Dothan, Al I bought a few months ago from some on on these boards.  Had the busted auto trans.  Scotty was his name on these boards I think

So I take it the calendar idea was scrapped

sad

How is Jason doing?

the calendar idea got suckerpunched when people with nice cars failed to participate; Justin you are personally guilty of that, and while you may or may not have a good excuse, the fact is that cars such as yours could have made the difference.

If anyone still wants to see something produced at a substantial discount, I just need you guys to send me good pics and we can at least shit something decent (albeit late) out. That includes you too, Justin, if you actually wanted to be featured it would happen. Just keep in mind this is for the community, not for me, I would be losing money to produce and discount one now.