Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Gerry. I'll ask the committee about Paypal contributions. We have a meeting on Monday. The prints in the exhibit will be B&W. I'm loading some of those on the website now. Thanks! Tina On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > Tina > > I am pleased they will have a ?how to help? message on them which makes > then far more palatable to me, but personally I would go for b&w. Is there > a way I can contribute through Paypal? > > Gerry > > > > On 19 May 2016, at 15:22, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Gerry - > > > > I didn't choose to do the notecards. It was determined by a committee > who > > wanted to offer options to those who could not afford to buy a print but > > still wanted to contribute to the scholarship fund. The notecards will > > have a message on them about the children and how to help. We are also > > having barbecues and other fund-raisers throughout the year. There will > be > > lots of college students attending who will not be able to afford much! > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at > > icloud.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I am with those that vote for b&w. In my opinion, whilst 100% > >> well-meaning, the whole idea of making refugees into some kind of > greeting > >> card/notelet goes against my good feelings. I appreciate fully the idea, > >> and admire the work you are doing (the refugees sure as hell need help!) > >> but I just have issues with the notelets idea - sorry! > >> > >> Gerry > >> > >> > >>> On 19 May 2016, at 14:27, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> If you have to sell the stuff, I prefer the sepia, it is more > >> romanticized > >>> and idealized, and tugs at the heartstrings better. > >>> > >>> If you just have to exhibit, the standard gray scale is my preference! > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> Jayanand > >>> > >>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> How did I know you would say that? > >>>> > >>>> I'll post the straight B&W later today. The sepia ones would only be > >> for > >>>> note-cards. The exhibit and prints will all be B&W. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Tina > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Nathan Wajsman < > photo at frozenlight.eu> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I prefer the straight B&W style, but that?s just one person?s > >> preference. > >>>>> Let the public vote with their wallets ;-) > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Nathan > >>>>> > >>>>> Nathan Wajsman > >>>>> Alicante, Spain > >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > >>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > >>>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: > >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >>>> < > >>>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > >>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > >>>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > >>>>> YNWA > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 18 May 2016, at 21:24, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> PESO: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've had to put Iran on hold for now and work on a project that's > >>>> coming > >>>>> up > >>>>>> too soon. Winthrop University and several churches are sponsoring a > >>>>>> project to help Syrian refugees. As a part of the fund-raising, I > >> will > >>>>> be > >>>>>> having an exhibit in the Winthrop gallery called Putting a Face on > >>>> Syria. > >>>>>> It will consist of life-sized black and white prints of Syrian > >> refugees > >>>>>> (mostly children) that I have met in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and > Iran. > >>>>> The > >>>>>> prints will be for sale, but I'll also be selling note-cards for a > >>>> whole > >>>>>> lot less. For every $25 we raise, we can send a Syrian child to > school > >>>>> for > >>>>>> a year. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I thought I'd make the note-cards a contrast to the prints with a > >>>> dreamy, > >>>>>> sepia look instead of the direct, confrontational black and white of > >>>> the > >>>>>> big prints. I've put a few up on my website to think about them > for a > >>>>> few > >>>>>> days before I do any more. I will only choose one of each child > but I > >>>>> have > >>>>>> lots more children to go. Each one will include the name of the > >> child. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> What do you think? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery/Syrian-Refugees/G0000rQI3x98XfMI/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Tina > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Tina Manley > >>>>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>>>>> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > >>>>>> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > >>>>>> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Tina Manley > >>>> www.tinamanley.com > >>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > >>>> > >>>> > >> > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html