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Field Journal
Field notes, photographer to photographer — including guides on editing for print, sequencing a photo book, and the craft behind a finished piece.
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Buying Guides
Fine Art Printing for Photographers: What to Look for in a Print Service
What 'fine art printing' actually means for photographers, and how to evaluate a print service on paper choice, ink technology, colour management, and longev... -
Print Craft
Colour Management for Photo Books: Getting Accurate Prints
A technical guide to colour management for photo books, covering colour spaces, ICC profiles, monitor calibration, soft-proofing, and gamut mapping. Written ... -
Materials
How to Make a Photo Book: A Photographer's Complete Guide
The definitive guide to making a photo book from start to finish. Selecting images, choosing a format, sequencing, layout design, file preparation, paper cho... -
Print Craft
The Photographer's Guide to Creating a Portfolio Book
A photography portfolio book distils your strongest work into a single, designed object. This guide covers editing, sequencing, format choices, layout decisi... -
Print Craft
Why Your Best Photographs Deserve More Than a Screen
A case for printing your photographs: why images trapped on hard drives and social feeds are unfinished work, and what changes when you give them a physical ... -
Print Craft
Editing Photographs for Print: A Photographer's Field Guide
A handful of considered refinements to shadows, highlights, saturation, and sharpening translate a screen image into a print that holds its own on paper. Her... -
Materials
The Best Paper for Photo Books: A Photographer's Guide to Print Materials
Paper is the single biggest factor in how your photographs translate to print. This guide covers paper types, weights, coatings, and archival properties so y... -
Materials
What Is a Layflat Photo Book? (And Why Photographers Love Them)
A layflat photo book opens completely flat at every spread, with no gutter pulling the edge of your images into the spine. Here's how the binding works, when...
