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Subject: [Leica] LUG Book 2015 - Closing Date 2015/12/15 (Steve Barbour)
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:32:41 -0500
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Same here!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/18/2015 8:36 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> Mine are in ,  I hope that LUG members find 2 images and 15min to do this 
> pretty please.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 17, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Just teasing I hope Steve! Well that would be less than 5 possible
>> customers.
>> Don't discourage anyone from sending their images now though.
>> The editor job takes hours and hours to be donated by Richard as I am sure
>> that everyone can appreciate.
>> The bulk of the contributions arriving later in makes the job harder.
>> This will be the 10th edition I think. Everyone active in the LUG and
>> especially long term members should send in their images and be part of
>> this one. Help out the editor by doing that soon, not in the last week.
>>
>> Everyone, don't wait until Dr Ted starts threatening to send his 
>> enforcers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Cc:
>>> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:01:07 -0700
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] LUG Book 2015 - Closing Date 2015/12/15
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>>> 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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