Designing and producing photography books offer a unique way of presenting a project and also offer a challenge to the photographer. Design, layout, the text and order of the photographs are just some of the considerations that have to taken into account.
A downloadable PDF book offers a fresh, and yet familiar, way of presenting information to the viewer. Events, projects and ideas can be laid out in text, photographs and illustrations giving a one document solution to presentations that can be easily distributed and viewed whenever the viewer wishes to.
The downloadable photo books featured below were produced for the Solo Photo Book Month project where the goal was to shoot, edit and create a photo book containing 35+ images in the space of 31 days. It was a challenging project on a number of levels.
Each book was different and can have its own challenges to overcome, but the immense satisfaction that a finished book gives is unbeatable. Sadly the online project closed in 2011, but all of the book projects seen on this website stem from that project’s introduction to making a photography book.
Several book publishing projects are currently under-way that include a Yorkshire winter landscape book and a second book featuring a retrospective look back over ten years of photography from the Norfolk project. A book featuring images taken in the Highlands of Scotland is also planned for release in late 2012.
A completely brand new redesigned published edition of the 2011 Sand, Sky, Sea and Street Solo Photo Book month book has been released under the title Sea, Sky, Sand and Street. The book features photography from the original free PDF book along with brand new photographs and is available to purchase via blurb.com for £19.95 plus postage. The book is available in softcover and hardback editions.
iPhone /iPad Apple® iBooks® editions of the published books are also available for just £3.49.
More book releases are planned and printed copies will be made available to purchase via blurb.com.
The PDF files can be viewed using Adobe Reader that can be found HERE
To save the PDF to your computer, right click and select ‘Save Target As‘
