[Leica] IMPORTANT: LUGbook 2015

[Curtis Fant]

Seems like your mixing the images is an excellent idea.

Curt
On Dec 18, 2015 6:47 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Richard, I say go your own way, and, as other people have pointed out,
> it's your time on the dais with the baton. If someone else wants to do it
> their way, well then, there's always 2016....
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <
> richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMPORTANT: LUGbook 2015
>
>
> 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
>>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
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