Fellow Passengers, Blurb now has layflat. You asked for it. Here it is. Now go forth and prosper, or better yet, do a test book and see how this new format fits your visual, tangible world. That’s what I did. …
Creative: Blurb as Promo
I’m not entirely sure how many promotional pieces I created during my photography career but I’m guessing it was somewhere between fifty and one hundred. I’ve saved some but many are long lost to the annals of my tragic, flawed …
Creative: Making Prints
“I’m still working on my book.” “I’m trying to make it perfect.” “Do you have any coupon codes?” I’ve heard these lines countless times over the past ten years, and I can say with one-hundred-percent conviction that those who utter …
Creative: Using MagCloud to Support Blurb, Flyer
Hey Kids, Me again. Everyone knows about Magcloud right? You’ve heard me talk about it again and again, but just to be sure….. You can see a few of my Magcloud publications here and here. In short, Magcloud is another …
Creative: Doodle Time
Postcards going out… I’m trying to make something, create something, write something or print something every single day. Not for any purpose other than making. No attempt to gain fame, audience, following or money. Doodling. Not drooling, DOODLING. Big difference. …
Creative: Documentum
The guy known for deleting his social media is posting about a publication dedicated to Instagram. But hear me out. One of my rubs with IG has always been how people consume the images. Typically it’s firehose style as opposed …
Creative: Sicily B&W with Lorenzo Princi
As many of you know, the past few years of my creative life have been all about collaboration. In keeping with that trend welcome “Sicily B&W.” A partnership with Lorenzo Princi. These are my images, but Lorenzo is the man …
Creative: Blurb Tips 0007 P&E
Don’t get me wrong. I love print. But I also know that “E” books are a very strategic, cost effective tool that is a completely different experience, and if you aren’t making them I will do my best to shame …
Print: ebb+ by Chloe Ferres
I’ve featured Chloe Ferres here before and I’m sure I will do so again. She makes great books. In fact, a book we did together last year, with Andrew Kaufman, was recently up for a book of the year award. …
The Ten Minute Book
I posted about this little book before, but I’m back in Australia, so this book was once again on my mind. This is a ten-minute book. From dreaming it up to uploading. Just for fun. Let the software do some …
Inertia 240
Now I’ve really done it. I’ve made another sample. Maybe I went too far this time? Haven’t you ever wanted a 240-page magazine that is so thick and heavy it kinda feels like a book? I wanted one, so I …
Creative: Thirty-Six/Three
How great is this? A photo-essay in the mail, in postcard form. Two sets, one a single image and velum cover. The second a full essay. This production is brought to you by Wim Jansen in Hamburg, Germany. “Thirty-Six/Three” is …