Okay, tomorrow is May 1st, the last date that the SoFoBoMo procrastenators have to get a full 31 days of their SoFoBoMo project and book completed. I can hear the groans. I can see the goofy smiles of all of those who finished their SoFoBoMo projects in April. I can not see the bewildered look of those who think that they can do two of these projects back to back. Yes, it is possible, eh?
I think that I shall celebrate this occasion by attaching my new RRS quick clamp to my Hasselblad and then go to bed. Toooo much excitment.
But in reading about most of the recently completed SoFoBoMo books, I shall take the advice, that this is about the process. And I shall enjoy it, or else I am not going to do it;- )
Best regards, Doug
BTW, I even have some un-expired film to shoot. wonderful!
Okay, I might just be totally nuts, but I am thinking of an alternative photograhy plan for SoFoBoMo. Up to till now, with the ’short’ time constraint, I have been thinking that using my DSLR was going to be the way to go. At least it would give me a chance to turn around the images from the shoot, RAW conversion, PSC3 tweaking, Blurb ICC conversion and into the book template.
But now I am wondering if I have the available time to do this project with film.
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Since my goal is to use Blurb as the foundation to carry my SoFoBoMo project (yes, starting May 1 for me, I get to maximize the 31 days, which I may need each and ever one), I became very diligent on trying to finish my first Blurb book, In Passing.
So how is that going, you may ask? Very well, thank you, I replied;- )
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I have continued to muddle on about what to do with the SoFoBoMo project and the resulting book. I think that I have come up with a possible solution. One of the things that Laurie Frank had said at the Palm Springs Photo Festival last night was that many of the artists in her gallery prepare a Blurb book to be provided with the photographs that are sold in her gallery. Then Gordon pointed out one example of the Limited Edition Blurb book.
But I have been really going back and forth about a Limited Edition book. And then the break through idea…
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With not a lot to write about at the moment, I thought today would be a good time to make a quick announcement about me having survived my first year of this blog on the web. Like my projects, this has not turned out as I had expected and seems to have a life of its own. Which is not a bad thing, eh?
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Yesterday, in writing about photography projects, I develed more into why do a photographic project. I think a lot of folks know a good reason to do a project, but then comes WHICH project? I think that this is the part that gets a little messy in as there is no easy or correct answer. And to complete a project if it is not well thought out, may become more of a distraction than you had anticipated.
Okay, my own project experience to illustrate my point;
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One question that seems to come up often with regard to my photography; is how do you come up with your photography projects? This was a frequent question during the development of my published project In Passing (working title Bad Trip – Sad Trip), and then even more so after it was published in LensWork. I will use the word ‘series’ interchangeable with the word ’projects’, as to me, they mean one in the same.
So to help, here are my thoughts regarding how to establish and complete a photographic project. But don’t think I’m the expert on this, as the process is messy and frustrating. And even thought I have completed some projects and I have a bunch in the pipeline, I still find it hard;- )
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For this post, I am guessing that many of you are not going to need to read it. And it is one of those good news – bad news things, at least for me. So to save some of your some trouble, the bottom line is that if you want to get your images looking right on the web, make sure that the color profile settings are for sRGB and not anything else.
Okay, now about my lessons learned for the day;- (
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While finishing the artist proof for my next Edition Folio and thinking about a Blurb book for the series Bad Trip – Sad Trip, I am now rethinking the title for the series. When the series was published in LensWork, they gave the body of work the title of In Passing. Okay, that was a surprise when I open the pages to that issue of LensWork the first time, as I had thought that they would use the title I gave it;- )
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At the moment, I am planning to use Blurb, the Print on Demand (POD) self-publishing book company, as my book out put for my 2008 SoFoBoMo project. And I just read Gordon McGregor’s recent Blurb trial run experiment that I think is going to help me be successful: think Color Management.
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