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

[Richard Man]

Less than 10 right now. In fact, not 5 yet :-)

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Sent from my iPhone
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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
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto
> > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto
> >
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