The "committee" has been issue its allotment of 'black balls' and is set to meet soon. ;) You will be notified.
Jack --- On Thu, 12/11/08, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Boris Liberman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PDML Book Project is go! > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 10:02 AM > 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! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
