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?).