joshroot Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Howdy folks,</p> <p>I got myself into a bit of a bind. We had a hell of a week with a scare regarding my wife's pregnancy (all is well, she and baby fine) and I got really behind. the newsletter goes out early next week and I don't have a <a href="../featured-member/">Photo.net Featured Member</a> for September. So here's your chance to nominate one. Featured members get attention in the newsletter and get placed on the front page for a month. Both pretty decent ways of getting some attention to their photography.</p> <p>Requirements:</p> <p>1. The featured member has to have some sort of a theme that I can interview the person with. Sports photography, street photography, macro photography, computer manipulation, rangefinder photography, palladium printing etc. So whoever you pick has to have some way to tie their photography (or an area of their photography) together.</p> <p>2. I prefer the featured member to be someone who is active on the site. It's not a 100% requirement, but I like to reward our active helpful members if the chance arrises.</p> <p>3. The person has to be able/willing to work with me over the weekend to get the questions answered.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis_g Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p> Fred Goldsmith</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Howard Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Gene M., theme is obvious, activity is a given and if you send him some old films he'll probably talk to ya.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerwb Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Cliff Manley</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Kent Staubus definitely works in a theme, and participates in several forums here - but you might have to talk him into posting some work, here (come on, Kent, let's see some nocturnal tains!). Perhaps Anders Hingel? Some good travel stuff there. Also consider Andreas Manessinger - great street, environment, and landscape stuff from the middle o' Europe.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa Binder Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>I would like to see Marc Epstein as the featured member, for his beautiful coastal, nature photography.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rascal64 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Kevin Pinardy...has he already been featured? I am relieved to hear that your health scare was resolved.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Also less busy on these forums of late, but quite busy putting his photography to work, is Tim Keller. His photography is thematic (and geographic), and I imagine he'd be good for an interesting Q&A, as he's a teacher.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthea50 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Fred Goldsmith comes to mind immediately for his portraits, but my other suggestion would be Jennifer Meighan for her amazing nature/macro photography.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yann1 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Another vote for Gene M</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Ditto <a href="../photodb/user?user_id=614297">Gene M</a> . His whimsical fictional narratives to accompany orphaned film he's found and developed are a hoot. But all of his photos are on <a href="http://www.westfordcomp.com/holga/index.html">his website</a> , not photo.net, so I'm not sure it'd work unless he could put together something on his photo.net portfolio space. Probably wouldn't be ready in time for the September feature, so maybe keep him in mind for a future featured member slot.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven_f1 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3989561">G Dan Mitchell</a> is my nomination. He meets the first 2 requirements and he has some good Landscapes of the Sierra Navada Mountain in California. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_goren Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Josh,</p> <p>William W and Michael Ging would be my two picks.</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>b&</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrankin Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Matt Laur does a lot here, and his specialty is dogs.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Bite your tongue, Howard. Nobody needs to hear more about (or from!) <em>me.</em></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen_berry Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>Lil Judd deserves consideration</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt1 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>I vote for Gordon Bowbrick. Don't know if he has a theme that would meet requirement #1 but I think he has an amazingly strong portfolio.</p> <h1><br /></h1> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>+1 for Gene M</p> <p>but all the folks named are great contributors</p> <p><Chas></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 <p>How could I have forgotten Gordon? Good call, Greg. And Glen's suggestion of Lil is another fine one. Has Marina Cano had the treatment yet?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou_Meluso Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 <p>Gene M - Amazing collector, photographer and found film fan<br> Cliff Manley - Custom Camera builder, vintage camera, optics and processes expert<br> Luis Triguez - Sensitive, artistic eye. Very inspirational work.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share Posted August 29, 2009 <p>Lots of good suggestions here.</p> <p>There are various issues with some of these ideas that might disqualify them. I probably should have mentioned that, due to the "we send it to you" rather than the "you clicked on it" nature of the newsletter, nude images (and photographers) are touchy for this feature. Likewise, Gene's "found film" may present some copyright issues that I would have to look into. That doesn't mean that guys like that are out of luck, just that I'm going to have to look into it a bit more. Finally, a few of the suggestions have already been featured members. So it's not really fair to repeat them.</p> <p>Again, thanks for the suggestions so far. Keep them coming. I've got many months ahead of this sort of thing.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucecahn Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 <p>lonewolf1966man-some are nudes, some are not-good stuff</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdstough Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 <p>John Galyon</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tholte Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 <p>Marina Cano would be a real treat!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_stemberg Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Getting to hear more (as in an interview) from Luis Triguez would be a treat for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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