Accepting Photos for Our 2015 Doodle Calendars!

[Adina P]

Please read this a couple of times before submitting photos...

 

HOW TO SUBMIT PHOTOS

1) Read the guidelines for photos: http://www.doodlekisses.com/page/calendar-photo-requirements -- reading this will help you know what types of photos we accept.  VERY important.

2) You will need to email each photo as an attachment.. Send ONLY ONE photo PER EMAIL--I know this is tedious, but it helps tremendously in sorting photos if you only send ONE photo per email. So if you have 1 photo you send one email. If you have 5 photos, you send 5 separate emails.

3) You may submit up to 5 photos PER doodle that belongs to you. 

4) In your email include the following info:

• TYPE of doodle you have that is in the photo (labradoodle or goldendoodle or whatadoodle*)
• The name(s) of the doodle(s) in the photo.
• The location of the photo (city/state/country)
• What your DK Profile name is--so I can tell who you are on DK since most people don't use their full names on DK
• IF ANY of your photos are professionally taken you must confirm that you have rights to use said photo(s) in a calendar that will be sold. Also if the photographer wants a copyright notice with the photo then please let me know that information. DO NOT submit photos with a logo on them--ask your photographer to give you a photo with no logo first.
• IF YOU would like credit for your photo, let me know who to credit.

5) Send photos by email to: [e-mail] -- be sure that your email account does not shrink photos.  Sometimes only teeny tiny photos get through and I can't use teeny tiny photos.  See the link for our photo requirements above to know what size photos we accept.

Deadline for Submissions: September 22nd, 2014---please bookmark this discussion or click "Follow" at the bottom of the thread to say up-to-date on any changes which DK Admin reserve the right to make at any time. It will be your responsibility to keep informed on this by reading through the responses to this discussion because these may contain clarification and additional tips. Selection of final calendar photos will be done by DK Admin and is subject to their best judgment. Final selections usually don't happen until the last week of October--days before the calendar is complete and announced for sale.

Please note that I will not give feedback on submissions.  But if you'd like feedback on your photo before submitting, you can ask for help in our photography group.  

* Because Doodle Kisses was created for labradoodle and goldendoodle owners, our two main calendars will only feature labradoodles and goldendoodles. However, our multi-doodle calendar may accept photos of other common doodles. While we love all dogs, we have to stay true to our site's focus and will not include just any dog that may have poodle in its mix.  If you have a rescue doodle and are not sure what precise type it is...just take your best guess when listing the type of doodle your dog is.

 

**As always 25% of all Doodle Kisses annual profits will go to doodle and dog rescue organizations -- this includes profits from calendar sales.

[DJ & Chance]

We are having fun already :)

[Sheila & Finnley]

Good Luck to everyone submitting a picture for this years calendar.

 I will not be.

 Finnley the bad picture taking doodle just hasn't got what it takes.

 I accept my limitations with her, and love her just the same !!

LOL

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Sheila, I saw a few good ones you posted on FB this year!   Or, get busy now.   Get a flashlight for her eyes, get on the ground, and take a few photos. Come on

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

Yes, please do.. I can help you with editing if you like and I am sure some others will help too!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I won't :) LOL

[Sheila & Finnley]

Oh, you guys are so sweet. I am fine with Finnley's non perfect picture place in this life. Like with some people, she just doesn't have it to be a calendar model. Maybe things will change for her as time goes on. If I do happen to get a decent one, I will most certainly ask for your help with it. Thank you for offering.

Except for you Laurie Arnold.

To you I say, %*&$@# and 

[F, Calla & Luca]

Boy you have made life easier for yourself: )

[Shelly]

Hey Sheila, I have to disagree. The photos of Finnley are beautiful and she looks so sweet!

[Nancy and Georgia Brown]

If I have a large resolution image that looks better cropped (knowing there are plenty of pixels in the cropped version) which is the preferred way to provide it:

A. crop it how I think it should be.

B. leave it uncropped.

C. crop it a little bigger than I think it should be.

As a graphic designer I know I prefer to get uncropped images because I have more options, but I normally don't have 1000 images to cull through.

[Adina P]

Send the original with a suggestion of where you think it should be cropped.  Between 50 and 120 pixels, depending on the location on the page, that may get chopped when the calendar is cut too.  So sometimes that matters in my cropping.  Of course your photo may have plenty of wiggle room all around, I don't know.

[Joleen]

Excited to see if Kami will make the Lot's of Doodle calendar next year! She was the only multi colored doodle in the 2014 one.  Her colors have changed a lot as she got older.  Good luck everyone!

[Mary Zimmer]

I bred my labradoodle and my goldendoodle this spring.  Here is my favorite picture from them all being here and being small. I took it myself.