Comments on: Turns Out I Almost Finished A Book http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/2009/04/28/turns-out-i-almost-finished-a-book/ documentary photojournalist and geologist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Connolly http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/2009/04/28/turns-out-i-almost-finished-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-19856 Dan Connolly Tue, 05 May 2009 16:32:01 +0000 http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/?p=3706#comment-19856 Hey - I've been there and done that with books - seems like i have the images, but feel there needs to be more/better words. Funny, because I came to photography late after lots of word-working. But writing that complements photography is hard - lots of work. Keep at it, you'll get it I'm sure. Cheers! Hey – I’ve been there and done that with books – seems like i have the images, but feel there needs to be more/better words. Funny, because I came to photography late after lots of word-working. But writing that complements photography is hard – lots of work. Keep at it, you’ll get it I’m sure. Cheers!

]]> By: Ian Aleksander Adams http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/2009/04/28/turns-out-i-almost-finished-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-19645 Ian Aleksander Adams Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:29:40 +0000 http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/?p=3706#comment-19645 I usually wait until a site like colorinc or iprintfromhome has a sale, where it's about 10 cents each for 3x4s or something like that, and drop a ton of jpgs into a batch upload for little prints. It's like having trading cards. You only need like 600 pixel jpgs to make prints that size, so it's not necessary to make perfect print files. After a while you get a few binders of these prints and can flip through them when looking for images to use for something. When I was putting Gray Days together I did the first edit, from about 4000 images, on the computer. Then I printed out about 1000, and over the course of 6 months got it down to 60 or so by moving the little cards around. I usually wait until a site like colorinc or iprintfromhome has a sale, where it’s about 10 cents each for 3x4s or something like that, and drop a ton of jpgs into a batch upload for little prints. It’s like having trading cards.

You only need like 600 pixel jpgs to make prints that size, so it’s not necessary to make perfect print files. After a while you get a few binders of these prints and can flip through them when looking for images to use for something.

When I was putting Gray Days together I did the first edit, from about 4000 images, on the computer. Then I printed out about 1000, and over the course of 6 months got it down to 60 or so by moving the little cards around.

]]> By: Administrator http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/2009/04/28/turns-out-i-almost-finished-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-19596 Administrator Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:02:54 +0000 http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/?p=3706#comment-19596 Thanks so much! Your site is most excellent. I'll try and organize a billion little prints. I get so sad when I don't have prints to play around with. Thanks so much! Your site is most excellent. I’ll try and organize a billion little prints. I get so sad when I don’t have prints to play around with.

]]> By: Ian Aleksander Adams http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/2009/04/28/turns-out-i-almost-finished-a-book/comment-page-1/#comment-19587 Ian Aleksander Adams Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:12:33 +0000 http://maclellanimages.com/blog1/?p=3706#comment-19587 There is absolutely no reason not to make a book - print out a billion tiny prints and start shuffling them around. Sequencing is the most fun thing in the world, you learn so much more about your images. There is absolutely no reason not to make a book – print out a billion tiny prints and start shuffling them around. Sequencing is the most fun thing in the world, you learn so much more about your images.

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