Order of the Marshall Calendar

[Mike W.]

Sir James and I had the idea of creating a calendar for the Order. Each month would feature a picture of Sir James doing some menial or mundane things in armor. We've brainstormed such ideas as shoveling snow, raking leaves, mowing the lawn, playing poker, working on the car, and carving a pumpkin. Any suggestions for photos?
The idea is to perhaps sell the calendars and have that money go to the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

[Sir James A]

I'm in for it, too. Ideas related to specific activities for the month would be ideal. Here's my rough thoughts:

Jan: Armor in the snow?
Feb: Something with chocolates / hearts (Valentine's Day)
Mar: ??
Apr: Wearing bunny ears / bunny tail / easter basket?
May: Mother's day thing??
Jun: Father's day thing??
Jul: American flag / fireworks / etc? (July 4th)
Aug: Lifeguard duty
Sep: Working on something? Labor day theme?
Oct: pumpkin carving, with a sword
Nov: Veteran's Day or Thanksgiving ... ideas? Turkey carving with sword? Veteran's Day parade / salute?
Dec: Christmas Tree / posing on the floor

The ones in bold/italic I already have possibly suitable pictures of.

[Ian]

From the technical side, you're going to require photos of acceptable resolution to print calendar sized images.  The rule of thumb for 8x10 sized images if roughly 2400 x 3000 up to 2880 x 3600 for the minimum size resolution that will print an 8x10 at acceptable quality.  So depending on the size of the calendar print, you can't just pull some crappy jpg image off a computer an expect to print well.  Ideally, your base image should be even higher resolution than that and look good at 1x1 scale.  If you plan on selling these images, then you should go about it the right way and use the right equipment.

[Sir Nate]

Perhaps march could be.... St. Patty's day, Have you passed out drunk on at a bar in armor. With perhaps a green top hat on.
-Ash wednesday
-Daylight savings- Dark out while getting armor on....

[Sir Edward]

Raking leaves would work in the fall, but carving a turkey is probably better for November.

[Aiden of Oreland]

Jumping in leaves in fall, November idk raise an order of the marshal flag mothers day have a breakfast in bed or wear an apron while cooking pancakes. Fathers day you could do some thatching or carpenter.

[Sir James A]

From the technical side, you're going to require photos of acceptable resolution to print calendar sized images.  The rule of thumb for 8x10 sized images if roughly 2400 x 3000 up to 2880 x 3600 for the minimum size resolution that will print an 8x10 at acceptable quality.  So depending on the size of the calendar print, you can't just pull some crappy jpg image off a computer an expect to print well.  Ideally, your base image should be even higher resolution than that and look good at 1x1 scale.  If you plan on selling these images, then you should go about it the right way and use the right equipment.

I need to double-check the original images, but I believe they were 8 or 10 megapixel photos from a digital SLR; I know they were in the roughly 2,000 pixel size range and down-scaled considerably for book of faces, of course. If you can help out, that would be awesome!

I don't plan to sell it to make any money, profits would just go to Make A Wish / etc through the Order.

[Ian]

I don't plan to sell it to make any money, profits would just go to Make A Wish / etc through the Order.

I understand that part.  I'm just thinking if you intend to sell anything for any reason, it should be as professional a product as possible.  It would certainly sell more if it looks its best!

[Aiden of Oreland]

Thinking about it, is there Order products that are sold to the general public for Make A Wish? If not, that could be a cool thing to have. Set up a little stand for the products along with the calendar

[Sir Wolf]

hehe have an easter egg of farb somewhere in each picture

[Sir Edward]

hehe have an easter egg of farb somewhere in each picture

That would be awesome.

[Sir Martyn]

Sounds like a great project

[Lord Dane]

hehe have an easter egg of farb somewhere in each picture

That would be awesome.

Sounds like those old 'Highlight' magazines where kids would try to find the hidden items located in the picture.

[Sir Wolf]

have to use your Tolkien decoder ring to decipher the txt

[Sir William]

Sounds like a great idea; maybe get more of the brethren involved?  Not that I mind ogling Sir James going about tasks fully armored- just would like to see some of the rest of us as well.