Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

I just put together a book to download. The ebook version is free. Blurb did the publishing. Here is the preview page:
http://www.blurb.com/books/3403360/pages/1

I hope this works. It has been a learning curve for this digital publishing thing. Let me know if you can see it. It is just a group of shots to help insire people to appreciate the outdoors.

I'm not selling the ebook. I just thought folks that have been asking about places to online publish might be interested.

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

Excellent body of work, Bozsik! You have obviously been working on the photography part of it for a long time, your efforts and talents show clearly on every page!
I am curious about how long the process took, once you had your images selected...days? Weeks? Months?
I'm glad you posted this, it's very enlightening, thank you!

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Since I use LR4, it was fairly easy to generate the images. I have been flagging each of the images in yellow that I really like on each download. I exported them into one folder as jpgs:10 inches on the long side @ 300 dpi.

The free editing program was downloaded from Blurb. Since this book didn't require any special layout as I was just throwing many varied images together, it went together pretty fast. You can use many preset layouts or change them to suit your self. It is faster if you use the preset because you can have all of your images imported and flow into the preset. Then you go back and move what you want.

I wanted to mix everything up, so it took longer. The actual time for this layout was about a week for a couple of reasons. The custom publishing logo I added, I had to illustrate with a vector program I have. I also recommend taking at least three weeks to put one together. Throw the pages together, go away for a couple of days, then look at it again. Make necessary corrections, and have someone else look at it. Do the same thing another couple of days later. The time breaks really lets your brain have some downtime. This is valuable for the editing process.

I design exhibits for Museums and Nature centers. I sometimes use photography to aid in visually representing a concept, but the graphics are just as important. Sometimes I will start an illustration, and then after thinking on it, change the drawing to fit the rest of the imagery and text.

The key is not to rush into it. You should take at least a month to put something together. You will have to learn the limitations of the publishing software, but that is pretty easy. There are tutorials online as well. If you are familiar with page layout programs such as publisher, etc, you will not have any problems.

I hope this helps a bit. Let me know if you have any other questions. There are a few tricks you can do as well to achieve certain looks.

Trippmeister Loc: Los Gatos, CA

Love those Pano shots, and the rest too! Good job!

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

How fun - thank you! And I love the centerfolds.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Some of the pano shots were 270 degrees. One is almost 360. Most panos I do are about 180 degrees though. The location and how much I think is valuable information in the frame usually dictates the spread.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

You are welcome. A few recent posts have inquired about online books. Just thought the info would be handy to know.

willet

Great job and thanks for your photo passion..it shows.

AVarley Loc: Central Valley, California

Some pretty amazing stuff in those pages, well done! thanks for sharing too.

jroby1 Loc: Ohio

Inspiring! These are the types of shots that make one think-"I must grab my camera and find some awesomeness today!". They are beautiful, and I thank you for sharing them. While I am sure some were the right time and place, so many are an example of patience and recognizing a great shot. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

cetw Loc: Miami FL

Thank you for sharing. Very well done. Beautiful Pictures!!!

leither Loc: Sunny Leith

Excellent show - Anyone who says 'I don't know what to shoot these days' should have the address of your e-book in their favourites for inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Thank you all for the kind words. You are absolutely correct. A lot of these images were shot in my front yard. Most of them were shot in the past year. The more you practice, the more you start seeing the world, instead of looking at the world. It was designed for just that purpose - to get people out and shooting and to just share the images. That is why the ebook version is free. So anyone can download and put it in their Ipad, Nook, tablet, or whatever. Thanks again.

Weddingguy Loc: British Columbia - Canada

Very nice! :thumbup:

I do hope you had one printed for yourself as Blurb does beatiful work. I use them for proof books for all my weddings and everyone is thrilled with the wonderful quality.

Thanks for sharing!

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

As a matter of fact, I had a couple of them printed as a "Photographer's Gift"as it were. One was for a long-time photographer and friend who I used to work with when we shot advertising for J.C. Penney Co. years ago.

I put together a book of my mother-in-law's award-winning quilt collection. Blurb did a splendid job on it. She passed away, and the book was a gift for all of the relatives, friends, and family members to remember her by.

And you are very welcome.