****UPDATE****2010 DOODLE KISSES CALENDAR is Now Accepting PHOTO SUBMISSIONS!!!

[Adina P]

We are now accepting doodle photo submissions for our 2010 Doodle Kisses Calendar! The information below is very important, please don't just skim it...READ IT CAREFULLY!

Here is the criteria for photo submissions:

1) ***update*** YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF DK to be eligible--and YOUR doodle must be in the photo. This means, for example, if you have a friend with a doodle or are a breeder you may NOT submit a photo of a doodle you do not currently own or a puppy that you are going to sell. Obviously if YOUR doodle is in a photo with a non-DK doodle that's fine. BUT YOUR doodle MUST be in the photo.

2) Photo must be high resolution. This means pretty much the photo should be straight out of your camera to your computer to me with NO size editing or cropping. Another way to know if your photo is high resolution is when you are looking at it in its FULL size...it should be bigger than your computer screen. If it's not, then it's too small and it will not be considered (this means no camera-phone photos).

3) Photos, of course, must be of excellent quality. Clear without any blurriness, good lighting. ***update*** think about not only how cute your doodle is but what's in the background.... If your doodle looks great but the background does not, is cluttered or detracts from the photo, rethink the photo. In the end it is subjective but it might help you in selecting what to submit.

4) No humans in the photo...only your doodle(s).

5) Professional photos are NOT necessary but acceptable. ***update*** By submitting photos taken by a professional photographer you are claiming you have the photographer's express permission to submit the photo for a calendar that will be sold. They own the copyright, even if they gave you the digital files. Unless you signed a contract with them that says otherwise, you need to have their express permission to use a photo in a product that will be sold. If you don't have this permission, get it or don't submit the photo.

6) A photo that shows your doodle clearly (face visible more or less--i.e. not turned away from the camera).

Photo Submission Process:

1) ONLY ONE PHOTO PER EMAIL, but you may submit as many as five emails total.

2) Send your photos to ___to be announced ___

3) Be sure to mention what type of doodle is in each photo (labradoodle, goldendoodle, whatadoodle?) and your DK profile name.

That's it!

Deadline for Submissions: October 15th, 2009---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

***As always a portion of proceeds from sales will be donated to rescue

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

I forgot too! And I am DK obsessed! Just did it...

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Good for you! Better at the deadline than after!!!!! :)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I must be the only DK member who has never submitted a photo for a calendar. Poor Jackdoodle! All my photos are fuzzy, have cluttered backgrounds, or Jack isn't looking at the camera. I guess we will just enjoy looking at our friends and aim for next year.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

I LOVE your profile photo of him and am glad you have kept it. He just looks so gentle and sweet in it.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks, Nancy. It is the best photo he's ever taken...if I had only known beforehand, I would have moved the cellphones and other paraphernalia out of the frame, lol!

[nfu7f0foes3r]

Today is the deadline. I can't wait to see the new calendars!!!

[Teresa]

I just went through all of my pictures - and although I get a real chuckle out of them, the pics that I really like were taken with my IPhone so they don't have the resolution - so I also will just wait for the new calendars and hope for some of Hudson's relatives to be included!!

[Adina P]

Thank you everyone for your submissions...the deliberation process now begins. I seriously could make TEN calendars with the volume of gorgeous photos I've gotten! You have not made my job easy...have you no pity on a poor pregnant woman? LOL
We'll try to get it all completed before the end of October =) Hang tight!