May every sunrise
hold more Promise,
and every sunset
hold more Peace
- Irish blessing
Happy New Years!
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| Team Lindberg 2016 |
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| To moderate embarrassment, we show Erin and Connor sans hats |
2016 has been interesting, with Erin getting her driver's license and Connor growing fast enough to make his father feel small. Seth continues with his writing hobby, this year appearing and moderating on
author panels for the first time (at the World Fantasy Convention); he has a few works in progress that should appear next year. Seth and Connor continue to enjoy
Aikido under Domaschko Sensei (it's a great martial art for disarming folk without inflicting harm, and tossing family members). Heidi has been continuing to build her
photography portfolio, and this year's card features one of her snapshots from an angel in
Spring Grove Cemetery (Cincinnati OH). Some runner-up options are below:
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| West Chester Cemetery |
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| West Chester Cemetery |
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| Spring Grove Cemetery |
The angel theme echoes of past angel cards from 2007 and 2011 (below); the sunset/sunrise key in 2012 and 2013 (MMXII and MMXIII).
See all cards since 1998 (link).
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| 2007 Lindberg Card |
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| 2011 Lindberg Card |
With Heidi's meticulous scoping out cemeteries at various times & lighting conditions, the natural shading on the main subject was all taken care of (for many angels). The background didn't have our desired clouds, so some simple masking/merging with another photo in Photoshop fixed that. Then all we had to do is agree on some artificial color casting. Obviously, we needed to have a sunset/sunrise feel to match the interior blessing, which we eventually achieved.
Printing / Proofs / Traditional Font Disputes
Heidi always wins the font discussion. She cut my Roman Numerals (shown in the above Photoschop screen, and used previously on many cards) and then offered her keen eye on the faux sunlight. In addition to tackling the RGB to CMYK conversion, it's always best to get a proof in one's hand. We print from
PSprint.com which has a proofing option. It takes ~1-2 weeks to print/receive/review a proof, so much of November involved the Lindberg's bickering over subtle colors. Turns out, Heidi steered this too.
Cheers to all, and may everyone embarrass their friends and family!
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| Lindberg kids loving their hats! |
