Rumor Mill- Elephant Toenail Calendar on eBay
In case you have heard the rumor let me confirm it is true, so at the risk of appearing to be opportunistic. I know I would be in deep trouble from some of you here at ET.com if I didn’t at least tell you what I have going on over on eBay.
What I have done is this- and you’ll understand because if you think about it, you know I live a double life (like Batman did). Most folks see me as a guy into old, vintage, antique stuff, if you will, while the side most folks don’t know or think about is that I am a little bit of a computer nerd too 
Well, I was playing around on my computer and made an calendar. I was exploring iPhoto on my Mac (more about this in an upcoming post in about a week) and found where I could make a calendar, so I did. I actually ordered 5, not really knowing what I wanted to do with the others. I decided to put them on eBay, other than the one I am keeping.
In case any you are interested all you have to is search “elephant toenail calendar.”
February 26th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Hey Scott, I did run into your calendars on ebay and thought that was a good idea. Now that I know the rest of the story (iPhoto) it makes even more sense.
I see that your photographs are getting better all the time, (yeah). Even so. I would like to suggest that at some point you consider creating an updated calender with photos made by one or more of your professional photographer friends,…
Who knows, perhaps I could even post a “How to photograph a knife” tutorial somewhere and you could have several collectors submit photos of their knives,… Just a thought.
Derek
February 26th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Yes Derek, I have been aware of the need to take better pictures…how’s that for a carefully worded sentence. If I don’t lose my shirt on the calendars I might consider doing another, but they have along way to go based on the current bids….
I’ll speak on behalf of all toenail collectors by saying- You bet! We would love for you to record a video I could add to the site here for folks to get the basics of better toenail photos. We’d rather see a movie that read text anyday….
All you need to do is record it, then upload it to YouTube and then I can “bring” it into a post here in The News. I know that sounds complicated but is really isn’t. If you use a Mac, then iMovie will sent to YouTube, if you are on a PC….well then too bad
Shoot me an email and let’s finish the discussion, and we’ll figure out the best approach to help all of us here get better photos.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:31 am
I know I could use some lessons,any help would be greatly appreciated.