Yesterday, I made a bad assumption. That the sharpening action that I had developed for the HP Indigo 5000 for Blurb printing was exclusively for the Blurb Indigo printer and did not apply to the Xerox iGen3 printer that Blurb utilizes for the 7" x 7" books. Duh! The truth in the matter is that... Continue Reading →
Sharpening photos 4 Blurb – v1.1 review
I just received my copy of the v1.1 for the changes that I anticpated making for the book Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing. And this confirms again wy is better to go with an initial private printing before going public! Because I missed the mark with v1.1 and actually my first version is about right... Continue Reading →
Yountville Black and White alternative
Well, I do not know what the issue was, but nevertheless, I can now post the photograph that I had tried unsuccessfully last evening. So I am going to edit this entry and continue on with what I am was trying to say. I had placed this same black & white image on Stills, another site which I... Continue Reading →
Yountville, CA
Yountville, CA 2007, copyright by Douglas Stockdale Last year while I was on assignment in Napa, CA I had the opportunity to walk around the back streets of Yountville. This is a little town off the main road heading north out of Napa while you are still in this famous wine area. I was waiting for my dinner... Continue Reading →
Influences
It was an interesting relevation for me to first find out that I did not know as much about Blurb printers as I thought I did. But that was not what surprised me the most. In working on my project Places Amongst Us during May, I had photographed with both film and digital and I... Continue Reading →
Places Amongst Us – Blurb printer changed
"Places Amongst Us" SoFoBoMo series by Douglas Stockdale First, kudos to Anita for tipping me off that there is a differenct printer used by Blurb for the 7 x 7" square books than their other larger books. I did not know! But this dog can hunt;- ) So here is the scoop. Only the 7... Continue Reading →
Spotting prints
Odd, I can have no quams about spending an hour or two spotting a print, but I look for every excuse in the book to avoid manualing loading data in a spreadsheet. Both are vary repitious tasks, one I find very boring and the other almost a zen like delight. I know that it is probably a lot... Continue Reading →
Square book
Another take away from my SoFoBoMo book Places Amongst Us has been the relatively feel in my hands of the Blurb square 6-3/4 x 6-3/4" softcover book. Perhaps a little too small. My square images appear to be stuffed in it. Admittedly, I use the LensWork magazine (also softcover & pefect bound) as my "gold standard"... Continue Reading →
V1.1 updated for Sharpen Photos for Blurb
I am glad that I let my V1.1 update for my Sharpen Photographs for Blurb Printing rest overnight before uploading the template to Blurb. I think that I still found about half dozen additional edits to complete. This just confirms for me that I usually need some time after completing a project to come back and look... Continue Reading →
A day of rewriting
I decided that I needed to get the version 1.1 rewrite completed for the Sharpening Photographs for Blurb Printing book. My thoughts are fresh and I am motivated. A good combination. And it is taking most of the day. I did not think that it needed that many edits, but considering that this was a long... Continue Reading →