Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think your vision of the project, Jim, is the best one. Making it or part of it a contest limits it in a lot of ways. I'd rather try to find a way to get some of the (many) LUG members whom we might hear or read from occasionally or not, to start contributing. If it had to come out as 2 - 300 page volumes a year, I would be delighted. I know that often, if I had stood at the same place at the same time that some photographer took a wonderful picture I love, I would not have taken that picture but some other ones. I delight in seeing those other visions. So let's try and get more 'winners'! Henning On 2014-01-04, at 7:05 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> wrote: > I'd considered a "best of year" photograph, and then thought the better of > it for several reasons: > > 1. It would hold up publication. First you'd have to gather all the > images, which again is no simple feat, then set them up for a vote (with a > reasonable period of time, and uploaded in another medium, such as a web > page or gallery). We used to have judged LUG contests a few years ago, > and if I remember correctly gathering the images and then arranging the > judging wasn't exactly simple. > 2. In order to judge the images, all the images would have to be made > available for viewing. Once you've seen all the images, the whole element > of buying the book for discovery, surprise and delight dissipates (which > is one reason that I never made more than the first fifteen pages > available for viewing.) > 3. One winner means there are 119 losers. With no contest, there are 120 > winners. > > Of course, it's now out of my hands for a successor, but these are my > considerations. > > All best, > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Duane Birkey > Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2014 9:09 PM > To: 'Lug > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Yearbook Future > > I also agree that we should keep doing the LUG Yearbook.... and I would > be willing to help edit/design/publish it... > > > > I think we probably could do the project as a team effort and split up > some of the responsibility as well. > > > > One thing I would love to see would be for the LUG to select a "Best of > the Year" photo from the group for the front and rear cover... > Logistically, maybe a small group would pick out four or five of what they > think are the best images... and then have the LUG vote... Anyhow, the > top two images would get front and back cover... And as an added bonus, > winners would get to submit a third image for the inside of the book... > Just an idea... > > > > Duane > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com