That's very cool.
I am going to try and participate if there are no objections :-).
Boris
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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