Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seems like your mixing the images is an excellent idea. Curt On Dec 18, 2015 6:47 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Richard, I say go your own way, and, as other people have pointed out, > it's your time on the dais with the baton. If someone else wants to do it > their way, well then, there's always 2016.... > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" < > richard at richardmanphoto.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 10:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMPORTANT: LUGbook 2015 > > > Dear LUG family and contributors: >> >> I have a received a strong objection to making the change. Fundamentally, >> it comes down to two things: >> >> First, the nature of the policy change is unexpected and last minute. It >> is >> true, if I have made the decision early on and made the announcement >> earlier, then people who may object to this policy can debate or withhold >> contributions. For this I apologize. >> >> Second, there are questions of my exerting artistic preference over that >> of >> the contributors. I need to digest this, as the mere fact that an editor >> has to sequence the contributors in some ways regardless, even if we do it >> simply by the first name or last name or other arbitrary ordering, it's a >> decision on our parts. >> >> The person is correct that this is not "my book", but nominally a "LUG >> year >> book" although even there we have strayed a bit in previous years by >> inviting other people into the fold. >> >> I am somewhat torn on this and I welcome any discussion. I am not looking >> for sympathy, or people to "beat up" on the person. I know from feedback >> that someone will be unhappy regardless. However, personally I am more >> concerned that it is true that I did not make the policy change early, and >> this would appear to be a "bait and switch". >> >> Thank you. >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Gene Duprey <geneduprey2015 at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Make it your production, If you want to mix the photos, then I'm OK with >>> it. >>> >>> Gene >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:03 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at >>> gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Your call! Why not put your own stamp on the production? >>> > Shall be interested to see how this works out...my ex-editor brain is >>> > fascinated! >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> .................................................................................................................................. >>> > >>> > While working on the book, I am making an executive decision: I will >>> > sequence the images in some order, and not 2 consecutive images per >>> > submitter like previous years. >>> > >>> > Per usual, I will not edit the images in any way, and the caption and >>> > any >>> > image placement preference (e.g. some people want full bleed) will be >>> > honored. >>> > >>> > If you have strong feeling that your photos must be kept together, > >>> please >>> > email me. >>> > >>> > Thanks! >>> > >>> > -- >>> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >>> > // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto >>> > >>> > >>> > Cheers >>> > Geoff >>> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Leica Users Group. >>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >