Anniversary Book!!! (No images in this thread, please)

[wparsonsgisnet]

Because the volume of pix submitted has grown, I am posting the rules again with the changes noted by ******

M8 Anniversary Book Specifications

Format:

10 x 8 horizontal, soft or hardcover available (see blurb.com for lots of details).

Image Spec:

1. 10 x 8 landscape image, in JPG or PNG, sRGB format, 2884 x 2471 pixels.
2. The horizontal image will be full bleed (fill the entire page).
3. Portrait image will be lightly framed (haven’t worked the detail out yet) with a gray or white surround (please specify).
4. If the artist wants a horizontal image that does not fill the page, a similar presentation can be used (see 3, above)
5. One image will appear on every page (that is, images on both sides). ******
6. Name of image in the appendix. ******

Supporting Details: Submit up to 3 photos

1. Name of Image – will appear in the appendix. Text will be in the language chosen by the photog. ******
2. Detail for Appendix:
a. Name of Image in desired language, with translations, as desired. In Western alphabet, only. I am not a magician.
b. Name of Artist(s), and subject(s) if desired
c. Tech details of the image: lens, iso, shutter, post-processing details, date of capture, location, more???
d. Contact info. I suggest email and (optional) snailmail addresses,
e. Info about subject, if desired,
f. Other, such as links to websites.
g. Text as desired, like a SHORT poem or set of thoughts. *****
3. Copy of Model Release, if necessary. I will request this from you if I think it is necessary.

Prerequisites:

1. Photos must first be posted in the LUF Photo Forum at:
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-...ite-photo.html

2. All photos must have been posted no later than midnight (local time, you guys), Sunday, May 18, 2008.
3. Photos must be taken with a Leica M8.
4. Photos will be collected after May 18th. All preparation to spec (see Image Spec #1, above, or a spec that fits a Blurb photo page for this horiz. 10x8 format) must be done by the artist. *****

I will happily take suggestions about formating stuff in this editor.

[andybarton]

Originally Posted by wattsy

...the key (and, frankly, only) issue is whether the proposed usage is editorial or commercial/advertising.

It's neither.

It's a private souvenir.

[etherfarm]

I'm in. I'll have to look through my archive and see if I want to change any of the photos. I suspect I will.

I have a lot of professional experience with all aspects of the publishing process, Bill-- layout, prepress/packaging, separations, etc. Though I don't have the bandwidth to take something like this on, I really applaud your willingness to do so and after the photos come in if you need some advice I'm more than willing to talk your ear off

I might suggest really cutting down on the text. Your rules, of course, but good typesetting can be a pain and I for one would rather the book be about images, not about words, even in an appendix. I'd stick to a) and b) in your list, and furthermore impose a word number restriction on descriptions. Having edited several compendiums of art and literature, I can say from experience that you'd be surprised how many pages the remaining items in your list will take when added together.

[wparsonsgisnet]

Narayan, thanks for the generous offer.

I take the advice about text gratefully. This is a fun project and I appreciate the enthusiasm and stunning pix from the participants.

[delander]

Hi Bill,

sRGB but what profile for B&W images?

Jeff

[stunsworth]

I would have thought sRGB also.

[Peter D Lux 2]

Hi,

I'd like to edit my post, and change one of the photos I contributed.

How do I do that?

Thanks.

Peter

Bill, thanks very much for all the time and effort you're putting in to this bookproject!

[delander]

Originally Posted by stunsworth

I would have thought sRGB also.

For B&W I would normally use a 10 or 15% dot gain profile?

Jeff

[stunsworth]

From memory that's my normal working space for b&w images with film. With the M8 I stick to ProPhoto as the working profile and then convert to sRGB before posting to the web.

On another tack, why is is necessary to post our photographs in a forum thread? That only seems to be causing confusion for those who have changed their mind. Why can't we just send them to Bill when he's ready to receive them? Seems the simpler option to me.

[wparsonsgisnet]

Originally Posted by Peter D Lux 2

Hi,

I'd like to edit my post, and change one of the photos I contributed.

How do I do that?

Thanks.

Peter

Bill, thanks very much for all the time and effort you're putting in to this bookproject!

Peter, how 'bout posting the new one(s) and indicate which ones to replace.

Yours are at post 115 in page 3.

[wparsonsgisnet]

Originally Posted by stunsworth

... why is is necessary to post our photographs in a forum thread? ...

The posting is helping me with the organization of the book, like image counts. It's also nice to see the pix, now, and make them available to those who aren't part of the book.

It's a great thread.

[wparsonsgisnet]

IU was thinking about this process while driving to work and it's clear that anthropologists of the 25th century will write dozens of books about this thread and the accompanying photo thread.

They will speak of archaic tools and dogged determination in the face of obstacles that the denizens of the 25th century would scoff at. For example, the use of metal-and-glass dousing rods to imagine what things might look like. Incessant tweaking of the color red which they can no longer see. The convoluted thought process used to generate a product that can't even be left outdoors.

Clearly, our names will be in those history books and behavior studies. We'll all be famous "cave men."

Regards to all,

[Alberti]

Originally Posted by stunsworth

They probably were Bill <grin>

The dogs? Please insert a paw then!
albert

[stevelap]

Great idea Bill, thanks for all the work you're putting in. I've been away but will contribute and of course buy a book or two.

[wparsonsgisnet]

If you're following this thread, there is a superb picture of mountains in post # 161 in the photo thread.

This wonderful little machine, the M8, makes images that have enormous detail and subtlety in them.

[johnbuckley]

Bill - forgive me for coming in late to this, and perhaps you'll grant a special indulgence since it was my post that got the anniversary thread going!

Thank you for taking this on, and for organizing things. And perhaps this is clear as daylight in an earlier post, but:

If one posted in the linked thread the photos that he or she wants to have submitted for the book, do you need us also to send you an uncompressed file? Or are you somehow going to get the images from the original thread and make them all work for the book?

Count me in for multiple copies of the book, by the way. Honored to be associated with it, and so much great photography by so many great photographers. JB

[wparsonsgisnet]

John, we all owe you a thanks for starting it.

If you look above, post #82, you will find the current set of "rules" for the book.

Please go to blurb.com to see what these books can look like.

Regards, Bill

[johnbuckley]

Bill - great, I just resubmitted my chosen three, and I hope I followed your rules posted in #82. Thank you, truly, for taking this project on. JB

[wparsonsgisnet]

Luigi (and all the contributors) -- don't worry about deleting a photo. I'll be in touch with everyone to make sure I get the correct 3 pix for each person. Then, I'll post with the list I am working with so that I don't print the wrong pic.

I am doing the following:

1. counting and keeping track of which pic each person wants
2. looking to see if the pic needs a release (I'll contact you directly)
3. preparing my next request

The next request will ask you for the details about the pic and a hi-res version for me to put in the book. See the details in post #82, above. I will review the hi-res version and make sure it fits the spec.

I am still exploring ways for the pix to be transmitted to me, but may ask for a CD or DVD medium.

29 days and counting.

Regards to all,

[carylwithay]

oops, wrong place