Category Archives: Inspiration

If they can do it, you can do it

Vacation inspiration? Enter your book in Blurb’s travel contest

When you get back from a vacation, at the top of the list is to download your digital pictures and relive all the good times from your trip. But don’t you want those good times to continue? Making a book from your trip photos means those vacation memories can live on and be shared with [...]

A lot Going for him

Michael Going has been a photographer since grade-school, but there were a bunch of years in there where he didn’t pick up the camera at all.
“My black-and-white photography class as a child is my fondest memory of that age, but there were no artists in my family … photography wasn’t something that my parents could [...]

Where are you going?

Wherever you’re headed this summer, take your camera — and make sure you read Adorama’s Top Tips for Travel Pix before you leave. You might also want to take a peek at the rest of the articles in their Hit the Road! series for insights on best travel cameras, preparing your gear, and portable storage. [...]

Skateboarding is not a crime

At least, not when it produces photographs like Lia Halloran’s. Read more about Lia’s Dark Skate exhibition here.
Then take a look at the Shutter Sisters blog. This group found a great way to leverage San Francisco’s recent BlogHer event — and they’ll be making a Blurb book from the results of their experiment.
On the Blurb [...]

Quacked out

If there were a Recommended Daily Allowance on cuteness, the penguins in this Chicago Tribune feature just might exceed it. For considerably snarkier comments, see Digg.
Less snark, more ‘zine? Well, can’t make too many promises, but take a look at Wired for a retrospective on San Francisco’s annual Zine Festival.
All sorts of crazy things are [...]

Grow your own cover

If you get really motivated over the weekend, you can follow Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey’s lead, and start growing your own photographic image on a patch of grass.
According to Creative Review, “The artists essentially use grass as a form of photographic paper, projecting a black-and-white negative image onto a patch of grass as it [...]

Made by who?

As mentioned in a previous blog post, Blurb books can help professionals elevate their brand in a powerful way. The digital age has given print material a whole new kind of credibility — and presenting a prospect with a bound version of your work lends you that same credibility.
Recently, photographer and blogger Joe Farace picked [...]