On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:05:18 -0500, "Mark Roberts" <[email protected]> said: > John Francis wrote:
> > > > I think this is a bad idea. > > > > If I wanted to submit entries to a juried competition, I would do so. > > But I want control over which of my images is going into the annual. > > If there's only going to be one image selected, then I'm only going > > to submit one image. > > > > Equally, if the pictures are going to be selected based on merit, > > I don't think that it's right to guarantee that *any* image will > > make it into the book. > > The reason this decision was made was because of the difficulty we had > in many cases matching up selections and trying to produce a coherent > book. > > At this point we still intend to guarantee that any PDML member who > submits a shot *will* get into the book. Therefore, anyone who wants > complete control of which of their images is used can still get that > control by just submitting the one shot they want. Several > photographers, like Godfrey, did just that for the first book, so for > them nothing will change. > > There's your control: Choose your photo and it's in. > > In other words: > > 1. We expect greater participation for the next book, so each > photographer will only get one photo. > > 2. Any photographer who is *voluntarily* willing to sacrifice a little > control for the greater good of the final product and the representation > of the PDML in it, *may* submit up to three photos from which the > editors can choose. > > I suspected that this was the reason behind the change in submission guidelines. One of the really great features of the 2008/09 Annual is the way images on adjacent pages often complement each other. I'm happy to allow the editors a bit of freedom in selecting images, if this makes the job of matching up complementary images a little easier. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- 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.
