Neilp Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 All, I was recently browsing another forum that my friend is a member of and what they have running is a photo of the month- where members enter the photos during the month and they are voted on the following month. From this they pic the best 3 from each month and collaborate them for the voting for the annual club calendar. There is a thread a month for the photos to be uploaded onto and then the vote thread is the following month. No comments on the monthly submissions though(purely just for upload links). Just thought i'd share this as it seems like a great idea to prevent all hassle at the end of the year with loads of sh!t photos getting submitted and winning through various reasons(loyalty votes because you're friends with them etc) In turn I think this is a brilliant idea to go on. Neil 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 any thoughts on this lads/ladies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Does sound good Neil, then gives us added interaction throughout the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 This was kind of the idea of having the calendar email address, so people could email their pics anytime of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 300zx.co.uk run a similar scheme. It works in principle. Buuuuuuuut.........if you get a month where it is quiet on entries, or the photies are generally naff or (god forbid I should say this) boring then it can make the calender less appealing at the start of the year when it's time to flog them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I also think there is more interest/excitement generated by having the polls all together. Nov/Dec is generally a dull time of year for getting out, so sort of cheers it up a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I think a little opposite. Around christmas time is where most people are busy and have limited spare time to browse the forum. Theres also the fact that people leave photos and forget about them. Theres loads of photos submitted onto threads that people haven't submitted for the calendar. If theres months where its really quiet or where photos are really really poor(which i really doubt it considering the standard of photographers we have on here). Then we can poll the photos that don't make the top 3, of the month they were submitted, at the end of the year to fill the gaps. As we have to expect there will be months where there may be 5 or 6 awesome photos so there will be spares. It just simplifies the processes and saves all the looking through threads at the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I think that's a great idea. Iv seen so many ways of compiling a calendar and they all have their flaws but this seems a great way of doing it I know what you mean doogy about the excitement of voting but there will still be a vote of the top 3 I don't think bad photos are a problem cos that's always an issue and as Neil says there's some good snappers on here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I think so too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Plus I think photo of the month is a good feature even without forwarding them for a calendar vote That would turn even more of us into budding photographers. I only took an interest in photography (albeit on my phone mainly) since joining here and I'm sure I'm not alone. Regular competitions would help raise the bar for the calendar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I like it, and as LRF4N said, even if its not for the calendar. No matter what is done, there will always be the wrong (IMO) photo winning anyway, but people will still buy it because it supports the forum and it's nicer to look at than generic kitten photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Well.......(a variation of) this idea has gone live and in almost 24 hrs not a single entry...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Patience lexx patience Members need time to get their cars cleaned and find locations I'm interested to why the entries are limited to 6 each month? It won't affect me I'm zed less lol just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 To prevent having months of 10 entries, and then months of 0. More likely to get an even spread over the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Come on Neil, it was your suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Makes sense lexx Neil you had a couple of good pics recently. Get the car cleaned and start it off. If no1 else enters you'll win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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