Share Your Christmas Cards

Jim Dockery

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After seeing Douglas's Christmas card in the Landscape forum I didn't want to hijack his thread so thought I'd start this as a place to share our Christmas/holiday cards that we made from our photos.

For years I used winter landscapes, but then realized the cards I liked getting the most were those that showed my friends and family, esp. people I don't see often, so that has been our trend lately. This year I changed it up, using multiple shots for the first time, because I had to show two important people in my life that I lost.

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Here is the whole card, followed by the individual pictures I used.

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My wife Debbie and I with the Wenatchee river behind.

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Debbie and her 99+ yr old dad Charles who lived with us for the last 6 months of his life. He was a wonderful old gentleman.

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Debbie, myself, and my step-brother Brian who died of cancer in June. We took him on a short road trip to visit the Palouse because he had fond memories of it from his childhood when his dad was in grad school at WA State University in Pullman.
 
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Ben Egbert

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Very nice Jim, and a good thread. I don't have any cards to share, but it is still a great idea.
 

JimFox

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This is a great idea Jim, now I guess I better make a digital Christmas card to get with the program!
 
After seeing Douglas's Christmas card in the Landscape forum I didn't want to hijack his thread so thought I'd start this as a place to share our Christmas/holiday cards that we made from our photos.

For years I used winter landscapes, but then realized the cards I liked getting the most were those that showed my friends and family, esp. people I don't see often, so that has been our trend lately. This year I changed it up, using multiple shots for the first time, because I had to show two important people in my life that I lost.

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My wife Debbie and I with the Wenatchee river behind.

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Debbie and her 99+ yr old dad Charles who lived with us for the last 6 months of his life. He was a wonderful old gentleman.

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Debbie, myself, and my step-brother Brian who died of cancer in June. We took him on a short road trip to visit the Palouse because he had fond memories of it from his childhood when his dad was in grad school at WA State University in Pullman.
What a sweet idea, Jim and what a poignant post. I think we should make this a Focal World tradition.
 

JimFox

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I am just wondering why Carlo is the only one who actually put text on his card like a Christmas Card would have?
 

Mike Lewis

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I have not done that yet, it is a cool idea though, expertly realized in some of the examples above.

I made calendars to give out for the holidays, although this year I did not feel I had enough good stuff from either my scenic or astro stuff to do a new one. Hopefully not hijacking the thread, but in case anyone is interested for the future, I can recommend Bay Photo for this, as they allow for a decent amount of customization and the color fidelity seems to be very good IMHO. Here is my favorite I ever did so far, my 2018 Astroimaging calendar. I did a black version, but then realized many wanted to write on them, so also made a white version as well.


Merry Christmas to all on FW, thanks for a great year of sharing our passion online!

ML
 

Carlo Didier

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I have not done that yet, it is a cool idea though, expertly realized in some of the examples above.

I made calendars to give out for the holidays, although this year I did not feel I had enough good stuff from either my scenic or astro stuff to do a new one. Hopefully not hijacking the thread, but in case anyone is interested for the future, I can recommend Bay Photo for this, as they allow for a decent amount of customization and the color fidelity seems to be very good IMHO. Here is my favorite I ever did so far, my 2018 Astroimaging calendar. I did a black version, but then realized many wanted to write on them, so also made a white version as well.


Merry Christmas to all on FW, thanks for a great year of sharing our passion online!

ML
Hey Mike, that calendar looks gorgeous!
I'm pretty sure they won't allow as much customization as I need though ... Here's an example page from the calendar I make every year for us.
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Mike Lewis

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Hey Mike, that calendar looks gorgeous!
I'm pretty sure they won't allow as much customization as I need though ... Here's an example page from the calendar I make every year for us.
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Carlo,

Well that is a custom design! Sure came out nice, but of course any calendars featuring dogs is a sure fire winner in my book! We just added an Aussie Cattle Dog to the family in November and she is fitting right in!

ML
 

Carlo Didier

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Carlo,

Well that is a custom design! Sure came out nice, but of course any calendars featuring dogs is a sure fire winner in my book! We just added an Aussie Cattle Dog to the family in November and she is fitting right in!

ML
Aussies are cute! We've always had Border Collies. By the way, the column "Zive & Gibbs" is for the dogs ...
 
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