A new coffee table photo book with PicTales to be published soon!

After having created two magazine-type photo books and one square book, I decided to try my hand at a more substantial volume.

A photo book is another great way to collect fine art photography. It will not break the bank, no need for framing, no need for wall space, and it provides a great collection of a photographer's work, and insight in his/her vision and approach of the medium.

With 28 PicTales published on the blog as per today, I thought it would be a great opportunity to bundle these in a nice coffee-table type book.

Since creating the other books directly in LightRoom with Blurb worked so well, I will go that path again with this new book:

the LightRoom and Blurb combination is easy to use;
I retain complete creative control over the production;
and the print-on-demand solution Blurb offers doesn't make me need to take out a second mortgage to pre-finance printing.

The PicTales I am going to select for this book are aligned with my vision as photographer: showing what not clearly can be seen, or providing a new narrative to an existing situation.

At this moment it is still early stages, and there are several decisions I need to make during the next two weeks:

what PicTales to include: all would probably be too many. I also need to decide whether to only choose stories that have black and white images, or also include some with color images. This will have an immediate impact on sequencing.
What cover to use: hardbound with image wrap, or hardbound with a sleeve.
What paper to use: I have not made a final decision regarding the paper, but it most likely will be the Proline Uncoated paper I used for the 10 Haiku booklet. It has a very nice rendering of black & white and color images, and it has a very nice feel to it.
What title to use: I have some ideas, but these need to be thought through a bit more.

I aim to have the book ready for purchase before Christmas shopping season starts.

As a sneak peek, below some images that already have been selected for the book (can you find the accompanying PicTales?).