Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]RIGHT ON, UNCLE T!! Shulman's labors for this list are second only to Brian's. We salute you, Jim! ric On Jan 1, 2014, at 1:23 AM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > WHAT CAN ONE SAY IN ALL HONESTY ABOUT A CHAMPION GUY LIKE JIM SHULMAN? > > The LUG YEAR BOOK was Jim's idea and a wonderful concept for so many never > before published folks to have the exciting moment of seeing their > photographs in print, in a "BOOK!" Complete with their name! > > It was never a great effort for anyone in posting two (2) photographs by > midnight of the closing year. HOWEVER! > > DAMN! There were times I wished I could be so close to KICK-ASS so hard > with some who diddled along making it tough on Jim whether he'd have > enough to make the book in time and worthwhile! > > However? To accomplish the book completion it meant Jim sat by his > computer each and every year of the past eight (8) so all our photos would > make it into the book by the last seconds to midnight!! > The rest of us??????? HELL we were all out having a wonderful hell > raising New Year eve HAPPY TIME! > > And he did that for 8 years! Constantly begging, pleading, almost in tears > begging........... "Please send your images by midnight!" As he sat there > waiting out the seconds tick by for the last possible moments before he > shut it off! > > In effect many of you non-likely ever to be published LUG members? It's a > crying shame! As one's published photo with yer name is one of the most > beautiful things you can acheive and admire in your life. > > I have, nor give one ioa of sympathy to all those ner do wells who just > pissed away their time for a published photo that was so close at hand! > SHAME ON YOU FROM ON HIGH! > > Dr. ted > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Shulman" <jshulman at > judgecrater.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 9:00 PM > Subject: [Leica] The 2013 Leica Users Group Yearbook: Two Announcements > > > The first, naturally, is the availability of the book. > > http://store.blurb.com/my/books/4979491-lug-yearbook-2013 > > > > 121 photographers from around the world have participated in this year?s > volume, the eighth annual issue. The book is available in a variety of > papers, bindings, etc. to your own taste. A surcharge for each book will > be donated to Project H.O.M.E., an organization that provides shelter, > medical attention, and vocational training to homeless individuals. > www.projecthome.org > > > > The second is an end of sorts. This will be the last LUG yearbook with me > as Editor, Compiler, and General Haranguer. After eight years I?ve > realized that it?s time to pass the torch. With a healthy number of > contributors, it?s obvious that the yearbook fills a need for what is > otherwise a virtual group?a tangible, large example of our pictures. It > just needs a new shepherd, someone who can build on this ongoing annual > tradition. > > > > The LUG Yearbook?s run would have been truncated after a year or two were > it not for Dr. Ted Grant?s enthusiastic cheerleading?and oh-so-subtle > suggestions that a group of photographers might want to submit an image or > two in a timely basis. Our saloonkeeper, Brian Reid, has been singularly > supportive with his encouragement, the FAQ page for the project, and his > engaging annual essays. I can?t thank Ted and Brian enough for their > friendship and help over these past eight editions. > > > > And I thank every participant from the past eight years. It?s been a > wonderful experience. > > > > All best, > > Jim Shulman > > Wynnewood, PA > > _______________________________________________ > 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