Around this time each year I finalise my calendars. These days I release three versions each with a theme. There is always a Swimsuit theme and also a Coast theme. This time around I have devoted a calendar to our recent Lord Howe trip which is really a combination of those themes, as being an island with lots of beaches and snorkelling you can't avoid the coast or the bikini. I would always leave it to the last minute in case I took a photo late in the year that demands to be included. I used to have my own html code that described the linework in detail. Then I positioned the photo and printed each page including an index on the back cover displaying how each page looked.
Much consideration was given to the design. Should the calendar be portrait or landscape as well as the displayed photos being either portrait or landscape. Should I hang it from the bound edge or make it twice the size by hanging from a porthole. These days I do the cheats method by using the magic dots to mount a photo onto a preprinted calendar. I should start a separate page to display some of my calendar efforts from previous years.
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| Index from 10 yar ago |
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| Miss December 2015 |
Now that I think about it I should also produce an index page, like the one above, to help summarise the last few years where I have used the magic press on system.
That’s a great idea. What’s the details for the page for the calendars from previous years. I’d love to see them.
ReplyDeleteThere is no other online location but some of the photos used can also be seen in the Travel Scenery page above. There are also a few in the photo column at right.
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