On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Mark Roberts <msrobert...@ysu.edu> 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!
I'm going to have a tough time submitting anything, but with any luck I might come up with a way to properly render a photo or two. This sounds like a great project - I hope I'll be able to participate. Thanks for getting it going. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
