Design a Unique Bookstore-Quality Photo Book with Blurb
Unleash your talents & learn self-publishing techniques to create an amazing book of your photographs or illustrations
What you will learn
How to self-publish photo books that look like something you’d buy for your coffee table — and that you can distribute through Blurb, Amazon or Apple's iBook store if desired
Professional techniques for visual storytelling based on carefully sequenced images
The easy way: a fun and quick photo book design that takes images right from your social media feed with Blurb’s Bookify
The fancy way: a simple yet professional way to design and produce a stylish coffee table photobook with Blurb’s BookWright
Why take this course?
Is making your own beautifully designed photo book a dream of yours? There is no better way to present your portfolio in a professional manner and also archive your best work. But for most people, that’s where the dream ends. They don’t know where to begin, how to edit their work and how to design and publish their photography portfolio. This course puts an end to the confusion and shares the proven, systematic technique from concept to coffee table album that I’ve used to self-publish more than 30 photo books. I take you through step-by-step using the self-publishing platform Blurb, which has a ton of gorgeous, downloadable templates that you can use to easily create a professional quality photo book.
Sharpen Your Skills
Selecting Images — Work With Printed Thumbnails
Discover how the pros cull their photos to prepare for publication with this simple yet effective technique. You’ll learn the benefits of printing all of your images in a small or even tiny size and working with them in order to get the final set.
Creating A Sequence To Support Your Storyline
Learn how to work on sequencing your photo material. You will be using professional techniques such as pairing, rhythm, rests and repeating motifs.
Design And Self-Publish A Beautiful Photobook
Turn a collection of your most cherished photos into a professional portfolio to last a lifetime. Holding in your hands a self-published photo book that you designed and produced is truly a special feeling. You don’t have to be a publishing pro to produce a polished, inviting book of your artwork for others — and you — to enjoy.