Submitting images for the picture book

Images for the picture book should be of high quality. You don't have to be a professional photographer, but composition, focus, and lighting are vital to communicating a strong message. If in doubt of your photography skills, feel free to ask a friend or post your idea to fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com to see if we can find someone in your area who's willing to help.

Images must contain at least one person doing something Fedora-related.

Submitting your image

For the lazy

If you have a bunch of Fedora-related pictures on the web somewhere, and you would like members of the Picture Book team to look them over for any images that we think we'd like to use, simply send the URL to Ian or post it here.

If/when we use some of those photos, we will ask you to sign the release form.

For the motivated (higher chance of your picture being in the book)

Please don't submit images right now
We're working on these instructions.

• Make sure you have a FAS account with a signed CLA and access to the wiki.
• Confirm that you have: the image (in a high enough resolution — at least 5" on both sides at 300dpi, putting the minimum dimensions at 1500x1500px), release forms of everybody in that image, and a "story" to go with that image.
• Upload your image.
  • How to name your image: If there is one person in the shot, Lastname-firstname-####.jpg is the template. Use a four digit number (zero pad if necessary) starting with 0001. If there is more than one person in the shot, iterate the last names from left to right to produce Lastname-lastname-lastname-####.jpg. If you have questions contact Ian Weller.
  • Include the following in the image description:
    • Names of the people in the image, from left to right if applicable
    • Necessary information about the photo (perhaps it would help to have context of where the photo was taken, or FAS account names of subjects if applicable)
    • Individual "stories": use Template:Picture book story for each subject like so: {{picture book story|Subject's name|Story}}
    • Release form check templates: use Template:Picture book release form check for each subject like so: {{picture book release form check|Subject's name}}
    • [[Category:Picture book photos]] at the end of the description. Ensure that you have added the photo to that category, because we won't ever see it if you don't.
• After uploading your image, be sure to click the "watch" tab at the top of the page, and confirm that your preferences will send you an email if a watched page is changed. This will help you keep track of release form approvals and other important information.
• Write the name of the image in the appropriate field on the release form.
• Mail your release form to the appropriate location.

Release forms

A release form must be signed by each person in the photo and the photographer. The release form allows the subjects' likenesses to be used in the picture book and releases the copyright of the image to Red Hat under the CLA.

The release form is available at Media:Picture book release form.pdf. Use only this release form for Picture Book photos.

After uploading your image to the wiki mail your release form(s) to the appropriate location:

Release form mailing addresses

Region	Address
North America	Fedora Picture Book Release Forms Máirín Duffy Red Hat Boston 314 Littleton Road Westford, MA 01886 USA
Europe, Middle East, Africa	Fedora Picture Book Release Forms Max Spevack Red Hat BV Printerweg 44 3821 AD Amersfoort The Netherlands
Asia-Pacific	Fedora Picture Book Release Forms Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay Red Hat Software Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. 6th Floor, East Wing, Marisoft-III, Marigold premises Kalyani Nagar Pune - 411 014, Maharashtra India

Other regions will added soon. If your country or region is not listed above, contact Ian Weller and we'll work it out.

Release form fax numbers

Coming soon

Release form email address

If you have a signed release form and a scanner, you may scan in your release forms and send them to Máirín Duffy at duffy@fedoraproject.org.