[ubuntu-art] new Ubuntu member freelance professional photographer

[Daniel Pullan]

I am now
On 20 Oct 2012 07:56, "Jason Williams" <jasonwilliams78 at me.com> wrote:

> *Daniel, you awake ?*
>
>
> On Oct 19, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Daniel Pullan wrote:
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> I know that feeling too well, thanks.
>
> On 19 October 2012 23:44, Jason Williams <jasonwilliams78 at me.com> wrote:
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>> *Sure.  I will email some more pics later tonight cause I'm going to be
>> up late most likely...*
>>
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Daniel Pullan wrote:
>>
>> Hey Jason,
>>
>> You're more then welcome. Is there anyway I can see more of your work?
>>
>> On 19 October 2012 23:39, Jason Williams <jasonwilliams78 at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> *Hey Daniel, *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Thanks for the advice :)  Much appreciated.  I have many more that I
>>> can choose from adhering to more of the guidelines *
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 19, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Daniel Pullan wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey man, I tried using this as a background and found it didn't quite
>>> fit my screensize. Also, it's quite a busy picture, very attention
>>> grabbing, I'm sure some people will agree it might not be suited to being a
>>> background picture.
>>>
>>> In the ubuntu design guidelines there is:
>>>
>>> "Avoid high frequency images. ( A soft focus is one way to achieve this
>>> )"
>>>
>>> "As the name suggests, visually, it should settle into the “background”
>>> of the activity scene"
>>>
>>> "Your image should strive for subtlety and poetry".
>>>
>>> I don't feel this image adheres to that. Also,
>>>
>>> "The final dimension should be 2560 x 1600 pixels".
>>>
>>> This image is 3648x2736, as you can see the dimension is wrong, I'm sure
>>> this is nothing a well done crop would fix (Gimp works for this).
>>>
>>> Overall, I don't think this picture works, however it's a great first
>>> attempt and I'm sure you can either attempt to fix this image or try using
>>> a different photo you've taken.
>>>
>>> Away from the background side of things, it's a cool picture, I love the
>>> blues of the water, very nice.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> On 19 October 2012 22:58, Jason Williams <jasonwilliams78 at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> *Hello to the Ubuntu community,*
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> *My name is Jason Williams and I am a professional freelance
>>>> photographer and IT security student.  I am new to the community here and
>>>> have already received some helpful advice from others who are also on the
>>>> mailing list.  I wish to share a photograph that I captured while in Neah
>>>> Bay WA over the Summer this year that I would love feed back on and
>>>> possibly a chance for the administrators in the Ubuntu community to approve
>>>> it for usage :).  Please, all members feel free to comment as I welcome it.
>>>>  Thank you again for the opportunity to serve and help out in whatever way
>>>> I can in the Ubuntu community.*
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> *Sincerely,*
>>>> *Jason Williams*
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> *<IMG_1345mod2.jpg>*
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