Photos (was Re: Did we have fun? I know I did)

[Peyton]

This was my first year I only attended the dinner and the golf outing and I had a fantastic time
Sense being I'm new I'm not sure how the website runs just kind of curious when photos might be up and how do I get to the photo album 😊
Thanks to everyone that helped me was super friendly and I had a really great time

Peyton

[annie]

Photos are one of the hottest topics following our event. Details will appear in this coming weekend's general mailing but here's a summary of how things work:
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Call For Photographs:

We are fortunate to have the largest and most complete collection of
photos of any of the major TG events. Of course, we wish to continue the
tradition for our 2016 event.

We're asking those who attended and took photos to please submit them
for our collection. The Call For Photos is open now and will remain open
through the month of May.

Here's how you can submit the photos:

1. Re-visit your Attendee Information Portal. You will now see the
"Upload Photos" option. Click on the button and select the photos on
your computer to upload. With most browsers you can upload multiple
photos in one action.

2. E-mail. Simply attach your photos (any reasonable number to any
message) and e-mail to: dlv@divalas.vegas

You can use a .zip, .tar, etc. file if you like, but it's not necessary.

3. FTP. If you wish to use this method, write in and we'll give you the
login credentials.

4. Snailmail. You can send prints, a CD/DVD, a USB stick, or whatever.
If you want to do this, write in, we'll send you the snailmail address.
We'll return the photos and devices to you if you wish.

As for size, the bigger the better, of course but the default size
coming out of most digital cameras is fine. To be of meaningful size,
they should be 500 pixels on the longer side at minimum.

Photos taken with a phone are fine as long as they are clear and crisp
and of the minimum size above.

As for quality and adjustments, we have scripts that normalize size,
brightness, and contrast. Most photos taken with a reasonable quality
digital or film camera present very well. If sending in prints, plain
ordinary drug store mini-lab prints scan and present quite well.
. . . . .

Prior to placing the photos on line for the public to see, we allow
those who attended to review them. Everyone who attended has a
reasonable number of no-questions-asked "NO WAY" deletions for any
photographs in which they appear.

Those who attended will also be able to recommend photos they like with
a "Like" button, which indicates that they find the photo to be
appealing and recommend it for the final DLV 2016 follow-up pages.

Here's the way all of this works.

As soon as we get the attendance reconciled (see this coming weekend's
general mailing), everyone who attended will receive a link to the photo
staging area. Those who attended will be able to review the photos as they
come in and, as noted above, mark them for deletion or recommend them for
the final DLV 2016 pages.
. . . . .

Now, as to when the photos will be on line for all to see ...

Here's the planned timing.

We'll keep the Call For Photos open through the months of April and May.
We will keep the staging area open for review until June 30, after which
we will start composing the final DLV 2016 follow-up pages. Target date
for roll-out of the pages will be in August of 2016, slightly earlier
than in most previous years.

Everyone can help move things along by following up on attendance
confirmations promptly (see this weekend's general mailing) and getting
the photos in ASAP.

For those concerned about how long the process takes, please see the
following FAQ entry:

http://divalas.vegas/cgi-bin/afaq.cgi?d ... aq&i=12.05

For the complete photo section of the FAQ, surf here:

http://divalas.vegas/cgi-bin/afaq.cgi?k ... s/faq&c=12

[kandi.dolfen]

Thanks to everyone who submitted pix from DLV 2016.
I've noticed a lull in the posting of pix, recently.
I hope this doesn't mean we are finished submitting photos.
I have checked back several times and noticed no new postings.
Maybe the total number of pix could be auto-counted and shown on the main photos page.
That way we would know when we first land on the page that new photos have been posted.
my $0.02 worth
Dionne

[annie]

There has been kind of a lull, but I know that there are (at least) two more large batches yet to come.

One of our more prolific photo submitters was indeed absent this year but most of the others were present.

We'll be sending out a reminder (among other things) this weekend.

[External Poster]

This posting is from: Michelle Jenkins
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Annie

You should have mine. I uploaded them a week or so ago.

Regards
MJ


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(This posting was entered by Michelle Jenkins, an external user of MyDLV.)

[andrea]

I did not receive the link for the preview of the photos even though I attended DLV2016.
I tried also several times to contact the team and asked for this link but I never got an answer in all cases.
This is now the last chance for me to get somehow in contact to ask for the link.
Please check or let me at least know why I did not get a respond.
andrea.c.peters@gmx.com
Sincerely
Andrea

[annie]

Andrea,

Your photo staging link has been resent to you. Logs show that it was accepted by GMX on your behalf. Please let us know if you do not get this. Sorry for any issues.

Anything else you need please let us know.

[JulieAnn3]

Annie,

I also didn't get any links to the photo area, and I attended. I did submit photos.

thanks,

Julie Ann Johnson