It arrived! Ok, so I know that FedEx is on their game ‘n all, but the explanation for the 4 hour gap between the last post and this one is just that I posted the last one waaaay after I thought I would. It’s no magic 4-hour printing/binding/delivery feature…
The shot above is of the finished book. (see here for the first post about creating the book)
First impressions? It’s really cool seeing pictures printed professionally! I think it’s going to make a great present, and I’m thinking of doing another one for myself as a coffee table book. Also seems skinnier than I was expecting – not sure why, but at 36 pages I somehow pictured it being slightly thicker. Might get the hardback version next time.
The quality of the printing is really good, and the paper (glossyish and feels hard-wearing) is excellent. The covers seem well made as well.
Not a lot of bad things to say about it really. For the price, and for the total-simplicity, it really is great. I’m sure it’s not top-of-the-range quality, and also bear in mind that this is my first book that I’ve printed… so I might be biased!
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
1/250 sec at f/7.1
ISO 200
50mm
Strobist info: Canon 580EXII into a collapsed umbrella above the book to the right. 1/4 power. No additional strobes were used as I wanted to squeeze all the depth out of the relatively flat book that I could. I’ve also ‘fanned’ the pages, and held them in that position with a lens (the 45 Tilt Shift that I’ve rented, but that’s another post…)
