On this blog we will walk through together all the steps I am going to take in order to make a full published photography book, including taking the photos and researching other practitioners for ideas. Happy reading.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Using Blurb.com
Blurb is a very basic tool to organise your images and design your book. The front page of Blurb looks very professional and uses a graphic design approuch in the bordering of the website. this makes it look more professional.
The simplest way to create a book is to open 'Bookify' and use the already made templates, this also allows you to add text and design the front and back covers. They provide several book sizes to choose from including small and large square, standard and large landscape and standard portrait. Several different quality paper options is also available which will boost the price up if you choose the premium ones. They also provide hardback and softback books which will also effect the price. A single book comes with the standard 20 pages to work with, any more and the price will increase again.
When you select your desired style Bookify will open and you can create your book using their software.
I have photographed a selection of things around Burton-Upon-Trent based on the theme of cracks. I am going to use these images in 'Bookify' to test how easy it is to use.
I find that it is quite restrictive in how I can use my images. None of the templates I have looked at allows me to make a double page spread with one image and you cant go to the edge with the image which sometimes effects the viewing of the image. If you simply wanted the image in the centre of the page or several images on one page I would find this method satisfactory. However this makes me want to make my own designs on Adobe Indesign or use a more expensive competitor for more flexibility.
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