Call For Photographs ...

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This posting is from: Diva Las Vegas
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Call For Photographs:

We take pride in the fact that Diva Las Vegas has the most complete set
of photographs of any of the major TG events, several times over, going
all the way back to our very early years.

At last count we had over 18,000 photos of previous events, covering the
years of 1997 through 2013!

We know that many of you took photos during the event and we're asking
all of you to please send in your photos to be part of this ever-growing
collection.
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Here's the way this works:

We call for photos. That's what we're doing now. The Call For Photos
will remain open until mid June. A two-week warning will be given before
it closes.

We place the submitted photos into a special staging and reviewing area
on the web. Everyone who attended can then look these over, and everyone
gets a reasonable number of "NO WAY" requests on the photos in which
they appear.

The links to the staging area will be sent out to all who attended just
as soon as our final roster is complete.

As we did last year, we'll be automating the removal process. No longer
will you have to request removal by e-mail. There will be a "Mark this
photo for removal" button on each displayed photo.

We also have a "Like" button, for photos you definitely want to see
included in the final pages!

The review period will remain open until late July. There will be a
two-week warning when this is about to close.

Once the photos are reviewed by those who may be in them, we will then
assemble the finished DLV 2014 follow-up photo pages on our web site.
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Here are the ways you can submit photos:

1. By e-mail, attach using any sane method or format. Send photos to the
main DLV address: dlv@geekbabe.com

You may simply reply to this mailing and attach photos.

2. By FTP. Faster and cleaner than by e-mail. Please let us know if you
want to submit photos by FTP and we'll get you the login credentials.

3. By snailmail. CDs, DVDs, floppies, thumb drive or hardcopy prints,
any sane format. If you want these back, please say so and we'll cover
the return postage. Write in for the mailing address.

4. Via the MyDLV Gallery. Upload them to your MyDLV Gallery and send us
a note that "Photos X Y and Z are intended for the main DLV pages" or to
that effect.
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Now, as for size and format ...

We'll take them any way you want to send them, but a good sane size
would be around 800-1500 pixels on the long side, .jpg, medium quality,
72dpi. We do have scripts to normalize the size, brightness, and
contrast.

Zip or tar files are not necessary. We'll take them that way if you want
to send them that way, but it's not required.

If you don't know anything about pixels, zips, and tars, don't worry,
just send them in.

If you wish to send prints instead of digital files, plain old drug
store mini-lab prints are fine and, unless they are unusually dark,
they scan and present quite well on the web.

Please don't send in any photos which are altered, such as faces
blurred, eyes blacked out, etc., nor those which are captioned,
composites, or fakes.
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When will the photos be posted?

This is our most frequently asked question in the summer months, and in
reality, we won't know the exact day, hour, minute, and second that the
photos will be posted until very shortly before it actually happens.

We'll try this year to move things along as quickly as we can, as this
is something that many of you eagerly wait.

If you want to help move things along, you can do so in the following
ways:

1. Look over the "Missing In Action" list below. (YES, this *IS* very
relevant to the Call For Photos.) If your name is listed, please reply
stating if you did or did not actually attend DLV this year, and if you
did attend, what was the first activity that you actually attended. We
will not be able to send out staging area links until stragglers are
accounted for.

2. Get your photos in promptly. The sooner the better.

3. Review the staging area frequently. If there are photos you want
taken down, mark them for removal.

4. DO NOT RESEND without being told to do so. If you don't see your
photos in the staging area, ask why. Don't resend "just to be sure", as
tracking down and removing duplicate photos is very time-consuming and
does delay things as far as getting the final pages on line.

5. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions list before sending in
questions about the photos. The main DLV FAQ page is on line at:

http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/faq/

The direct link to the "photo" section of the FAQ is here:

http://www.geekbabe.com/cgi-bin/afaq.cg ... v/faq&c=12
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Missing in action:

Thanks to all who have reported sightings or reported themselves as
present or absent.

We want to be sure that everyone who attended has been counted.

Please look over the following list. If your name is NOT on it, you
don't need to do anything.

If your name IS on it, and you DID attend, please let us know.

Just reply to this mailing, and please give us the first DLV activity
you attended so we can mark that as your actual date of arrival.

If you should find your name on this list and you did attend, please
don't panic and please don't get upset. It may be something like a
clerical error, an oversight, or it may be that you did not get an
opportunity to formally check in. Please let us know that you were
indeed in attendance.

Also, if you indeed sighted any of these individuals at DLV, a note to
that effect will be appreciated.

-22643 Amanda U - Mountain states
-3506 Ami J - Local
-2164 Andy M - Mountain states
-499 Bea F B - Local
-2818 Cathy A - Northern California
-6214 Christine H - Midwest
-5391 Cindy P - Hawaii
-14840 Courtney A (Linda) - Midwest
-5955 Eliya H - Local
-2211 Erica D - NYC area
-19572 Jacqueline S - NYC area
-5792 Jenny W - Australia
-1396 Julie B - Midwest
-11494 Marci L - Local
-5829 Marcia A - LA area
-3085 Matt J - Chicago area
-3900 Natalia Y - Atlanta
-38979 Nicole G - Midwest
-6055 Nicole B
-234 Nikki D - Local
-629 Patti F - Atlanta
-5201 Paula J - Southern California
-1799 Rachael P - Midwest
-1656 Rachel S - SF area
-2391 Randi O - Midwest
-5099 Rikki L (Carla) - Local
-4425 Shalini P - SF area
-2037 Sierra T - Mountain states
-1710 Silvia T (Angie) - Arizona
-17276 Stephanie G - Texas

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(This posting was entered by Diva Las Vegas, an external user of MyDLV.)

[Linda]

Would it be helpful to somehow indicate the activity where each photo was taken One way would be to separate photos by activity and then send all photos for a specific activity together as a group, then all photos for the next activity, etc. Of course, for many photos, the activity would be obvious, but not always.

I'm thinking here in terms of sending them by FTP. If they are all sent in a single transfer, then someone will have to determine which activity each belongs to.

[annie]

> Would it be helpful to somehow indicate the activity where
> each photo was taken?

It could be helpful, but not absolutely necessary.

Every photo tells a story, and most all of those submitted by DLVers tell either of an activity, which is obvious, or of a person or persons. Often the photos show people in the context of an activity, which again is usually obvious.

> One way would be to separate photos by activity and then send
> all photos for a specific activity together as a group,

You can do it that way, and some do, but others indicate either the person or the activity by the file name of the photo. Things like bb12.jpg would imply the Bahama Breeze and nsd02.jpg would imply Night of the Soiled Doves. Some get quite elaborate with file names, such as SandyAndNancyEatingPrimeRibAtFlamingo.jpg and such.

> I'm thinking here in terms of sending them by FTP. If they are all sent in
> a single transfer, then someone will have to determine which activity each
> belongs to.

FTP is much easier than e-mail for sending multiple photos. I wish more people would use it. There are many FTP clients (many of them free) that are point-click-drag-drop easy to use. Just write in if you need the credentials to use FTP to send the photos.

However, we'll take them any way you want to send them. If you're more comfortable with e-mail, then use it. Snailmail is another option, for CD/DVD, thumb drive, or prints. "Never underestimate the bandwidth of snailmail for data transfer!"