Having attended the GFM, NPW for 3-4 years, and submitting photos for the contest, i trust Mark and or Doug(if he is invilbed) judgement 100%. Some of the photos they show as the almost made it ones were stunning, but they did not include them as winners, per say, because they want us to see the best.,
May not make sense, but it does.:-) Dave On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > John Francis wrote: >> >> On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 10:11:42AM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>> Other changes for next year: >>> >>> Each photographer will be able to submit up to 3 images, *one* of which >>> will be selected for inclusion in the book (the submission period will >>> probably run a bit longer). >> >> 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. > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
