Create a Coffee Table Book (Portfolio)
Here’s a quick tip for putting together a professional presentation of a like-kind collection. Lets say you want to promote your “Seniors” sitting packages. Get together about 20 or 30 of your best Senior images and turn them into a hard-cover coffee table style book!
Most photographic printers, such as MPIX, offer this service for around $30-$50. Applications like Apple Aperture (and iPhoto) will let you order books right from the application.
You can create a custom cover, and even have a little promotional blurb on some of the pages. Most printers offer a choice of paper and cover styles, as well as sizes (5×5, 10×10, 8.5×11). Mix it up a little and use an 8×10 on one page, with a couple of smaller images on the facing page.
This is a great way to display your collection in a unique format, that you can leave out in your sitting area of the studio, or take with you to meet a client.
Think about using this for Publicity Photos, Modeling Headshots, Commercial Products, etc.
If you have any other unique formats for promotional items, let us know!
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2 - Scott Kelby
I just finished reading Scott Kelby’s The Digital Photography Book, Vol 2. It was an easy read, with lots of great tips for aspiring shooters (and possibly a new trick for an old dog). Written in typical Scott Kelby fashion, it was a little sarcastic at times, which just makes it that much more interesting.
Scott Kelby, author of the groundbreaking bestseller “The Digital Photography Book, Vol. 1” is back with an entirely new book that picks up right where Vol. 1 left off. It’s more of that “Ah ha—so that’s how they do it,” straight-to-the-point, skip the techno jargon; packed with stuff you can really use today, that made Vol. 1 the world’s bestselling book on digital photography.
If you’re looking to pick up a few pointers from a pro (and who isn’t), this book is well worth the read. If you’re a NAPP member, you can probably even get a little discount. And of course if you haven’t read The Digital Photography Book, Vol 1, then pick up a copy of that while you’re at it. Keep ‘em coming Scott!