Walt, I think Bob W is right on having enough quality images, but I wouldn't let that stop me! Select the best you've got and make a book of them. You'll appreciate your progress in future years. I got great benefit from participating in the PUG in the film days. My best pictures just weren't good enough. Thru trial and error, I got better pictures and better scans. The first pictures are embarrassing when I look in the archives. I've got to 'do' to get better. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/13/2012 2:30 AM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> Walt Gilbert >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629572514913/ >>> >>> I'm thinking about putting together a photo book from this theme at >>> some point in the future, when I feel I have enough decent images to >>> constitute a reasonable collection. I'm thinking 24 would be a decent >>> number, but wondered what others might think. I'm mainly just putting >>> together a collection that friends and acquaintances might consider >>> purchasing -- possibly through j-album or something similar. >>> >>> Any suggestions on the photos, or putting together a collection would >>> be greatly appreciated. >>> >> I think it would be very difficult to put together 24 pictures of high >> enough quality on any subject. The RPS distinctions require 10, 15 then 20 >> pictures in a portfolio for you to move through the different levels of >> distinction, and it really is hard to get a coherent essay of high enough >> quality. Have a look at some essays in National Geographic and count the >> number of photos - it's rarely that many. 24 is very ambitious - you might >> be better advised to choose several different subjects and make a book of >> several smaller essays. >> >> B > > Apologies for the previous blank response. I was insufficiently caffeinated > at the time. > > Thanks for the information, Bob. > > I guess I wasn't thinking big enough in terms of quality, mostly because I > didn't foresee the project as being of interest to anyone other than a few > friends who know me personally. But, I reckon if you're going to go to the > trouble of putting together a collection, it might as well be a good one > rather than a token gesture. > > At which point, my biggest issue is lacking the perspective to know what's > good enough and what ain't. So, it could be a few years. Which is OK with > me. I've got more time than talent. > > -- Walt > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
