League of Michigan Bicyclists Photograph Specifications for Ride Calendar, Michigan Bicyclist Magazine and general purposes.

Now is your chance for fame and glory as a photographer! More than 50,000 people throughout Michigan and the US may see your Michigan bicycling photo! We want your color and black & white Michigan bicycling photos for use in our various publications. We print more than 50,000 Michigan Bicycling Event Poster Calendars and 25,000 Shoreline Tour Brochures as well as several other publications including our quarterly publication titled the Michigan Bicyclist Magazine.

We are not able to pay for photographs but will be delighted to give you photo credit and some complimentary copies of the publication in which your photos appear. When sharing your photos with us you agree that we may use them without any restriction whatsoever to promote biking in Michigan. Sharing your photos is one of the easiest ways you can help us achieve our mission of making Michigan a bicycle-friendly state.  We welcome photos year round but the deadline for ride calendar submissions is October 31, 2006.

Specifications:

  • Ride Calendar and Shoreline Tour Brochure photo deadline is always October 31.
  • All photos MUST be in digital format, preferably JPEG saved at the highest quality. Please scan in film photos, as we cannot convert negatives.
  • Send photos by email or CD-ROM (please clearly write the photographer’s name, email and the name of the event directly on the CD-ROM and in the email)
  • Be kind to the LMB staff and volunteers…please pre edit your images to pick out your best  photos (10 or less is ideal, but if you have more than 10 amazingly great cycling photos feel free to send more.)
  • We love big files!  Digital photos should be at least300dpi resolution and 3 x 4 inches in dimension (or the equivalent, i.e. 72dpi at approximately 12 x 16 inches or 150 dpi at 6 x 8 inches)  If this is complete gibberish to you, have no worries!  We can accept lower resolution images but may not be able to use them for all print purposes.  If you don’t know how to check your resolution just send them anyways.
  • Include your last name in the photo file name (if possible), i.e. Jamison001.jpeg or Jamisontandemriders.jpeg
  • Ride and people photos must have a Bicycling in Michigan theme so no shots of a Florida ride!  We can accept “general bike themed” photos not from Michigan that are not place specific (i.e. close up artful photos of bike components)  Please label any such images as “non-Michigan.”
  • Any cyclists shown actually riding must be wearing fastened helmets.

Don’t forget to let your creativity shine – we are looking for “artsy” and “unusual” bicycle themed photos in addition to “traditional” ride images.  Thanks in advance and we look forward to immortalizing your wonderful photos showing off the diversity, challenges, humor and excitement of bicycling in Michigan!

E-mail photos to:
jlindenmayer@LMB.org

Mail photos to:
League of Michigan Bicyclists
416 S Cedar St., Suite A
Lansing, MI 48912

 
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