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I was thinking (Hard to do at 5am when you have been stuck at work for 10 hours watching Jerry Springer) how hard would it be to get a book printed of the members of RFF?

I'm not in for making money on it (Maybe for charity or even help with out with Server space as I see we are running out), We could use an online printer like Blurb or some thing. I'm sure friends and family would be intested in buying a copy or two.

Just a thought,

I'll now get back to my Jerry Springer watching :eek:

Sam
 
There was an effort to get the RFF Volume 2 book reprinted last year, however the big wall was finding a printer that produced good enough quality to please everyone. I'm sure once a reliable print service can be found, it won't be too hard.

Now that Blake (memphis) is associated with a print company, maybe the idea can be resurrected? I know I'd certainly love to be apart of a project among some fabulous photographers here.
 
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No but Lulu really made a hash out of both of the past two books that I think most of the old timers here are rather gun shy. If you'd like to put together a test to see if they can do a better job, that would probably be welcomed by folks here.

Good luck!

William
 
Yes, have seen dozens

Yes, have seen dozens

at Blurb's headquarters. Quality varies, but overall is top notch. I plan to do my next photo book there, as my last 2 were done with mypublisher and are low to medium quality, but also priced much less than blurb. The LUG has done their past 2 or so yearbooks through blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/156991


samdj1210 said:
I see so much talent on here it would be great to get a book printed.

Has anyone seen a printed book from http://www.blurb.com/?.
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The two books which have been published were the ideas of and product of the collaboration of the members. If you, single or group you, would like to coordinate the effort to publish a book with contribution from RFF members go for it.

Just some quick thoughts.

The larger the book, the more work it is to organize and lay out. This work grows exponentially so think carefully about how many images/pages you intend on having.

Look for a publisher who can print in the US as well as in Europe and possibly Asia. This will make it easier for more members to get copies for reasonable shipping prices.

Set dead lines, be prepared to be strict in collecting the needed info and photos, and be prepared to break every one of them. You will be working with a large number of nice folks who will try hard to participate in every way they can, but stuff comes up and there are always road blocks to contend with.

Finally, the folks who are organizing, and producing the document, communicate a lot. It is a huge task to take on and at times it will be frustrating and you will disagree amongst yourselves. Just work together, when the book if finally finished and in your hands, you will be pretty damn happy.

I was lucky to help organize the two books we produced, there was so much more work done by the other guys in laying them out and putting the documents together, just be prepared for a huge project.

http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fHomepage=120498
 
I've made two books through Blurb and have been very happy with them. I know there are better quality printers out there but the prices for those printers are accordingly higher and for me, Blurb is a good compromise between quality and cost.
My standards might not be the highest; I was fortunate to be included in the second RFF book(printed with indifference by Lulu) and was/am happy with my copy.
I think a third book is a great idea--especially given the loads of "new" talent around here.
Rob
 
Hey thanks for all the replies and comments.

I was wondering how many people would be interested in contributing or helping?

Sam
 
I'll volunteer to do the layout. I do a lot of graphic design work professionally in addition to my photography and have always wanted to design a book.

I'm experienced working with printers to ensure color matching, etc. If we get Memphis to do the printing through his employer, I can talk to him about what the printer's requirements are for file size, etc. and put together an info sheet for RFF members so they know what I need as far as the files. I could also scan prints or film, but it is a lot easier of people provide a finished file.
 
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I would echo Ralph's sentiments re: work that needs to be done - if Brett (aka JoeFriday) is around... he can discuss the issues, same with GeneW.

I am always willing to contribute but we'll have to see who wants to be involved.

Cheers
Dave
 
I'm interested.
I still haven't got a copy of RFF book 2 as Lulu would accept my money then send the print order to their Spanish(?) printer as I am in Australia and Spain is closer. Not on the atlas I have. The spanish printer could not process the larger file that was book 2 ?!? Later I would get my money back.

So the regional shipping and printing issue is pretty important to me and possibly other Aussies. Kiwis too.
Perhaps we could look at having an antipodean printing house doing a short run for us down here? That would apply for book 2 as well (Brett aka JoeFriday where are you?).
I'm an Environmental Graphic Designer (yes with capitals) and would be happy to critique (constructive of course) and comment on preliminary layouts like; "press the spell check button".
 
Christopher,

Graphics in the environment.
Mostly what people would call signs.
It encompasses more than that of course, supergraphics, interpretive, mood, information and advertising.
The company I work for does a lot of wayfinding and interpretive signage. The design that is.
Visual communication in the built environment.
The design and planning of visual information.
A couple of descriptions I use when I meet people who ask; "what do you do?".
 
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Christopher,

Graphics in the environment.
Mostly what people would call signs.
It encompasses more than that of course, supergraphics, interpretive, mood, information and advertising.
The company I work for does a lot of wayfinding and interpretive signage. The design that is.
Visual communication in the built environment.
The design and planning of visual information.
A couple of descriptions I use when I meet people who ask; "what do you do?".
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Ahh, ok. I'd never heard the term before. People here where I live just call themselves graphic designers if they do the work you do. You don't see much specialization here because the market isn't big enough.
 
memphis said:
well, if we use familymemories, we can easily go to about 40 pages -- if we use instantpublisher.com, we can go with a really artsy soft cover to keep costs down --- international shipping really gets difficult, US & Can is not a problem, but typically, international can get really pricey on shipping

$10-$20 ---- i've no problem helping - - Chris, please check instantpublisher.com for specs as well as familymemories.
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I'll check those out. We'll have to see how many people are participating. I was thinking something like one photo per person, each person getting his/her own page with the photo, title, name of photographer, and maybe technical info (what do you guys think of that? This is a gear site, but art usually hasn't got tech info when published), and it might be cool to have each person allowed to write a short paragraph about the photo or the place or thing they photographed. A couple pages would be used for title page and table of contents, so the 40 page book would allow 38 photographers?
 
Or maybe we could just put the photo, title, and photographer's name on the page, and have a couple pages in the back of the book where we list each photographer's equipment/film/processing/etc. that was used for the photo?
 
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