Books With Topical Themes Enjoy Wider Appeal

One of the ways you can create a book that has wider appeal is to give it a topical focus. Books on well-known subjects (people, places, things, events, etc) have a built in audience – anyone interested in the subject. Comparatively few people know about and...

My Alumni Placed in the iPhone Photo Contest

A couple of my alumni placed in the iPhone Photo Contest. Find out more here.

Covers – People Do Judge Books By Them

One of the most important decisions you can make when you create a photo book is choosing an image for the cover. Choose cover images wisely. People do judge books by their covers. Images that tend to work best for covers share one or more...

Blurb Offers Free Premium Paper Upgrades

Blurb is offering free upgrades to their new lustre finish Premium Paper (It’s 35% heavier.) for a limited time only. Order copies of existing books or make a new one. All you have to do is place an order with two or more books before...

Use Text To Enhance Your Photo Book

Photography books are often greatly enhanced when text is included. There are many types of text that can complement your images. Here are a few classic examples. – facts about a subject – history of a subject – placing the images in an art historical...

Take Inventory of Your Associations

Before you photograph, write. After you identify the things happening outside you, take a little time to explore what’s going on inside you. The events around us trigger many associations and emotions, sometimes subtle and sometimes dramatic. Often, it’s the inner dimensions of ourselves that...

How To Discover Qualities With Adjectives And Adverbs

  This article is part of a series … Take Inventory With Nouns. Discover Qualities With Adjectives And Adverbs. Identify Actions With Verbs.   Develop the habit of making lists and you’ll dramatically sharpen your powers of observation and retention. (We’re 72% more likely to...

How To Identify Actions With Verbs

This article is part of a series … 1.    Take Inventory With Nouns. 2.    Discover Qualities With Adjectives And Adverbs. 3.    Identify Actions With Verbs. Develop the habit of making lists and you’ll dramatically sharpen your powers of observation and retention. (We’re...

How To Take Inventory With Nouns

  This article is part of a series … 1.    Take Inventory With Nouns. 2.    Discover Qualities With Adjectives And Adverbs. 3.    Identify Actions With Verbs.   Try this. Before you photograph, write. When you first arrive at a new location you...

Take Note of Your Process

It only takes something to write with to learn a lot about photography and yourself in a little time. It doesn’t matter whether you use pen and paper or PDA. It doesn’t matter whether you finish sentences, spell correctly, or write legibly. Just write. Don’t...