2024 CB1100 Calendar Thread

[misterprofessionality]

Well, would you look at all those marks? It's looks like it's that time again. Time for all of you to get your best cameras out, look for your best scenery and circumstances and START SENDING ME PICTURES.

Last year we were blessed with a lot of really cool rolling shots, but this year we're going to have to rely on everybody's far flung ingenuity to get it done. Saddle up in good weather, pack your DSLR and head to someplace unique and interesting! Show off your bike and immortalize it on one of the 12 months of the official CB1100 calendar. As always, submissions that get a month spread will also get their own personalized quote on the calendar and their birthday called out on the appropriate date for everybody to celebrate.

If you're new to this little tradition, take a look at these two links for the previous two year's calendars.

[url=https://www.printingcenterusa.com/flipbook_share.php?code=363228&title=2022%20calendar&desc=flipbook%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%20%20style=%22height:%20500px;width:%2​0100%;max-width:%20700px;border:%20none;margin:%20auto;]2022 Calendar

[url=https://www.printingcenterusa.com/flipbook_share.php?code=439388&title=2023%20calendar&desc=flipbook%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%20%20style=%22height:%20500px;width:%2​0100%;max-width:%20700px;border:%20none;margin:%20auto;]2023 Calendar

Many of you have already participated so you know these guidelines but I'll put them here again for everybody who's new or maybe hasn't been able to make a good submission yet:

* Distribution should be the same as previous years. It looks like I can stick to my previous year's break-even pricing of $15.00 per copy, shipped, all inclusive. As many of you know I absolutely REFUSE to make a profit. This is just for fun.

* High resolution photos are necessary. When I blow up an image to print as a high gloss full page spread, many cellphones just don't have a good enough lense to make it work. I've been able to fudge some in the past and get a good shot or two out of people's cellphones but by and large it doesn't always work well.

* If you have low resolution photos.....SUBMIT THEM ANYWAY. There's a collage that's made for the back cover of every calendar, and since the images are so small, cellphone resolutions aren't really an issue. I want to focus on high resolution shots but if you still want to get your bike on the final product somehow, don't be shy.

* Focus on the bike. Some shots have beautiful scenery, some shots have great people in them, and some shots are very artistic, but the real star of the show and the reason we're making this calendar is THE BIKE. Every picture is focused on a CB1100 of some variety. Maybe it will be a picture next to your favorite landmark, maybe an artistic close up of your favorite angle, maybe a picture of your favorite person (yourself) cutting up a corner at speed, whatever you want to show off! As long as the bike is front and center and isn't melting in the background.

* Keep it clean. As much as we all want a picture of Houtman in a Bikini featured for the Month of June, I don't think it's in the spirit of what we're trying to do here. self explanitory.

* Submit all images in their original format. Please no IMGUR or hosted links, just send me the original file. This keeps the file quality and makes it easier for everybody to get their submissions to me. Just contact me on either this thread or via private message and I'll pass out my email for submissions.

* Submit all images before the end of october! I hate to leave anybody's cool submissions out, but the truth is that if I don't get this work in its finished format off to the print shop by the end of October, there won't be enough time to make sure I get the Calendars and send them out to everybody who purchases one before the end of the year. Obviously a Calendar is useless if you don't get it before the new year starts, and this is doubly important for those of us that don't live in North America (and there are many of us who don't live in North America that I'm committed to accommodating).

*If you submitted something last year that was maybe too late or was passable quality but we somehow didn't have room for it, please please please remind me directly!! I don't want anything to fall through the cracks!

[misterprofessionality]

Good afternoon forum,

It's getting real close to that time so I wanted to take one more stab at this in case there's enough general interest to get a 3rd annual Calendar printed. What I need (what I lack) is audience participation. I need your high quality photos! Without at least 14 or 15 good high resolution digital images of CB1100s I just don't have anything to work with. I've got 2 so far....3 if I put myself in.

That said, it's ok if the Calendar thing has run it's course too. I had fun doing it, I hope people got to enjoy the copies that got shipped all around the world and if all else fails, you will find a bonus 2024 mini calendar in the back of this year's copy that you can still use!

So, if you guys want to see another one of these shipped out, head out into the world and take the highest res images you can or your beloved Honda CB1100. If not, I'll archive the images I do I get and try again next year.

[Gone in 60]

I'll take one! It's the nicest thing in my garage!

[Lord Popgun]

I want one too. You photography guys get busy!

[the Ferret]

Question that some folks might wonder about.... would a pic taken with an iphone or android cell phone be considered hi- res?

[misterprofessionality]

haha careful guys. there's no calendar produced yet, not until i get the requisite images. I don't want to promise anybody a copy if i can't deliver yet. I will keep your names on file though.

Ferret: Some of the newest Iphones and Samsungs and such do have pretty boss cameras in them. Think of it this way: looking at the picture on your phone screen is not going to show you whether or not the image is high-res enough. Look at it on a laptop screen or something much bigger at full screen and ask yourself if it's good and crisp. Images i've already put in previous copies of the calendar (see the links above) are good examples of this.

[3rd Gear Steve]

I absolutely do want a 2024 calendar to happen! I haven’t gotten any good photos this year, but I’ll see what I can do over the next month.

[3rd Gear Steve]

I sent you a photo. I hope with the weather getting scenic, we get some more contributions!

[pdedse]

Where are you at MP with calendar for '24? Submit photos? Or don't bother because it's too late or you have enough entries?

[spechg]

Where are you at MP with calendar for '24? Submit photos? Or don't bother because it's too late or you have enough entries?

I believe the cut off date for submissions is the end of October, at least I hope that's the case as I sent Mr P two photos yesterday.