Hey everybody. Had a good break. I'll be posting again here and there.
To commemorate my 10 years, I compiled the images from ALL of my 365 Projects! Yep, each one! Each year is color coded with a bar on the right page.
This massive photo book is for my personal use only. For this reason and because it's a bit too large, sorry to say that I'm not selling it. Just wanted to make something to reward and encourage myself as well as showcase to my fam & friends.
It took over 4 months to make and was like creating 10 books! Lots of work, but seeing everything in print was totally worth it. Definitely recommend printing your work, whether individual photos or a full year. It feels great having it in hand.
Printing was done by Blurb because they allow hundreds of pages. In fact, guess how many pages the book is? It had to be even, so 366—but had some pun fun with the final page. 😁
What a monumental undertaking! You definitely are the master of organization! I think this is a marvelous way to document your journey! Congratulations
Love how you have compiled this collage to showcase your accomplishment!
Congratulations, Chris! That is a massive book! And I agree with @grammyn -- you are masterful at staying organized, committed, and remaining upbeat while entertaining your viewers with your sense of humor, and most of all, sharing your photographic prowess
Whoa! Chris! This is soooo grand! Congratulations for doing it.
Last year (I was at the beginning of my photography journey) I also printed out in booklet format some of the challenges I had with my photo-pal. It is a great feeling to see them all in one place on paper. I rarely flip them, but I know they-re there.
Maybe, I'll do the same with my 365 year.
You are, as usual, an inspiration!
What a fantastic creation Chris :) You deserve a medal for putting in such a great effort - I'd love to see it!! I made a book each year to have a record for myself too. Fav for your enthusiasm!!
Hi Chris!
Great to see you have put this gigantic book together. It's really something to be proud of and will be a nice momento of your 10 years on 365.
Stay well and say hi to CJ.😁
@kjarn - Yay, glad you liked it so much Kathy! Absolutely happy to share the link and specs!
The book was printed through Blurb: https://www.blurb.com
(On their website, they outline different ways books can be made. One is through their free design tool called, BookWright.)
However, I used a program called Affinity Designer to create each page of my book and then exported it as a PDF.
It takes a bit of reading and research to learn the programs and get everything correct so perhaps you could take a day and analyze the information. Once you have it down, it's fairly simple to create.
--MY SPECS--
Book Size: Standard Landscape 10x8 inches (25x20 cm)
Cover: Hardcover, Image Wrap
Pages: 366
Paper: Standard (I actually recommend Premium Paper but it's not available on books over 240 pages.)
Unit of Measurement: Inches
Final Interior, exported PDF (w x h): 9.625 x 8.25
Final Cover, exported PDF (w x h): 21.236 x 9.0
The PDF Specs link will give you more detailed information. If you ever need help or questions on it, please let me know. I'll try my best to help. :)
@cjphoto thank you so much for all this information, unfortunately you lost me a couple of paragraphs in. I don’t do editing or have programs.I should have known it would not have been straightforward to get such a wonderful book like that. I will check out blurb though, thanks again
@kjarn - You're welcome, Kathy!! Sorry about that, it took me a while to understand it, haha. But yeah, check out Blurb and see if their free BookWright program might meet your needs. If not, you can also try Shutterfly: https://www.shutterfly.com/
I've heard really good things about their books as well and I believe you can make their books online using their site.
Wow- that's impressive- I wouldn't know where to start with my stuff since I've had two albums going for most of my time here. The book looks fantastic.
March 10th, 2021
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Love how you have compiled this collage to showcase your accomplishment!
Last year (I was at the beginning of my photography journey) I also printed out in booklet format some of the challenges I had with my photo-pal. It is a great feeling to see them all in one place on paper. I rarely flip them, but I know they-re there.
Maybe, I'll do the same with my 365 year.
You are, as usual, an inspiration!
Great to see you have put this gigantic book together. It's really something to be proud of and will be a nice momento of your 10 years on 365.
Stay well and say hi to CJ.😁
Sending this a bit late but thanks everyone for all the congrats and awesomely cool words about the book! Really warms my heart. :)
The book was printed through Blurb: https://www.blurb.com
(On their website, they outline different ways books can be made. One is through their free design tool called, BookWright.)
However, I used a program called Affinity Designer to create each page of my book and then exported it as a PDF.
Then I uploaded it to Blurb's PDF to Book page:
https://www.blurb.com/pdf-to-book
Book will have different specifications depending on how many pages it has and the size you choose. This page can be used to find out what your PDF's specs should be:
https://www.blurb.com/make/pdf_to_book/booksize_calculator
It takes a bit of reading and research to learn the programs and get everything correct so perhaps you could take a day and analyze the information. Once you have it down, it's fairly simple to create.
--MY SPECS--
Book Size: Standard Landscape 10x8 inches (25x20 cm)
Cover: Hardcover, Image Wrap
Pages: 366
Paper: Standard (I actually recommend Premium Paper but it's not available on books over 240 pages.)
Unit of Measurement: Inches
Final Interior, exported PDF (w x h): 9.625 x 8.25
Final Cover, exported PDF (w x h): 21.236 x 9.0
The PDF Specs link will give you more detailed information. If you ever need help or questions on it, please let me know. I'll try my best to help. :)
I've heard really good things about their books as well and I believe you can make their books online using their site.
He has a lot of great videos and even a website on photo books that can give you an idea of different options that are out there.
Anyway, hope it provides some extra help. :)