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Subject: [Leica] LUG Yearbook Covers
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:59:03 -0500
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Very happy with the cover Jim and agree about avoiding "conflict", as I
learned during FOM2. Two ways to make the book 500 pages: more
photographers or more photos per person. I agree with your choice ;-)

Cheers

> I pick the cover subject for several reasons:
>
> 1. We're ostensibly a Leica users group, though not everyone uses a Leica
> all the time.  Some merely aspire to Leica ownership/usage.
>
> 2. It eliminates any complaints about whose picture was selected for the
> cover.  The last thing I want to do is get into a photo competition--the
> whole purpose of the yearbook is collaborative, rather than competitive.
> I'm thrilled that some notable gear users are able to send me gear shots
> for
> the cover.  Really, the covers are merely an introduction or, as in the
> case
> of the Ted Grant picture (this year) or Tina Manley picture (last year),
> or
> the Brian Reid returned mail (year before that), a document of a notable
> event that happened to a prominent LUG personage that year.
>
> 3. After covers like these, it only can get better inside <g>.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
> Who would vastly prefer to see a 500 page book next year, with more than
> 200
> participants. So start shooting now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Geoff
> Hopkinson
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:02 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Yearbook 2009
>
> Sorry to read that you guys think that my M9 shot (taken with an M8.2 and
> Leica lens) was inappropriate for the cover of a Leica Users' Group book.
> Jim and I aimed for something to echo the 2007 cover with its M8. In both
> cases it was meant to reflect a very significant milestone for Leica.
>
> 2010/1/8 Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2010, at 10:18 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>>
>> > I noticed that, too.  While there quite a few M8 images and a few from
>> the M9, most were from other gear.   The number of G-1 and GF-1 images
>> surprised me, too.  As you said, there were lots and lots of really nice
>> photos on display.
>> > Maybe next year with the M9 in its second year of production we'll see
>> more from that camera.
>>
>> as the book's emphasis is images, and is entirely gear neutral, why does
>> the cover focus entirely on gear....?
>>
>> rather     "falls like a hair on the soup"
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Dick
>>  >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jan 07, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>> >
>> >> My Leica Users Group Yearbook 2009 arrived this morning, by regular
>> delivery Fed Ex...
>> >>
>> >> In a few words,
>> >>
>> >> superb, magical, captivating....
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I am so impressed by the many wonderful photos contained within...
>> >>
>> >> The quality of pure photographic expertise here always amazes me,
>> >>
>> >> impressively transcending issues of equipment.
>> >>
>> >> That said, the cover, while excellent misses the point, looking like
>> it
>> should be on some other book.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Steve
>> >>
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>> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
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