Announcing Book 2, Step 2 Time to get to work!

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Good Morning everyone.

We have our list of participants, we have good ideas regarding the layout, we have most of the basic information about you that we need as content, and it is time to put you to work.

First and this is very important, all correspondence from this point forward should be send directly by you to rff.forum@gmail.com. This is an email address we set up to organize book 1 and we will use it likewise for book 2. This is very important as it will allow us to not loose any of your hard work and keep it labeled properly.

Please prepare to submit 2 photographs to us for inclusion in the book. I ask that you also clearly indicate which of the two you prefer if we decide to go with just one photo per person. The suggestions about having photos on facing pages is being considered, Gene and Ray are working on some sample layouts to see how it will look.

The photographs should be provided in JPG format with a resolution of 300dpi. Each image should be 2100 pixels on the long side. For us Photoshop/digital impaired folks, that is 7” on the long side. The short side can be any length to preserve the proportions of your image.

Remember, submit these to us at rff.forum@gmail.com.

Please clean your images of dust and scratches but do not apply any sharpening to them. I have asked Gene to address the sharpening issue, but djon, be a good soldier. 😉

For each image prepare a brief description or some text to accompany it. Remember, this very well may end up on the same page as the image unlike in book 1 when it was on the facing page. Use your discretion, and consider my key word, brief.

Also, prepare a brief bio to be included in the book. There will be a lot of them to fit in, so again, please be brief, but do hit the important parts that you wish to share. If you would like to include addresses for your web pages or blogs, this is the place to do it.

Did I mention that this should all be sent to rff.forum@gmail.com?

Do you need model releases? We decided in book 1 that for street photography the answer is no. But for any photograph that you submit, if you feel a model release is necessary, it is your responsibility to get one. Please err on the side of caution.

I probably missed something, but this should get you rolling. If you have any questions, so that it can be addressed correctly, please send them to us at……

rff.forum@gmail.com​

Again, this will help us stay organized and address your concerns promptly.
 
Oh, I forgot about that part, I knew I forgot something.

No, no idea about the deadline yet. ;D

Plan on by the end of this year, we will be more specific as soon as we get a handle on how much work it will be to lay everything out.

And, let me mention that you do not have to submit new photographs. If you already have a couple images that you really like, get them ready and send them in. The only requirement is that they be taken with a RF camera.
 
I'd suggest a guideline on maximum length of BIO: 100 words, 200, 500, 1000? Mainly for the sake of consistency.
 
Ralph has asked me to address the sharpening issue so let me see if I can explain.

Think about the project: somewhere between 100-200 photographs to inspect and touch up for publication. It's not a trivial task and there has to be a reliable workflow for the editors to make each photograph consistent to the standards of the book. One of the things this means is that we have to have the same starting point with each photo: unsharpened. There simply won't be time to deal with variants and individual photographers' personal inclinations on how it should or shouldn't be done. And that is precisely why magazines and newspapers make the same stipulation.

What this means is that you'll have to trust us to do it right, in the same way you'd have to trust the editors of any other publication. I don't think this is unreasonable. You can be assured that we want to make the photos display as well as they can and that we have the Photoshop skills to do a professional job.

Gene
 
GeneW said:
Ralph has asked me to address the sharpening issue so let me see if I can explain.

Think about the project: somewhere between 100-200 photographs to inspect and touch up for publication. It's not a trivial task and there has to be a reliable workflow for the editors to make each photograph consistent to the standards of the book. One of the things this means is that we have to have the same starting point with each photo: unsharpened. There simply won't be time to deal with variants and individual photographers' personal inclinations on how it should or shouldn't be done. And that is precisely why magazines and newspapers make the same stipulation.

What this means is that you'll have to trust us to do it right, in the same way you'd have to trust the editors of any other publication. I don't think this is unreasonable. You can be assured that we want to make the photos display as well as they can and that we have the Photoshop skills to do a professional job.

Gene

When I scan neg's (I am using an Epson 4870, I do some sharpening (even without knowing it, right)?

Shal I rescan it?
 
Oops! I have to rescan the pics I had in mind.

Just read M. Reichmans report on his book project, shall I sent my pics in 8bit RGB?

Edit:

Ok, jpg IS 8bit RGB 🙂
 
Still drooling over a couple hundred negs from this year. Will set up the scanner tonight or tomorrow to rescan.
 
Gene Wilburn really knows what he's doing. He made one of my pictures (the cellos) in the first book look ten times better by applying some Photoshop magic to it. If he wants unsharpened pics, then please turn off the sharpening in your scanner software as has been requested.

Thanks again Gene for doing such a wonderful job with my pics in the first book! 🙂

 
You guys work really fast here, very impressive!! I will tried to rescan the two photos I have in mind this weekend (That would be some work for me to work out the dpi and how to disable the sharpening in my scanner!! I have never been familiar with the photoshop...hope it will go well...)
 
Do you actually require full exposure info? If so, looks like I need to get away from a computer and back behind a camera... (need to anyways, but).
 
JohnL said:
I'd suggest a guideline on maximum length of BIO: 100 words, 200, 500, 1000? Mainly for the sake of consistency.

Im not planning to write a lot, but what do you have in mind for the length?

Also, do you want exposure info? I think that might be a case of too much information.

Thanks,

Narz
 
A thought -- what about showing a picture of the camera that took the picture? The Classic Camera forum at photo.net had a contest with pictures from old cameras and also showed a picture of the camera that took the picture. It was great to see the cameras too. Just a thought. Maybe a good thought, maybe a bad thought.
 
I hope I don't muddy the waters here but I am unclear on your end of year deadline. I'm guessing you'd like all of the photos before that and that the end of year deadline you mentioned is for the layout of the book as a whole. Yes/No? Could you specifically address the deadline for submitting photos?
Thanks,
Scott


rover said:
Oh, I forgot about that part, I knew I forgot something.

No, no idea about the deadline yet. ;D

Plan on by the end of this year, we will be more specific as soon as we get a handle on how much work it will be to lay everything out.

And, let me mention that you do not have to submit new photographs. If you already have a couple images that you really like, get them ready and send them in. The only requirement is that they be taken with a RF camera.
 
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