It's been settled. Below are the 12 themes for the 2012 wall calendar that the Eden Photographers Club is putting together for EdenFantasys about and for the EdenFantasys community. The tentative plan is for all the photos to be included in the calendar but the best one for each theme (month) will be featured. That plan may change if the number of submissions gets to be overwhelming, but that is the plan right now. You need not be a regularly contributing member of the Eden Photography Club to participate - this is open to every single person who cares to submit photos. If you want to see your photos in the calendar, send them to me at vaccineum [at] yahoo [dot] com.
Here are the ground rules. First, this is to be a mainstream calendar (i.e., one that most anyone wouldn't be afraid to hang on their wall of fridge for the whole world to see). So, no nudity, shots of anatomically correct sex toys, illegal items or activities, etc. Second, take care to make your photos look as good as possible. By no means am I expecting professional photos, but please try and put some effort into having them be as creative and attractive photos as possible. This is being put together by Eden Photographers, after all. Third, submissions will be taken through the end of September, at which point the EdenFantasys community will vote on all the photos for each theme/month to choose the one that will be featured for each month. Fourth, all photos must be in landscape orientation. In other words, they must be wider than they are tall.
With that, here are the themes (in no particular order):
Vehicles
It can be whatever you drive, but need not be a full shot of said vehicle. A closeup of a particular portion of the vehicle would work too.
Jewelry
You can be wearing them or not wearing them (no jewelry on your naughty bits, please), they can be funky or classic... whatever jewelry suits you.
Body art
This one was the most popular of the theme ideas. Again, be careful with what body parts you include in the photos.
Pets
Pretty self-explanatory: your pets.
Holiday spirit
This one is probably the only one that has a month already picked out for it: December. Regardless of what religion (or lack thereof) you may be, the end of the year is generally a festive month, so dig out your holiday swag and show us your spirit!
Hobbies
Whatever your hobby might be, show us what you do to enjoy yourself in your leisure time.
Being green
The EdenFantasys community is pretty environmentally friendly (green), so show us how you are green. This theme probably will require the most creativity, so give it a lot of thought.
Travel/vacation
Where do you vacation? Do you have any great photos from past vacations? Do you have an upcoming vacation planned? Show us what adventures you've been on!
Body parts
Obviously, there are certain body parts that are unsuitable for this calendar, but there are plenty of ways to get around that and make your photos beautiful, sexy, yet mainstream.
Healthy living
Healthy living, like being green, is very important to a lot of people here, so show us how you stay healthy.
Summer
Ideally, we'd have each of the seasons as a theme, but since the period for photo submissions occurs during August and September, summer is the best the vast majority of us can do. So, show us what summer means to you!
Where you live
Obviously we don't need the specific town to be obvious in your photo, but when you think of where you live, what comes to mind? What best represents that place you call home?
Here are the ground rules. First, this is to be a mainstream calendar (i.e., one that most anyone wouldn't be afraid to hang on their wall of fridge for the whole world to see). So, no nudity, shots of anatomically correct sex toys, illegal items or activities, etc. Second, take care to make your photos look as good as possible. By no means am I expecting professional photos, but please try and put some effort into having them be as creative and attractive photos as possible. This is being put together by Eden Photographers, after all. Third, submissions will be taken through the end of September, at which point the EdenFantasys community will vote on all the photos for each theme/month to choose the one that will be featured for each month. Fourth, all photos must be in landscape orientation. In other words, they must be wider than they are tall.
With that, here are the themes (in no particular order):
Vehicles
It can be whatever you drive, but need not be a full shot of said vehicle. A closeup of a particular portion of the vehicle would work too.
Jewelry
You can be wearing them or not wearing them (no jewelry on your naughty bits, please), they can be funky or classic... whatever jewelry suits you.
Body art
This one was the most popular of the theme ideas. Again, be careful with what body parts you include in the photos.
Pets
Pretty self-explanatory: your pets.
Holiday spirit
This one is probably the only one that has a month already picked out for it: December. Regardless of what religion (or lack thereof) you may be, the end of the year is generally a festive month, so dig out your holiday swag and show us your spirit!
Hobbies
Whatever your hobby might be, show us what you do to enjoy yourself in your leisure time.
Being green
The EdenFantasys community is pretty environmentally friendly (green), so show us how you are green. This theme probably will require the most creativity, so give it a lot of thought.
Travel/vacation
Where do you vacation? Do you have any great photos from past vacations? Do you have an upcoming vacation planned? Show us what adventures you've been on!
Body parts
Obviously, there are certain body parts that are unsuitable for this calendar, but there are plenty of ways to get around that and make your photos beautiful, sexy, yet mainstream.
Healthy living
Healthy living, like being green, is very important to a lot of people here, so show us how you stay healthy.
Summer
Ideally, we'd have each of the seasons as a theme, but since the period for photo submissions occurs during August and September, summer is the best the vast majority of us can do. So, show us what summer means to you!
Where you live
Obviously we don't need the specific town to be obvious in your photo, but when you think of where you live, what comes to mind? What best represents that place you call home?
