[Leica] LUGbook 2015: Dec. 15 Deadline

chris williams zoeica at mac.com
Thu Dec 3 15:47:06 PST 2015


OK I JUST WaNTED TO WaIT TIL I HAD A M 246 IN MY HAND BEFORe SeNdING PICS!!

Cheers!

Chris Williams
www.zoeicaimages.net
504-231-6261


> On Dec 3, 2015, at 5:56 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> HELLO LUGGITTES, I'M BAAAAAAACCCKKK!!! THE LUG-YEARBOOK GRINCH!!! DOESN'T
> THIS GIVE YOU THE CREEPY WILLIES??? HA HA HA HAH!
> 
> 
> 
> THIS IS THE BIG BAD GRINCH WHO YELLS/ BARKS/ AND CREATES UNMENTIONABLE
> THINGS INSIDE CAMERA HOUSINGS OF LUG PHOTOGS WHO HAVEN'T SUBMITTED 2 PHOTOS
> YET? IF YOUR CAMERA ISN'T CLICKING CORRECTLY AND OR YOUR IMAGES ARE
> BEGINNING TO HAVE LITTLE ITSY BITSY MARKS LIKE A DEVILS FACE HERE & THERE???
> 
> AND YOU WONDER WHY?  
> 
> I'M BACK AND ALL THOSE CAPITAL LETTERS YOU HATE TO HEAR
> SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMING AT YOU???? I LIKE THAT!!! J J
> 
> 
> 
> YOU DELETE IN FEAR OF THE "BOOK GRINCH?" OK!OK!CALM DOWN!
> 
> ================================================
> 
> 
> 
> So OK already? Now settle down, relax and please please get your two photos
> off to Richard ASAP! Yeah I know you're going to say you've got several days
> before deadline! Please me to explain when a "deadline is a guideline?" To
> work toward...... "YOU MISS THEM!" L WHY? 
> 
> 
> 
> You forget to look at the calendar! L PITY! And the LUG BOOK comes out
> beautifully published with a magnificent set of breath holding magical
> photographs! OURS! Yahoo!! 
> 
> YOURS???? NOT THERE! DANG! PITY!
> 
> And even though you've never had a photo printed in a book in your whole
> life? OR EVER HAD ONE PUBLISHED?
> 
> Trust me and let me say that even though I have been published in books, my
> own medical & photography books and numerous others!! Newspapers by the
> hundreds and hundreds of times! Count how many days since the first front
> page newspaper photo published ..... 17 Sept. 1951! Yep the very first time
> and I near peed my pants with excitement.
> 
> 
> 
> "TODAY?" 2015? AND I'M ONCE AGAIN PUBLISHED? Yep near pee my pants! J  WHY?
> Because it's one of the most beautiful things of being a photographer! TO
> SEE YOUR PHOTO/PHOTOS PUBLISHED IN A BOOK! OR ANYWHERE! IT's MAGICAL! J J J
> 
> 
> 
> I ALSO realize for SOME OF YOU THIS ISN'T OF ANY GREAT MEANING.L PITY! PITY!
> LL If you only realized the JOY? 
> 
> 
> 
> But come on now for those who it does mean something? Please get cracking
> and send your two images on their way to Richard! THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY.
> Please don't wait to the last minute! 
> 
> Dr. ted
> 
> "The LUG Smiling Yearbook Grinch!" J J J J
> 
> 
> 
> Please I only have strength to write one of these. ;-) However, please don't
> try me, THANKS! As the next and if necessary a second one??? OH YOU WONT
> WANT TO SEE IT! L
> 
> Brian may have to "BLACK PAGE IT! ;-) 
> 
> Have a nice day.  J J
> 
> Dr.t. J 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard Man
> Sent: December-03-15 1:20 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] LUGbook 2015: Dec. 15 Deadline
> 
> 
> 
> *This is our 10th year, Posters and Lurkers, please contribute!! Only
> 
> TWELVE DAYS* and counting, please contribute!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I will take contribution starting from (now) to *midnight PST Dec 15, 2015*.
> 
> *No exceptions.*
> 
> 
> 
> It will follow the same format that Jim Shulman and Geoff Hopkinson used
> 
> for previous editions. The address to send your contribution is
> 
> richard at richardmanphoto.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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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>
> 
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> 
> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto
> 
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