At Petal's Edge
I have not posted one of these in a while. So I am.
I have a book of these floralscapes, At Petal's Edge: The Secret lives of flowers, now available on Blurb. Actually I have had the book available for a while now, I just saw a few things I wanted to change. So now the second edition is up and I am much happier with it. Granted, Blurb does a lot very well while still leaving a lot to be desired. Part of the curse of my job, seeing optical prints and gauging them with a critical eye for color, density and so forth, combined with how often I print my own work, has left me with a critical eye for such things. So naturally I see all the shortcomings of Blurb's printing, even while most others would not. But all things considered, I think they offer the best available product for photographers who are not willing or able to invest in a large scale run of offset printed books. (Myself included). Throwing offset printing out of the equation, I have been quite happy with my experiences with Blurb so far. Sure, they have room for improvement, but they allow me to actually create books that look better than decent, even better than good, if not all the way to super-duper fine art perfect. The most important thing is that I can actually afford to put together collections of my work into book form, which I get no shortage of comments and e-mails regarding. I am not complaining about that, in fact thank you all for the encouragement.
So my second book is now available and while I have not yet produced a book that has any extensive writing on my part, I am building my skills and experience and moving in that direction.
I will also admit that I am horrible at self-promotion. On my best days I am awkward at tooting my own horn and my worst I flat out do my best to avoid it. Which is a shame, because it is a necessary skill to have, and I am slowly working on. So forgive me if I have been hesitant to say much about the book until now, even though it has been up for several months. I was waiting to tweak it. And forgive me if I don't mention much more about it, though I will keep an active link to it over on my website:
www.zebandrews.com
And thank you all who continue to look, comment, enjoy, send me e-mails, and be inspired. I try to respond to as many as I can, and I always fall short of how many I would like to respond to. But I do appreciate all of it.
At Petal's Edge
I have not posted one of these in a while. So I am.
I have a book of these floralscapes, At Petal's Edge: The Secret lives of flowers, now available on Blurb. Actually I have had the book available for a while now, I just saw a few things I wanted to change. So now the second edition is up and I am much happier with it. Granted, Blurb does a lot very well while still leaving a lot to be desired. Part of the curse of my job, seeing optical prints and gauging them with a critical eye for color, density and so forth, combined with how often I print my own work, has left me with a critical eye for such things. So naturally I see all the shortcomings of Blurb's printing, even while most others would not. But all things considered, I think they offer the best available product for photographers who are not willing or able to invest in a large scale run of offset printed books. (Myself included). Throwing offset printing out of the equation, I have been quite happy with my experiences with Blurb so far. Sure, they have room for improvement, but they allow me to actually create books that look better than decent, even better than good, if not all the way to super-duper fine art perfect. The most important thing is that I can actually afford to put together collections of my work into book form, which I get no shortage of comments and e-mails regarding. I am not complaining about that, in fact thank you all for the encouragement.
So my second book is now available and while I have not yet produced a book that has any extensive writing on my part, I am building my skills and experience and moving in that direction.
I will also admit that I am horrible at self-promotion. On my best days I am awkward at tooting my own horn and my worst I flat out do my best to avoid it. Which is a shame, because it is a necessary skill to have, and I am slowly working on. So forgive me if I have been hesitant to say much about the book until now, even though it has been up for several months. I was waiting to tweak it. And forgive me if I don't mention much more about it, though I will keep an active link to it over on my website:
www.zebandrews.com
And thank you all who continue to look, comment, enjoy, send me e-mails, and be inspired. I try to respond to as many as I can, and I always fall short of how many I would like to respond to. But I do appreciate all of it.