Damn! Your raising the bar again Bruce! A picture book of the wife's garden for her birthday?!! Wow! Now I've got something to shoot for... Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10-11-10 2:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> what is involved in putting together one of these books once you have the >> photos? >> The various tasks that need to be done. >> The length of time to do each task. >> Any cash up front to blurb to do one of these books. >> >> I assume that there's an economically optimal number of photos, probably >> similar to the number of photos in the PDML annual. >> >> I also figure that the amount of time spent getting each photo ready for >> publication will vary from person to person. > > Robert described the process well. But as a single data point for you: > > I got the brilliant notion to do a book of my shots from around our garden > for my wife for her birthday. I decided the 80-page landscape-oriented book > would suit. After figuring out what my deadline was based on allowing for > shipping time, I realized I had exactly three days to: select shots, clean > them up, learn Booksmart (badly named, btw), edit the book, upload. > > I made it. :-) > > That includes two misfires where I had to delete the book project and start > over. Robert is very generous in calling Booksmart "clunky". But once you > get the hang of it, it's usable. I was forced to create several custom page > templates though as none of the offered defaults were useful for the mix of > 2:3 and 3:4 ratio shots I have. Some of my pages were full-bleed, but most > weren't. > > The book was very well received too, so that was the best part. > > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
