[Leica] LUG Book 2015 - I need your support

[Jeffery Smith]

I'll get out my 50 Summitar and try to get something that looks nostalgic.

Jeffery


> On Aug 30, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I will start a LUG book file today!  Thanks for doing this.  I'd hate for
> there to be a gap in the series.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 4:57 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Alright - if no one else steps forward, I will take over the LUG book 2015
>> task. I will contact Jim and Geoff and get the information.
>> 
>> *ONE ADDITIONAL RULE:** No whining and no rudeness.* Any more transgression
>> after one warning, I will drop and block you.
>> 
>> I will take contribution starting from (now) to midnight PST Dec 15, 2015.
>> *No
>> exceptions.*
>> 
>> The rest is mostly lifted from Geoff's message from last year, with one
>> minor change of the charity.
>> 
>> ****
>> It will follow the same format that Jim Shulman and Geoff Hopkinson used
>> for previous editions. The address contribution is
>> richard at richardmanphoto.com <hopsternew at icloud.com>
>> 
>> This will be a non-profit, not juried/judged compilation of photos by any
>> interested photographer. Anyone may contribute and any brand of
>> equipment may be used. Please send photos that you have made during 2015.
>> There will be no obligation to buy the book which will be
>> published by Blurb and there will be hardcover, softcover printed versions
>> offered and an eBook for iPad. There will be a small surcharge only applied
>> for each purchase. For 2015 this will be the Second Harvest Food Bank in
>> the Silicon Valley. While a 3-bedroom starter home starts at 1.5 million
>> USD in Palo Alto, there are people who do not have enough to eat, even
>> here.
>> 
>> *Please send two image files, ideally as attachments to one or two  email
>> messages.* Be aware that some email clients may reduce the sizes of images
>> within messages by default.
>> 
>> Ideal image files are JPEG files around 2000 to 3000 pixels on the long
>> side with file sizes of 1 to 2 megabytes. The sRGB color space
>> will be used when they are reproduced.
>> 
>> The book will be in our usual 10 inches x 8 inches (20x25cm) landscape
>> layout. Whether in landscape or portrait orientation your images will not
>> be cropped or altered by the editor. They will be fitted into the standard
>> image layouts used. The Blurb software will size the images
>> to fit.
>> Midnight PST
>> For the left hand page that will be a box 2680 pixels wide and 2250 pixels
>> high with a plain margin or as a full bleed image (with small
>> overlap of edges) of 2888 pixels wide x 2475 pixels high.
>> 
>> For the right hand page that will be a box 1500 pixels wide x 1796 pixels
>> high (for a portrait orientation) or 2271 pixels wide x 1588
>> pixels high (for a landscape orientation). Both right hand page options
>> leave room for a single caption for both images underneath.
>> 
>> In the text of your email, *please provide a single caption for both
>> images. *This will be your name, and preferably a title for each
>> image. You may also like to include details of the equipment or similar
>> *short *comment. Here is an example:
>> 
>> *Firstname Lastname*  Opposite: 'left image title'  Leica M3, Elmar 50
>> f/3.5
>> Above: 'Cats eating sushi' Fujifilm X-E1 XF 18-55, Boston LUG meetup
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
>> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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