Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > Fun! Nicely done. > > stan > > On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Hi Everyone: >> >> Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and I would like to share a project we >> worked on as a thank you gift for Mike Wilson and his family for their >> wonderful hospitality while in Northumbria this past summer. The book is >> completed and the Wilsons have received it--with enthusiasm I might add! >> >> Our collaborative process was as follows: >> >> 1) The Mitchells and Bob W. set up Google Doc pages, posted their photos at >> full size, then sent me the link. >> 2) I downloaded all photos and imported the photos into Lightroom >> 3) In Lightroom using the book module, I began the layout of the book--and >> saved the project. Don't forget to do that if working on a Lightroom book >> project. Very important. >> 4) I wanted to show the Mitchells and Bob a draft, so I took screen shots of >> each page, saved the screen shots as jpegs, created a web gallery in >> Lightroom, then sent the link to the Brits for feedback. They commented on >> layout, cover ideas, typos et al. >> 5) At the same time, I ordered a proof copy of the book, which helped a lot >> because I found even more typos after looking at the hardcopy. My only >> complaint at this point is blurb should offer a discounted proof copy. But >> anyway . . . >> 6) After looking at the first draft, which had no cover yet, Chris Mitchell >> suggested superimposing the cover with our text in the highway sign. That >> work was done in Photoshop Elements 10, which I purchased for the project, >> but I needed to get the application anyway with my switch from PC to Mac. >> 5) So, then I revised, uploaded to blurb, and I purchased the book. >> 6) I signed the book, shipped it off to the Mitchells so they could sign it, >> then Chris met up with Bob W. and he signed it. Then it was shipped to the >> Wilsons, and I'm happy to announce it's safely in their hands. >> >> The entire process was easy as punch. I was nervous because this was my >> first book, but Lightroom 4 makes the process so easy--really I was amazed >> at how easy it was. The only real hard part is finding the time to actually >> do such projects. I have lots of ideas now for gifts and my own work, but >> finding time will be the number one challenge. >> >> As the preview shows, we chose an image wrap cover, pro pearlline paper, and >> some elegant end papers. At first I wasn't keen on the image wrap cover, >> but to do the cover the way I wanted to and as quickly as I wanted to, the >> image wrap ended up the best choice, and surprisingly, I liked the result. >> I had a prejudice against image wrap, but I'm over that now. >> >> So, everyone's agreed to share our work, not to sell copies since this is a >> personal project, but rather just to share the result of our collaboration, >> which we are all quite proud of. >> >> Hope you enjoy! Cheers, Christine, Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and >> The Wilsons! >> >> Thanks again Mike! We had such a great time! We're all very grateful! >> >> http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3569088 >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
