So today begins the month of reader mastheads at Looky, Daddy! Every day (more or less) for the month of August, I'll be posting new mastheads made from photos sent in by you, Gentle Reader. This is not a contest. There is no competition here. If you sent me a usable picture then I will post it as a masthead sometime this month.
By usable, I'm talking about the photo itself, not the subject of the photo: It must be wide enough for a masthead (860 pixels) and of decent or more than decent resolution. As for the subject, that's your business. So far we've got babies through teenagers, mostly captured in what can only be assumed was not their best moments. All of them I've cropped and a few of them I've altered more dramatically, though most I have not, and the decision to alter had very little to do with the photo itself but was far more dependent on how long the twins napped the day I worked on it.
And then there were the times when I made the banner, then washed down a few too many olives with my vodka, and went back and worked on it again. And that's when you get stuff like this:
If only the photo had been big enough to show the platform boots.
All of the mastheads will be displayed without attribution, because while I know that everyone who sent me a photo wanted me to post it, I'm not sure that anyone wanted a name attached. However, feel free to out yourself in the comments section when your photo is displayed, if you wish.
Hey Dog Mom,
Want to make The Dad pitch a fit? Send in a picture of your sweet, sweet puppy.
Posted by: The Mom | August 01, 2007 at 07:25 AM
my girls ROCK!
Posted by: heidi | August 01, 2007 at 08:29 AM
what height do you prefer (for your masthead). god that still sounds dirty
Posted by: casey | August 01, 2007 at 11:23 AM
casey: I like between 100 to 200 pix, but I can crop it here. It is much easier to crop height than to stretch width. For my masthead. Still sounds dirty, doesn't it?
Posted by: The Dad | August 01, 2007 at 11:49 AM
And I should add for those of you considering last minute submissions, that I can probably fit in a few more. We might end up overlapping onto September a bit but so be it.
Posted by: The Dad | August 01, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Dirty talk - it's been a while, and man, has it been MISSED. Feel free to continue...
Posted by: loren | August 01, 2007 at 11:58 PM
Where can we see old mastheads that we missed?
Posted by: qwyneth | August 03, 2007 at 09:54 AM
qwyneth: You dare admit you don't visit the site daily? Feel my wrath! And I'm hoping to a masthead archives page up before too long (read: Christmas).
Posted by: The Dad | August 03, 2007 at 01:13 PM
O.k., The Dad, and you mean to tell us that the quirky morbid side to Kathryn comes from The Mom? Right. Who is it that's altering their own babies' pictures like this? No offense, but maybe your twisted genes contributed a just a little bit?
Posted by: mommy24x7 | August 04, 2007 at 10:22 PM
Hahahaha! I do usually check the site daily on weekdays, sometimes multiple times per day. When a new post isn't up I die a little bit inside. Sniffle.
But, you know, I do have to sometimes look like I'm working, lest my boss realize that they're paying me to read blogs all day. So sometimes I miss a day.
Posted by: qwyneth | August 06, 2007 at 01:11 PM