Presentation in book form

[jschrader]

All my life I have printed b&w photos myself and stored the results in the boxes in which I had bought the paper (except the few that made it into a frame ;-).

Recently I started digital printing (from scanned negatives) and the biggest advantage I found (beside that of simple contrast and exposure control [my opinion only]) was the option of double-sided printing.

I now printed last years photos (which I found worthy) on A3+ paper. Each sheet has 4 photos, the first sheets holds page 1, 2, 7 and 8; the second 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each two sheets are folded together. Page 4 and 5 can take one larger photo.

Because I wanted landscape and portrait of the same size, I decided to cut off the lower ~8 cm and have an effective size of 22 x 14.75 cm (2:3 aspect). The larger photo on the central double page is 33 x 22 cm, the book is now ~25 by 26 cm.

I then brought the 40 sheets to a bookbinder and suggested thread stitching. This allows, in contrast to glue, to fully open the book and see the larger photos quite well.

I am quite happy about the result. It is much easier to show photos around.

 

[jsrockit]

Looks quite nice from what I can tell...

 

[ped]

Looks great, and agree that it's satisfying holding a complete book of your own work.

 

[Bob Michaels]

I always support self published books, formal boxed sets of prints, or even a section of a personal website because they force (hopefully) the photographer to develop a cohesive body of work instead of a random series of somewhat unrelated photographs.

 

[x-ray]

Very nice! Also it looks like you have some excellent images. I'd love to see more.

 

[robert blu]

Great idea, for sure it must be a satisfaction to have it in your hands.
robert
PS I'm working on one myself but it's a long process...

 

[jschrader]

Very nice! Also it looks like you have some excellent images. I'd love to see more.

Thanks, I would be happy but I have difficulties linking photos into posts. I do not have a Flicker account; how do I get photos shown that are larger than thumbnails but are not on an external server?

 

[NY_Dan]

Looks good -- especially the lay-flat aspect that works well for photos crossing the gutter.

 

[jschrader]

Great idea, for sure it must be a satisfaction to have it in your hands.
robert
PS I'm working on one myself but it's a long process...

Well, I didn't say this was fast........

At present, I am working on some further "books", mostly summaries of what I have done in the past.
Maybe it will go faster ahead, now that I know that the whole process works

 

[nrh]

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Greetings all.

A very nice looking book there J"rgen.

I've just started a couple of bookbinding courses here in the UK and am keen to get on with some photo book projects. Can anyone offer any advice on the printing please, which seems to be the most difficult part by far!?:

1. Thinnish papers for double sided inkjet printing - any recommendations?
2. Getting good registration when side 2 goes back through the printer again
3. Avoiding damage when printing and handling - I understand pigment inks are particularly prone to scuffing of the surface / image transfer and people advocate protective interleaves between pages. This rather kills the feel of the book...

I'm experimenting with an antique A4 HP inkjet right now but anticipate the need for something like an Epson R3000 before long. Maybe someone could suggest a good "bookbinders" printer!

Many thanks and all the best,

nrh