Late to the conversation, but I always look at the gallery, whether I’ve submitted or not. And definitely appreciate Brian’s efforts.
m > On Sep 13, 2016, at 8:39 AM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We used to have open galleries once or twice a year, IIRC. That would make > it easier since you could put up any old shot lying around, at least once or > twice a year... > > On 9/13/2016 8:36 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> No, I didn't mean the open gallery as an add on... >> >> I actually thought about every month being an open gallery - thinking more >> people would submit without a theme... but I do like the themes myself, >> actually. >> >> Selecting one month as an open gallery sounds good to me, personally. The >> synchronicity theme we did before, I believe, was a day in September. >> >> A day late in September or early October would be my vote - Fall here, and >> spring in the Antipodes. I thought it was our synchroniciy day was what >> morphed into World photo day.. and is effectively an open gallery in a way.. >> but perhapsmaking it a week instead of a day.. just throwing things out. >> >> ann >> >> >> On 9/13/2016 12:07 AM, Brian Walters wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016, at 12:37 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>>> Certainly glad to hear that you want to press on BRian, I had >>>> incorrectly thought your comment reflected your weariness. >>>> >>>> But i do have trouble sometimes coming up with anything at all for some >>>> of the themes and the restriction of the one day shoot, especially a day >>>> in August, >>>> I find difficult. Lets move world photo day to Spring or fall :-) >>> >>> I think that's a bit beyond my sphere of influence.... >>> >>> Re your other suggestion (in an earlier post) about an Open Gallery >>> section each month. We did that for a couple of years after I took over >>> PUGmiester duties but we rarely got more than one or two submissions, >>> which is why I replaced it with an Open Gallery as one of the monthly >>> themes. It's a bit more work to include an Open Gallery each month - not >>> overwhelming but I wonder if it's worth it for a couple of submissions. >>> >>> The Open Gallery month morphed into the World Photo Day theme for the >>> past two years. Maybe we should just go back to the general Open >>> Gallery month in 2017. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Brian Walters >>> Western Sydney Australia >>> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>> On 9/12/2016 8:00 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>>> I always look at the gallery. With considerable interest but rarely >>>>> comment. It's a joy and critiques don't seem necessary. >>>>> >>>>> Paul via phone >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 12, 2016, at 7:29 PM, Stanley Halpin >>>>>> <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> ... >>>>>>> On that basis, it looks as if there's still interest in keeping the >>>>>>> gallery going. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Brian >>>>>>> >>>>>> Please do! I am an infrequent contributor, an even less frequent >>>>>> commentator. But even when I don’t participate I usually look and enjoy >>>>>> the work of others. It helps give ideas, it helps set standards. it is >>>>>> interesting to see others’ points of view. And I do keep the monthly >>>>>> themes in mind when shooting and when perusing items in my archives - it >>>>>> is an interesting useful structure to try and shoot/edit according to an >>>>>> external theme rather than in tune with one’s own narrow view of the >>>>>> world. >>>>>> >>>>>> stan >>>>>> >>> >> >> > -- 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.
