| Yes, its already that time of year, the time of year to consider making a submission for the annual 300ZX wall calendar. As with each previous year the calendar will be composed by the best submissions made by solely by the Z32 community. The deadline for submissions this year will be October 13th. I've set the deadline as such to allow everyone time to take photos at/enroute/post ZCon. Starting Monday, I will also have a dedicated page up on the webserver with links, news, tips, tricks, suggestions and submission guidelines. The URL for this is, www.downshiftonline.com/calendars/Z32-300ZX Until, that is all up I will post most of the information below. I would like to encourage everyone to get out and explore their photographic aptitudes. Below, you will find a time line and the submission guide lines we have developed for the 2008 calendar. Secondly, if anyone would like some pointers please feel free to contact me via email or AIM as I am always willing to offer whatever advice I can. If you are living in central Florida I would be more than happy to help you shoot your car. Arrangements may also be possibly made for those of you in Denver as I know Chris has done a phenomenal job previously with Tim’s car, etc... Some of the top notch west coast photographers may also be interested, but more on that later. The calendar will be the same size, spec and format at the 2007 calendar.
Size: 11" x 8.5"
Binding: Saddle Stitched
Drill: 1/8"
Paper: 80# Gloss Text
Count: 28 Pages
Color: 4/4 ***** Submission Guidelines ******-------------------
1.) Image Quality: Please submit images of no less than 5 mega-pixels. 6MP or 3008 x 2000 is the ideal size image. 2.) Content: While I think we can all appreciate the female form, please do not make submissions featuring a "model" of any sort. Please remember these calendars are intended to be office friendly. 3.) Composition: Please do not submit photos of your car taken in your driveway. While some of you have terrific houses and lawns, the point of the calendar is inspiration through design (The Z) and composition (The Background). Please try and submit photos with interesting thematic backgrounds. Seasonal works great, a perfect example being
This photo inspires me every time I see it. (Living in Florida I can only dream of seasonal variation like that!) 4.) Quantity: We need several images of your car, not just one. Please provide no less than 4 images and no more than 8. 5.) Its all in the details, please be sure to include with your submission a completed spec sheet/photo release. Without this your submission cannot be considered for the calendar. As simple as it sounds, please also be SURE to include your name/screen name with your photo submissions. The spec sheet/photo release can be found as an xls file, here. On Monday I will also have a PDF version available you can print and fax back to us if that is easier.
6.) Submissions: Photos and submissions forms can be submitted any one of three ways.
• Email: Please email your submissions to: calendar.uploads@downshiftonline.com • FTP: I always suggest using email for ease of use, but for those of you savvy enough please fee free to use the following FTP account. If you are using FTP I ask that you archive your photo submissions and completed form into a .rar or .zip archive. Please do not place unarchived files on the server. Once you have logged in via your FTP client you will find a folder labeled "2K8_Z32 Calendar Submissions", create your own subdirectory and place your zip or rar file here.
Address: ftp://downshiftonline.com
User: printds@downshiftonline.com
Password: printds There is also a tutorial for using IE6 to do this, here. • Snail Mail: By all means feel free to submit your photo submission via the good old USPS. Our mailing address is as follows. Down Shift, LLC
Attn: 2007 Calendars
PO Box 340442
Tampa, FL 33694-0442 
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Again all of this information will be available on Monday, August 27th @ www.downshiftonline.com/calendars/Z32-300ZX ***** Time Frames ******------------------------------------
October 13th, 2007 – 8PM
All Photo Submissions are Due October 27th, 2007
Calendars go on sale for preorders November 12th, 2007
Calendars begin to ship
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'08 300ZX Wall Calendar - Let the Submissions Begin - 
