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Three years ago, I got back one of my slides that had been used on the cover of TRAINS magazine, and it was returned with a HUGE, twisting scrape across the image. Luckily, I had motor-driven second-originals of that image, so all was not lost. I was upset at the slide's rough treatment and had a few words with them, but most of all I was angry at how dark the cover and all inside shots were printed when the slides were right-on with their exposures. Kalmbach said that they had been having trouble with their printing company--especially with the dark photo reproduction--and asked that I return all of my slides that appeared in the mag so that they could have a staff meeting with the printer to ascertain the cause of--and solution to--the problem. It was a wonderful opportunity to show them what had happened to my damaged slide, and for them to compare the bright slides with the dark magazine photos. Also, I gave them an ear-full about protective plastic sleeves for slides, cardboard packing, heavier envelopes/boxes for returning photographic materials, etc., stuff that none of the secretaries had taken very seriously in the past. Since then, I get my stuff returned promptly, with no scratches, and packaged well, even with their new editorial assistant who replaced Paulette. Slide mounts are either slit (cardboard) or broken open (plastic), and are returned with the original slide and an unused, replacement plastic slide mount. Best of all, my stuff does not look quite as dark as it used to, but that is a function of the printer and the quality of the printing paper, not so much the magazine's art department. I will say this up front--TRAINS magazine cannot lighten dark-appearing slides very well, so you guys who rate Kodachrome at ISO 80 or 100 in order to "saturate the colors" and then go out and shoot MRL or NSC diesels are always going to get dark results in the mag. I'll be spending the next six days on R&R with editor Keefe, and have lots to discuss with him regarding photo scans, photo reproduction, the ethics of retouching images to remove distracting objects, etc. Anything you all want me to add to my discussion with Kevin? If so, please write quickly--KPK and I will have just a few hours to read your messages Friday night before we leave town Saturday morning. I hope that this helps you folks! John B. Corns Owings Mills, Maryland _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
