Thursday, January 29, 2009

February Showcase - Submit by Monday!!!

McBride Gallery
By Bill Tongue

We had a great challenge last week and enough time to hear from many of the photographers about their submission. It's time to submit up to three pictures for the showcase. Bill Tongue picture above was one of the first submitted. The due date is this coming Monday, February 2nd. The showcase will be presented at our meeting February 9th. We will also be having a demonstration of Tabletop photography using various setups from available light and home lamps to "gear head" solutions. It should be a fun meeting.

I have repeated the procedures below for new members and first time participants. Showcase veterans can skip the rest of the posting. Thanks.

Submission Procedures:
  • Up to three JPEG image files (any size or resize to 1024pixels maximum on a side to keep the file size reasonable)
  • Rename the files with your name and a sequence number (i.e., john-smith-1, john-smith-2, john-smith-3)
  • Email files to showcase@digitalphotoclub.us by Monday, February 2nd (Don't be late)
    - If you don't want your pictures in the club website gallery put the phrase "Don't publish my pictures on the club website" in your submission email.


How Showcases Work


The goal of the Showcase is to have members submit three pictures of any subject or subjects of their choice and have them projected in a slide show at a meeting. The pictures can have been taken at anytime. Each member's three images will be displayed in order and the photographer will be asked by the moderator if they would like to comment on their pictures. Each contributor will have up to one minute total to discuss their images. There is no requirement to speak but all of us would like to hear the background behind your pictures, why you selected them and what you might have learned in taking the pictures. Though your commentary is encouraged it is totally up to each contributor.


We need to have all images collected by the Monday the week before the scheduled showcase. This will allow the moderator to assemble the digital slide show in advance of the meeting and insure time to notify contributors if there is error in their submission. At this time late submissions will be deferred to the next showcase.


A Warning About Web Galleries


Images posted on web galleries are subject to being copied and used inappropriately by others and without the photographer's permission . After discussion we have taken some steps to ameliorate this problem by using an Adobe Flash gallery and downsizing the pictures to 800 pixels on a side before posting. These measures are only an inconvenience to pirates. The fact is anyone with the will can digitally scrape an image off a screen. I can say that I have personally decided that posting my own images at small scale. To me it is worth the benefits from sharing. Everyone should make their own decision about the risk versus the reward and decide whether to post or not.


Double Check


We want to make sure that everyone's picture makes into the show. Check the following when you email your pics.

  • You should Receive an automatic email reply:“Your email was received. If you attached images to the email they were also received. Thanks for participating!This is an automatically created response. Please don't reply to this message. We will contact you if there is any issue with your submission. Thanks.”
  • You should Receive a second short personal email during the week before the showcase or challenge when I add the pictures to the slide show.
  • Unless you requested to not post your pictures in a club website gallery your pictures will be included on the club website.
  • If you have second thoughts about the web gallery or have other questions please email me at president@digitalphotoclub.us

The club member's pictures get better every month come see great photography and hear the shooter's comments on how they were taken.

Colby



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