I agree that they seem to be going for the more universally read image. Pretty..bright..colorful..obvious. Edgy and ethereal will likely find more limited access. Some culling/rotation may take place in the name of opportunities for more shooters.
Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well she was learning from the pro in the gallery. I think she got > some extra consideration in the early goings. As they were building > up the Premier Collection, the earlier you got on board, the better > your chances. I think they are going to have an issue down the road, > because if that gallery gets too big, people won't want to browse it. > It will be interesting to see if they bump some photos at some point. > > The real thing to remember is this is a show off gallery for Pentax > equipment. Much more than it is a show off gallery for the > photographer. So they are looking for some cliched images - many of > which she has produced. They want some really punchy colors and > classic locations so that the Canon-Nikon crowd can see that you can > take a good picture with Pentax. > > I think that really subtle images are not going to be very well > accepted. They need to be very strong and almost jump out at you. > > I also think that they compare you to yourself to some degree. So > someone really good might have some of theirs rejected even though > they could be better than the best of another individual. But that > is > to be expected. If they didn't do that, then some people may not get > any in their gallery at all. > > I think they are doing a good job overall with a very major endeavor. > > -- > Bruce > > > Saturday, March 17, 2007, 3:49:58 PM, you wrote: > > JD> Honestly, I wasn't bowled over or I suppose I'd remember by her > stuff > JD> specifically. I do remember hating her for seeing her name so > many > JD> times in the Premier Collection. :) > > JD> Jack > JD> --- Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi Jack > >> I did not find a reference to the Beta Pentax gallery on > >> www.photo.net in > >> the Pentax section, the collection would probably grow faster if. > >> Have you seen the photos of Julie Smith, I find the overall > quality > >> amazing > >> considering her biography. > >> greetings > >> Markus > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf > >> Of > >> Jack Davis > >> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 10:16 PM > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Pentax Gallery > >> > >> > >> One of my images has been in "on hold" status for about three > days. > >> Anyone else had this happen? > >> What dilemma could possibly be causing such an extended period of > >> indecision? Guess I could check with Carolyn. ;) > >> As I would expect, the Premier Collection is increasing very > slowly. > >> Glad to see it. > >> > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> > >> > >> > JD> > ____________________________________________________________________________ > >> ________ > >> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels > >> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. > >> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > JD> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > JD> Don't pick lemons. > JD> See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. > JD> http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
