Don, I saw a finished Blurb book that was very nice - a friend did the catalog for her MFA show in Graphic design. The free program is easy to use. I have experience with layout programs - at first glance it may seem intimidating for some but they have it so a beginner can just drag-and-drop a good looking book. I did a short test book of images first. I needed to see how across the gutter pans and various B/W combinations looked. Turns out if you allow 1/4in. overlap at the gutter, pans look fine. B/W is a diffrent story. The over-all densities are OK but color varies under different viewing lights. All the B/W are sent RGB the same as color prints. Most photographers I showed the books to said the B/W quality was acceptable. One thing I learned that will make the job go better is to organize the JPEG's in book directories before you start. You format them according to Blurb recommendations and re-save them in the book's own directory. Also give them clear names. After that it's a breeze. I have two more books in the works one on petroglyphs and the other is volume two of "Waiting Images". I also plan to keep all my best digicam stuff up-dated in books. I think 8 x 10, 50-60 pages makes a nice edition size. I think it would be way cool to work towards having sets of 4-5 of these volumes in slip cases. BTW I don't plan to market the books, just to have them for the record. Also I'm hoping to trade them with other artist friends. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: News in the 1910's > From: Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, January 22, 2008 11:33 am > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Alan, very nice work! I like being able to view the first 15 pages in a > protected format. Out of curiosity, since the PF Gallery book was done > at Lulu.com, why did you decide to use Blurb? I haven't looked into any > of those services yet other than second hand with the Gallery book. > Don > lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Michael, > > > > I learned in PH101 that editing is a fundamental component of > > photography. Either as a collaborative effort or the next creative step > > in the photographic art process it is a valuable skill. If you can't do > > it get help - same as you would writing for publication. > > > > Editing can be another medium altogether. It is an art to delve into a > > lot of images and make them our own expression. I say "bring em on," > > the more images the better! > > > > Shameless plug - today I got my second Blurb book back. Editing your > > pictures and then making a book is a thrilling exercise - everyone > > should give it a try. I can't say enough praise for the Blurb > > book-making system. It is very easy and inexpensive. > > > > To see my books go here and enter alan zinn in search: > > > > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/ > > > > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > > The Lookaround Book. > > Now an E-book. > > http://www.panoramacamera.us > > > > > > > > > >> -------- Original Message -------- > >> Subject: [SPAM] Re: News in the 1910's > >> From: editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Date: Mon, January 21, 2008 8:02 pm > >> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > >> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Yikes! > >> I have always believed that there is great value in EDITING -- the idea of less is more, subjectivity, and telling a story. More photos is merely more data. It takes the artinsanry of editing to turn a morass of data into "content". > >> As such, one of the key deliverables by any artist, editor, or author is sythesising/reducing, in the most concise manner possible, that which is truly relevant. > >> Young artists are advised: "show only your ten best pieces". > >> Why on earth would searching the endless web for "more" not be less? In the end, this is why I enjoy looking at portfolios, why I love going to a museum, why I love reading a good book -- someone has taken the effort to separate the wheat from the chaff (even if I don't agree with them) > >> Michael > >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:04:33 > >> To:List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: Re: News in the 1910's > >> Don Roberts writes: > >> : Peeter Vissak wrote: > >> : > I wonder how many pixel photographs from the turn of this century > >> : > will still be around in the 2050s-2060s > >> : > to tell the story of mankind on this little planet. > >> : > Peeter the Pessimist > >> : I imagine > >> : institutions like the Smithsonian and the LOC are very much aware of the > >> : problems with digital images and have plans in place to archive those. > >> I understand a lott of the archiving is being done on film, digital originals being retained - they're especially useful for rapid access, but long term storage on film seems the backup method > >> : The biggest problem may be one of identification. You know when you do > >> : an image search on Goggle you find many images that have been tagged > >> : with your search terms but really are not what you requested. That sort > >> : of thing may be a huge problem. > >> I've noticed google's image search has been getting sillier and sillier of later, with wildly inappropriate material being thrown up (!) > >> One way images can be searched effectively is if IPTC information or comments are written to the image* , then a file search can be done for say *.jpg (or RAW) containing text <word as appropriate, ie party, cake, dress etc> and date ranges are set in the search - > >> say then I am searching for a customers wedding photo I can search photos taken in 2007 - search for wedding > >> search again for (customers name) > >> search again for cake within those results > >> Another way is to regularly extract all such info to an excel spreadsheet and search that the same way. > >> Another way again is using a tool like image seek which I wrote of here before, which comes in windows and mac flavours > >> This lets you do a rough squiggle and then the program finds images which compare closely to the squiggle you drew, or if you have a photo that's similar to what you're chasing you set it off to find all such photos. it's free and it's here: > >> http://www.imgseek.net/ > >> and one day I hope goggle incorporates something similar :) > >> Karl > >> > > > > > > > >
