[Leica] LUG Book 2015 - Closing Date 2015/12/15

[Steve Barbour]

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> On Oct 16, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
> We have not broken the 10 people mark yet! Send in your contributions NOW.


10 x 2 is 20 images, that's enough for a book,  

So what's the rush?

steve
> 
> 
> ONLY 8+ weeks left, 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
> 
> -- 
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