22-NOV-2011
RFF Postcard Project
Quote:
RFF Postcard Project, anyone?
I have participated in a few of the Print Swaps we've done here at RFF and enjoyed doing so. But, I was thinking that something a bit more casual might be fun as well.
So, how about a postcard project?
I'm thinking to collect email and mailing addresses from everyone who wants to play, then I will email all those addresses to all of us. We then mail a 4" x 6" postcard to all the addresses in the list.
BW or color, no subject restrictions--well other than what the post office won't mail or might get someone in trouble; the image will be visible after all!, the same image on all your postcards( in other words, if we get 100 of us doing this, each person will make 99 postcards of the same photo), and home printed or outsourced--whichever the sender prefers.
Also, I'm thinking that since this time of year can be pretty hectic, to plan for mailing early in January 2012.
I suggest 4"x6" size because, at least here in the United States, that size is the least expensive to mail--29 cents domestic and 80 or 98 cents international.
Who wants to play?
RobAnd so also the idea of a postcard blog started. Click on the caption text of the postcards I put in this blog, to jump to the original RFF author comments.
Please keep also in mind that my snapshots of the received postcards doesn't render the real object properly. The following entries are only for documentation and respect to the involved RFF users. Copyright of the images belongs to the specific author.
09-JAN-2012
Postcard: Balloons
#1
(Click on the commenting text to jump to the original author information)
10-JAN-2012
Postcard: End of the Towpath
#2
A second card was in the post box (from UK). I see the initial idea behind this card, but the print is - as a few other b&w postcards - too dark to show all the grayscale details.
11-JAN-2012
Postcard: Fund Raising Fiddler
12-JAN-2012
Postcard: Duomo di Milano
12-JAN-2012
Postcard: Steam Locomotive Motion
14-JAN-2012
Postcard: Zocalo, Mexico City
14-JAN-2012
Postcard: Stanford Campus
14-JAN-2012
Postcard: Thanksgiving in San Francisco
16-JAN-2012
Postcard: Greensboro Christmas Parade
18-JAN-2012
Postcard: Wisborough Green Church
18-JAN-2012
Postcard: Bench in the Woods
#15
Nice b&w from California.
19-JAN-2012
Postcard: Towers of Jewels
#18
A colored b&w. There is everyday new stuff to learn with this project!
23-JAN-2012
Postcard: Rainforest River
24-JAN-2012
Postcard: Greenhouse, Treasure Island
24-JAN-2012
Postcard: Enlightening Window
26-JAN-2012
Postcard: Boston Reflections
26-JAN-2012
Postcard: Summer in Australia
#27
One of the few
square format images (on normal rectangular card).
04-FEB-2012
Postcard: Volunteer Park Criterium
28-FEB-2012
Postcard: Mirrored Building
17-may-2012
Result
Now this first project is over and I had to wait a long time until I was ready and in the mood documenting the nice cards I got! At last this is done. Here is also a final image showing me happy with all the cards I received. Thanks again to all the contributors!
Of course, the preparation in the beginning took me some time: The few last entries depict the process I went through the decision making and production of my postcards in the very beginning of this project.
31-DEC-2011
Candidate: NEMO
This was my first approach to the postcard subject. I like the graffiti and the boat style of this maintenance facility, as well as the orange look.
02-JAN-2012
Candidate: St. Paulus
Later on I thought a b&w image would be a better choice. But printed on a small postcard, you don't really see much details of the church...
02-JAN-2012
Candidate: CRY
Finally I found this big wall art in my image library, as a 3rd choice for the postcard project.
04-JAN-2012
Decision
It was a difficult choice, but candidate CRY did finally the run.
I spent also many hours reading the different online offerings for postcard prints, beeing this my first postcard project. At the end my choice was
ifolor.
09-JAN-2012
Production
Got the postcard prints. They look way better than I expected from the screen preview. Not very thick but it was the fastest offering.
10-JAN-2012
Production
Writing by longarm is time consuming, but a funny old challenge too.
12-JAN-2012
Shipment
38 stamps later, my postcards are on its way. More than 20 to USA a few to Australia, one to Malaysia and the remaining to Europe.
04-JUL-2012
Statistics: Camera Models
For 30 (out of 36) I got detailed camera information which is depicted in the picture above. The Leica model M9 is the winner.
04-JUL-2012
Statistics: Sensor and Film Types
For 28 (out of 36) I got also detailed camera sensor or film information which is depicted in the picture above. The standard 135 type (24x36mm) film is the most used recording medium. Though there is evidence of 5 CCD sensors in the same size, coming from the M9 models.
04-JUL-2012
Statistics: Print Production
Finally we have moo.com as the winner for the print production of these postcards (29 answers out of 36).
