Garth Wood wrote:
> At 11:31 PM 1/22/98 -0800, Tomoko wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >I wonder if many of you would like to have an Olympus Mailing List gallery
> >on the Web. It would become a good publicity for the list. Are there any
> >volunteers to set this up?
>
> Tomoko;
>
> I'm certainly set up for electronic distribution via a Web site, since I
> already do this both for myself and for my clients (I'm a systems
> consultant in my other life). I'd be willing to step up to the plate on
> this one. I have my own server (actually jointly-owned between myself and
> several other gents with similar interests) and all the technology "bells
> 'n whistles" to convert paper images to electronic form, or to convert
> electronically-submitted images to the most amenable format for a Web site.
> If others donated a tiny amount of cash each, we could even try to get our
> own domain name... (it's a hundred bucks U.S. for two years from the
> InterNIC -- $110.00 if you use their new zippy registration process).
>
> Now that I've (foolishly!) offered to do the Webmaster stuff and the
> backroom processing of the images, what about the process? And does anyone
> have any ideas of how the site should be designed in terms of the "look and
> feel"? We also have to consider copyright questions -- regardless of how
> anyone *feels* about the copyrights on their photos, this is the Web, and
> if the photos are available on the site they'll be downloaded and possibly
> re-used somewhere else.
>
> Thoughts? (And the reply "I think people on the Prairies have too much
> time on their hands" is not allowed, having been already used, and also
> being patently untrue... ;-)
>
> Garth Wood
>
Garth,
You're absolutely right about those rights, we should think about that!
About the look and feel of the site, I have some first ideas:
Maybe an edited section dedicated to the discussions going through this list
would be appropriate, like having a section about flashes and fill in flashes,
which would include short descriptions of techniques and some photos using
those techniques. Another section could be dedicated to the wish list, (Which
seems to get everybody's imagination go wild), this one could include sketches
and stuff like that...
One thing though, is that all the editing is not a job just for one or two
persons, so if we'd like to go ahead and do it, every member (or at least more
than five with free time) should dedicate one or two hours a week for this
amazing task, I myself am willing to put some work into this thing (I have some
knowledge in HTML and web creating techniques).
I even think that if this site is going to look nice and be filled with nice
photographs made by all of us, it could serve as a real cyber gallery with the
possibility of everybody offering their works of art for some profit.
Anyway, it can be anything from small and simple to big and very interesting.
Again, the legal issues should be thoroughly examined and should comply with
international laws.
Johny Debel
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