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Subject: [Leica] Blurb Books: Opinions, Please!
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 17:34:12 -0400
References: <CA+yJO1CoDhaDMNbm1xadgw6st5BtDrVJWCZ4tRkYD=SYAXMghg@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF4FoZAxOHc1Ls5Fc97evLh0MSwv3jzVYAU-FhFDaiXLQQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1C5+1CvoS+DFYb1qj60LoNZYLfk53QbsoF=OV1TVXrHTQ@mail.gmail.com>

i like the idea of including some landscape to give a feeling of environment 
of the people

i believe you can do a 12X12 and downsize to 7X7 letting you do both at the 
same time

ric


On May 5, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Good question.  I would definitely send some to the families in Honduras
> and Guatemala who will be in the books and to the people in the various
> countries who helped me.  I would carry samples to places I might want to
> photograph in the future.  And I would send them to all of my relatives as
> Christmas and birthday presents ;-)  Other than that, maybe somebody on the
> LUG would be interested?  They will all be Leica photos ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Tina who are the books aimed at?
>> 
>> 
>> *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>> 
>> 
>> On 6 May 2013 06:13, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> PESO:
>>> 
>>> Someday, after I finish all of this scanning,  I'm going to start working
>>> on a series of books, probably using Blurb.  My favorite photo books are
>>> the little Phaidon 55 books - only about 5x6 inches, each with 55 photos.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/Eugene-W-Smith-55-Series/dp/0714840351/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1367783433&sr=8-12&keywords=Phaidon+Press+55
>>> 
>>> I would like to do small, affordable books that you can hold close with
>> one
>>> photo on the right-hand page and a description on the left-hand page -
>> all
>>> black and white, all people.
>>> 
>>> Tom thinks I need to do big, coffee-table books that are expensive and
>>> impressive with colorful travel photos from the 67 countries I've
>>> photographed.  Tom is a great husband but he is not a photographer.  He
>>> does buy photo books, though, and knows what he likes ;-)
>>> 
>>> Opinions?
>>> 
>>> TIA
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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