Sounds great. However, the request that photos not be sharpened is
problematic. Some sharpening is part of the normal RAW conversion
workflow. Perhaps you can just suggest that members refrain from
excessive sharpening?
Paul
On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
After a flurry of emails bouncing around the globe and a bit of last-
minute html/php coding, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb and I have decided
to have a go at producing a PDML photo book. So everyone start going
through your shots from this year and pick out your best work!
The Plan:
The 2008 PDML Photo Annual (yes, we want to make this an annual
publication) will be a book of photos by the PDML, plus the annual
quotations list. We're going to go through Blurb.com for printing.
The book will probably be 8 x 10 inch landscape format, 80-120
pages, so we expect the hardcover version to be around $45.00 and
the softcover to be around $35.00. These are just estimates at the
moment as actual pricing will depend on bulk purchases (and some
built-in profit which we want to donate to the NCCF like we do with
the PDML schwag -- http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech)
Publication Date:
We're aiming for early spring.
Photos:
Each PDML member (lurkers included!) can submit up to two shots.
Deadline is tentatively January 31, 2009 or whenever we fill up the
page count, whichever comes first. But we may extend the deadline
(or page count) if necessary.
Photos should have been shot during 2008 with a Pentax camera
(although we may be willing to negotiate if you happen to have a
monstrosity like some other brand camera that shoots with Pentax
lenses modified to fit <cough, cough>).
Image File Requirements:
* File Format: JPEG
* Color Space: sRGB (embed the ICC color profile if you can)
* Maximum File Size: 3 megabytes
* Rename your file with a unique file name
* Image Dimensions: Max height, 2400 pixels; Max width, 3000 pixels
* You may crop to any aspect ratio you like (but wide panos won't fit)
* Please don't apply any sharpening to the image
* Please don't add decorative borders, visible (or invisible)
watermarks
Some of these requirements are determined by Blurb (the color space,
for example), some by the physical size of the book and some by the
workflow we're planning on. The three editors are all experienced
Photoshop experts and Bill and I have produced books through Blurb,
so please trust us to take care of things like sharpening. Contact
one of us directly if you have any questions or concerns.
Note the request for a *unique* file name. We don't want things like
"IMGP5854" (default Pentax format) or things like "untitled" or
really common phrases, because it will make file management
difficult and raise the possibility of one person's image
overwriting someone else's on the server or on our local drives.
How to Submit Photos:
Please don't send them by email! I've set up a web page where you
can upload your photos:
http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook.php
I've tested this page on Firefox, Opera, Safari (latest versions)
and Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7 (it fails catastrophically on
version 5 and earlier and that may or may not get fixed in the
future...)
If you have problems with the page please contact me.
So hop to it! We want your *best* shots. Knock people's socks off!
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