Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard?you the man?do it as you like If anyone finds this inconvenient, they should just let us know and we?ll send a couple of photos to do it their way nobody hired you Richard, so we don?t get to boss you around thanks again for your labor ric > On Dec 18, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > Dear LUG family and contributors: > > I have a received a strong objection to making the change. Fundamentally, > it comes down to two things: > > First, the nature of the policy change is unexpected and last minute. It is > true, if I have made the decision early on and made the announcement > earlier, then people who may object to this policy can debate or withhold > contributions. For this I apologize. > > Second, there are questions of my exerting artistic preference over that of > the contributors. I need to digest this, as the mere fact that an editor > has to sequence the contributors in some ways regardless, even if we do it > simply by the first name or last name or other arbitrary ordering, it's a > decision on our parts. > > The person is correct that this is not "my book", but nominally a "LUG year > book" although even there we have strayed a bit in previous years by > inviting other people into the fold. > > I am somewhat torn on this and I welcome any discussion. I am not looking > for sympathy, or people to "beat up" on the person. I know from feedback > that someone will be unhappy regardless. However, personally I am more > concerned that it is true that I did not make the policy change early, and > this would appear to be a "bait and switch". > > Thank you. > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Gene Duprey <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Make it your production, If you want to mix the photos, then I'm OK with >> it. >> >> Gene >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Your call! Why not put your own stamp on the production? >>> Shall be interested to see how this works out...my ex-editor brain is >>> fascinated! >>> >>> >>> >> .................................................................................................................................. >>> >>> While working on the book, I am making an executive decision: I will >>> sequence the images in some order, and not 2 consecutive images per >>> submitter like previous years. >>> >>> Per usual, I will not edit the images in any way, and the caption and any >>> image placement preference (e.g. some people want full bleed) will be >>> honored. >>> >>> If you have strong feeling that your photos must be kept together, please >>> email me. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >>> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information