Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, I've submitted ric > On Nov 1, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > wrote: > > From today and for the next 7 weeks until December 20, I am accepting > contributions for our next yearbook. It will follow the same format > that Jim Shulman used for previous editions. Please note that the > address for contributions is hopsternew at icloud.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 > 2014. 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 2014 this will be again > donated to the charity designated by Jim Shulman for previous > editions. That is Project HOME. > > *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 colour 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 > > CheersGeoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information