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Subject: [Leica] Mother's Day
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 12:18:22 -0500
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Thanks, Ted.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Mother's Day


> Jim Nichols ASKED:
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>>> I had one thought from a technical point of view.  I see that you, like 
>>> myself, tend to frame things in different proportions.  Can you handle 
>>> this easily in laying out pages?  Or, do the image shapes have to be of 
>>> similar dimensions?<<<<
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> Hi Jim,
> Usually what happens is the size and shape of the book is determined and 
> the photos are dropped on the pages to fit the size and shape .
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> Quite often the "Square format" of a book is handy as it will accommodate 
> horizontal and vertical sized photographs. A vertical book is great if the 
> bulk of the photos are of portrait shape.
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> My published books initially were vertical shape. But future publishers 
> went to square format as it meant a larger size and more appreciation of 
> the photography.
>
> In Steve's book I imagine he'll choose the square format simply because 
> his images are in both directions. We shall see?
>
> cheers,
> ted
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>> I feel it will work, see no reason why one must be restricted to certain 
>> ratios...
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>> thanks Jim,
>>
>> Steve
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>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" 
>>> <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Leica LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>; "LRF reflex" 
>>> <leicareflex at freelists.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 5:45 PM
>>> Subject: [Leica] Mother's Day
>>>
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>>>> my mother's day has been spent contemplating, and I am about to make a 
>>>> final push toward my book of images...
>>>>
>>>> title...
>>>>
>>>> "...celebrating life...
>>>>>
>>>>> (beautiful faces, a part of Alzheimer's Disease)..."
>>>>
>>>> the images are here...
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/final/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I feel that I would like your help, your reactions on list or to me 
>>>> privately,  re:  the  images, title, concept...anything,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> many thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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