I was fortunate. I came up during a time in photography that involved the wet darkroom. The darkroom was about pace, commitment, and a dizzying array of potential techniques. The darkroom was a dance. Time, temperature, mixture, agitation, experimentation. And … Read More
Read: Top Ten Reads
I’m talking all-time you crazy people. All-time. Top ten. These are the books I reread on a yearly basis. Most of them anyway. Some are behemoths, the literary equivalent of the tar pit. Some of these might be on your … Read More
Create: Drew and Katja Cain
We gotta give this guy some love. When I saw the view count on this film I thought my system was broken. You know me, jaded when it comes to the power of books and magazines in a world obsessed … Read More
Creative: Selling Books
I’m curious about something. How many of you want to make books? How many of you want to sell books? I actually don’t know the answers to these questions. I hope the answer to the first question is 100%. What’s … Read More
Creative: Strada del Purgatorio, Nick Tauro
He’s done it again. Nick Tauro shoots, edits, sequences, designs, prints and then makes available his latest work. I’ve featured Nick here before, and I often joke about featuring the same people over and over, but I’m serious in my … Read More
Creative: For What It’s Worth, Episode 001
Just what you needed. Another podcast. I’m here to help. “For What It’s Worth,” is my new podcast series where I talk about all the things people have never asked me to talk about. Politics, the environment, cycling, adventure, humanity … Read More
Creative: Victoria, BC Book Talk, Seattle Book Workshop
Hey Kids, Soon to be hitting the road. Heading first to The Great White North where I will kill darts and 2-4’s eh, while managing to work in a two-hour book talk at this location in Victoria on October 25th. … Read More
Creative: Vlog 0004
Ya, okay. Me again. Better get used to seeing my mangled head. I’m not entirely sure why, but for some reason, I am LOVING this motion study experiment. Yes, it’s my job now, and perhaps that has something to do … Read More
Creative: Blurb Tips 0013, Be Real
Keep it real friends. A self-help post here, for sure. I’ve seen too many people put too many completely and utterly unrealistic bookselling stresses on themselves and in the process ruin their entire bookmaking experience. Be real. Be real and … Read More
Creative: Audio Q&A, Personal vs Professional
Back with another Audio Q&A, this time covering the idea of personal vs professional. Or perhaps it’s not about “vs” but more about how these two things work hand it hand to create the person you really are. This is … Read More
Creative: Audio Q&A, Art for Art’s Sake
I have to admit something. I love making these audio posts. I can’t explain my lust for all things audio. I know little to nothing about music, but I love sound. I love recording it, sharing it, etc. These little … Read More
Creative: Audio Q&A, Capturing and Preserving
Hello my children. Checking in with another Audio Q&A. This time we talk about capturing and preserving. What’s the best thing about this post? Well clearly it’s that you get to listen to my silky smooth voice. Think Barry White. … Read More
Read: Barkskins
Maybe it was too late when the first hominid awoke and stared at the world. This is perhaps the underlying theme of this VAST and EPIC book. Now, a little background. Barkskins was given to me by a friend who … Read More
Creative: Teaching at The Palm Springs Photo Festival
That is actually Michelle writing my name over the top of her name. Back by popular demand, The Palm Springs Photo Festival’s Artist Book-Making Workshop with Michelle Dunn Marsh and myself. We taught this class last year and it went … Read More
Creative: Blurb Large Order Services
Blurb has been around for roughly a decade. Much has changed in that timeframe, including Blurb’s offering, which has added things like magazine, trade books and eBooks in addition to our photo-book standards. We’ve also added paper types, software options … Read More
Creative: Cover Design, Different Image
To follow my prior posts regarding cover design, I’ve gone one step further by showing you four covers with different designs and images. I want you to see and feel how dramatically different the publication feels while varying from image … Read More
Creative: Cover Design, Same Image
I’ve done cover design posts before, but I think this one is a good one. At least a good visual post. I created this post because I see a lot of bad covers coming through the Blurb network.(I see plenty … Read More
Creative: Blurb Q&A 001
Okay folks a little change in the lineup here, just to keep in tradition with the ongoing World Series. I attempted a Vlog. I did. One attempt, one day and quickly realized I could never stomach the idea of filming … Read More