Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]c'mon folks, surely you took two photos this past year... On Dec 19, 2011, at 5:40 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Jim Shulman OFFERED" > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 7:48 AM > Subject: [Leica] 68 LUG Yearbook Submissions Thus Far--I need you to eep > Them Coming! > > > "We were over 80 at this time last year.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I KNEW IT! THERE I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE AND GENTLE, ONLY A COUPLE OF NICE > GENTLEMANLY POSTS ABOUT GETTING YOUR TWO PHOTOS IN! AND! > > SOME, IF NOT MANY OF YOU HAVE SCREWED-UP! AS JIM OFFERED: > "We were over 80 at this time last year.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > YOU HAVE 13 DAYS AND THE NEW YEAR IS HERE! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE > WHO'VE SENT THEIR PICTURES TO JIM! GOOD ON YA FOR BEING ON THE BALL! > > OH AND THE REST OF YOU????? YOU DID NOTICE I'M YELLING MY HEAD OFF? > > SIMPLY BECAUSE MOST OF YOU SLOW POKES WILL HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR'S EVE > WHILE JIM IS KNOCKING HIMSELF OUT ASSEMBLING A BOOK TO MAKE ALL OF US > "LOOK COOL" AS PHOTOGRAPHERS! > > YOU BET YER BOOTS YOU CAN DELETE THIS AS NOTHING MORE THAN "Well hell here > he goes again! Old loud mouth! What's it to him?" > > WELL I CAN SAY IT'S "OUR LUG YEAR BOOK! YOURS AND MINE! SO GET OFF YOUR > ASS AND SEND THE TWO PICTURES AS SOON AS YOU'VE LOST YER COOL AND SENT ME > SOME STUPID ASSININE REPLY !" SAVE TIME JUST SEND THE TWO PHOTOS TO JIM > AND GET OVER IT! "DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT!" :-) > > MERRY CHRISTMAS. :-) > CHEERS and thank you for sending your two photos to-night. > Dr. ted :-) > > > > > Please, send in your images! They can be shot with any camera (read: not > necessarily something from Wetzlar/Solms), any lens, so long as the images > were made during 2011 and are at least one meg in size, .jpg format. > > > > We will have an introductory essay from Christopher Crawford, as well as > the annual essays from Brian Reid, LUG Saloon Keeper, and myself. > > > > So far, quite a few lurkers have risen from the briny depths with great > stuff. Please, I encourage more! > > > > There?s never an obligation to buy the book, but it will close on Dec. > 31st. > > > > Best, > > Jim > > > > The LUG Yearbook > New not-very-revised instructions for 2011 > > (Last updated 25 May 2011) > > Each year since 2006, the LUG has produced a yearbook of images. These > images may or may not have been captured with Leica-branded equipment, but > they were all produced during the calendar year of the yearbook (which in > this case is anytime after January 1, 2011.) > > Submission Instructions: Images must be sent to Jim Shulman at > jshulman at judgecrater.com before December 31st, 2011 for inclusion in the > yearbook. *The images must be at least 1 meg. size, .jpg format. * > Smaller > images will likely not reproduce adequately. > > There is a limit of TWO images per photographer. Please attach the images > to an e-mail to Jim Shulman?DO NOT E-MAIL IMAGES TO THE LUG LIST! The > submission should include your name (as you wish it to appear in the > yearbook), the titles of your images, and technical information > (camera/lens/film as applicable.) Please submit all images and caption > information together in one email. > > Please consider submitting images earlier, rather than later, in December. > This helps me avoid an onslaught of last-minute work. > > All submissions will receive a confirmation e-mail, with a sample of the > caption. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, then assume that > your image(s) have not been received! Allow about a day or two for a reply > from the time of submission for the reply e-mail. > > Some FAQs About the LUG Yearbook Project > > *Do I have to be a professional photographer to submit images?* > > NO!!! Anyone can submit images, from rank amateurs to seasoned pros. > > *What if my images aren?t good enough? Will they be rejected?* > > NO!!! There?s no such thing as ?not good enough? for the LUG Yearbook. > All images are accepted as long as they meet the very basic standards of > size (one meg+ .jpg images.) This is not a judged collection?it?s a > voluntary anthology of the LUG?s photographic efforts during the year. > > *What if I don?t use a Leica for my submitted images?* > > Don?t worry?the images you submit are more than welcome, so long as you?re > a supporter and enthusiast of the LUG. Your editor joined the LUG before > he owned a Leica, and now shoots regularly with a large collection of Leica > and non-Leica equipment. The important point is to just start. > > *Give me technical details!* > > If you insist. For best results, your JPEG file should be sRGB. No, make > that "For best results, your JPEG file should be submitted by the > deadline". If you are obsessive, then you might want to know sRGB, 300DPI. > The verso page full bleed is 2888 x 2475 and the recto page is 2271 x 1588 > (which leaves room for a caption underneath). > > *Can I use images that were featured on the LUG (or elsewhere?)* > > YES!! So long as the images were captured during 2011, they?re fair game > for the book. > > *If I submit images, do I have to buy a copy of the book?* > > Absolutely not! Since this book is printed on demand, we have no minimum > order requirements for the book. Moreover, the book will not go out of > print (so long as blurb.com exists in more or less its present > configuration.) If you want to see previous yearbooks?or buy copies?you > can now. Go to blurb.com and search for ?Leica? > ?LUG?<http://www.blurb.com/search/site_search?search=leica+lug>to see > existing yearbooks. > > *Can my spouse/child/pet also submit images?* > > Why not? So long as the images are in the correct formation, and contain > their name, the image(s) title(s), and the camera/lens/film (if applicable) > used, that?s fine. > > *I submitted images last year. Will you automatically remind me to send > more this year?* > > Unfortunately, I?m not that organized. I sincerely hope you check the > e-mail (and digest) regularly for updates. > > *Do you need help with the yearbook?* > > Thanks, but I?m OK. Blurb.com templates help simplify matters > considerably. > > *When will the yearbook be produced?* > > I close the yearbook at midnight on December 31st, and make it available > for purchase as soon as possible. Last year ?as soon as possible? was > about 3AM on January 1st. > > *How much does the yearbook cost?* > > That depends on whether you purchase a hardcover or paperback version. See > previous blurb.com LUG yearbooks, and you?ll get an idea. The price of the > yearbook depends upon the page count. There is a $5 surcharge for either > the paperback or hardcover version of the book, with all profit proceeds > going to Project H.O.M.E. (www.projecthome.org ) > > *Can you supply more specific technical information for preparing my > submissions?* > > If you want to be more technical, please visit the blurb.com website. They > provide a wide array of technical information for more advanced > photographers/graphic artists. > > *Will you produce the book in large format?* > > The book will retain its format of the past five years. I have made this > decision in the interests of economy (to make the book as affordable as > possible) and simplicity. Depending on the page count, you may be able to > elect an upgrade in paper stock at an additional cost. > > *Can I see examples from previous yearbooks?* > > Yes. Here are the yearbooks for > 2006<http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/32512>, > 2007 <http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/156991>, > 2008<http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/522986>, > 2009 <http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1120157>, and > 2010<http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1896084>. > You can look at the first 15 pages or so of each book online, or you can > buy a copy. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information