Quote Originally Posted by maegg
Are you going to pay for any of the professional pics???

I'm just concerned with letting you freely print my prof. photos with no compensation.

Maegg,

Thank you for your comments. There is no compensation for the photos submitted for
this publication. You should submit your photos to a professional place if you feel you
can get paid for them or want to be paid for them. This is for people who would like to
get published or just simply want to participate in a fun project. If you would like to be
included in this publication then feel free to check out the Hard Steam Photography
website. There you can see the guidelines for submissions.

Quote Originally Posted by magee
As for printable pics there are some guidelines I'll share: need to be
300 dpi or larger. These are usually huge files around 3000 x 2100 or bigger. You need
to take the pics in the largest format your camera will hold and at the highest quality.
Most point and shoot camera's aren't good enough for print but the ones with
interchangeable lenses are the ones most photographers use.
Folks should not worry about DPI if they do not understand it. If you have a simple point
and shoot camera, and want to participate, then please feel free to submit an image or
images for consideration. If you don't try, you can only regret it. If you have a photo that
you think is beautiful or interesting, submit it!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER TO
PARTICIPATE. This should be fun. [Pros and amateurs alike.] I have seen some
amateur photography that knocks the socks off of some staged pro shots. Everyone 18
years old or older are welcome to submit images or poems/ prose for consideration.
Obviously, not every image or story etc. will be selected. But what does it hurt to try?
My vision for this book is "the way we see our orchids." People see them in many
different ways. I hope to get a good cross section for the book.

As for the print guidelines, they can be found on the
Submissions Guidelines
page at the HSP website. I go into some detail about what size photo our
publisher is asking us for when printing.

Quote Originally Posted by maegg
You may also consider using 35 mm film cameras as a lot of
photographers still use those and you can have the slides sent to you and printed although
I know digital is probably easier for you to deal with but alot of professionals won't give
up file and most scanners can take slides and then you can make it digital.
I did not address slides on the website as I am not able to scan slides at a high enough
resolution. Anyone who takes slides should have a print made from the negative and mail
the print to the HSP or if they have access to a high resolution slide scanner, then please
save a stamp & paper by sending your submission electronically. We have a high
resolution scanner that will make beautiful digital images from your printed photos.
Again, there is an explanation about submission of prints on the HSP website.

Participation in this project has been very good so far. I appreciate all the support!

Cheers!
BD