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New Book: Shooting Blind

Walt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:26:51 +0000

My new book is up for sale/preview on Blurb. Check out the link below …

By walter e. howington

Description: One photographer’s 4 month attempt at seeing his art in a new light …. total darkness.
More portfolio than memoir, Shooting Blind is the visual record of a project aimed at combining the random beauty of blind photography with the limitless creative avenues offered by modern image editing suites. Having shot more than 2500 images this book highlights more than 50 of the best pieces from that work.

FlashPost: Review of Blurb.com

Walt — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:19:13 +0000

So if you have been reading my blog since the start, you know that I recently published my first Photography book via Blurb.com. I made this decision because, in my opinion, it is a Green method of publishing and helps control freaks like myself main … well, control. Last week I recieved my first book in the mail and it has been waiting on me to go through and really scrutinize it.

At first look, the book is very well made and put together. The basic print paper is a good weight and took the ink well. The color images were dead on. The glossy cover looks good and the paperback cover is stout. The binding is tight giving the book a good strong spine.

The cons was I found my RGB B/W images had a light green cast to it, but Im sure that is an issue of Lightroom/Photoshop/Me than it is Blurb. Shippping was a tad bit high in my opinion, but if you look you can usually find free shipping coupons on the web. Another Con is their Booksmart software. I found it usable yet dismal at the same time. If you’re very creative I highly recommend downloading some templates from The Art of Engineering blog. She has released them in both TIFF and InDesign file formats. These templates allow for custom layouts so you don’t have to use Blurb’s preset layout defaults. I used these templates for [ In Situ ] and loved them. Very well done.

While I may chose to publish a traditional book via a normal publisher at some time in the future, I find the positive aspects of self-publishing via Blurb too good to pass up.

Book Release!!

Walt — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:30:21 +0000

So today, Friday the 20th, 2009, Im really happy to announce I am releasing my first Photography book, [ life in situ ]. I decided to self-publish via Blurb without even attempting to look at more traditional means. I felt that Blurb was an obvious choice for several reasons. First off, it forces me to be responsible for marketing the book and selling it’s merits. Secondly, it doesn’t kill thousands of trees and increase greenhouse gases needlessly in the event the book completely tanks. Lastly, it allows me to retain creative control over the process. As a former Art Director I have a certain level of need to maintain control of my creative process. So, in the end, the product you purchase from Blurb is my vision, not a collaboration of various publisher’s Creative Directors. Does this mean I won’t ever publish with a mainstream publisher? Not at all. But, only if I feel it is worth it. If you’d like to check it out or maybe purchase a copy, visit the link …

life in situ

By Walter Howington

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