PHOTO BOOK FUN!

NBC's REVOLUTION gives a perfect reason to make a Photobook

2012-10-03T07:00:00.000-04:00

I don't know if any of you have been watching REVOLUTION on NBC on at 10pm on Mondays. But this above clip is a perfect reason why we should all quickly make a photobook of our loved ones because you never know what will happen in the future.

The show is really interesting. The clip shows an ex-Google executive (the bearded guy) and a doctor with a British accent out in the wilderness. It's been 15 years since all electronics and electricity have stopped working in the US and militia have taken over as governments have fallen. Since life was so digital and electronic, nobody has photos of their old life and therefore no memories.

It's a pretty good show and a perfect reason to get those precious photos printed out in a volume that will withstand most any disaster.

Watch a 1940s Era Magazine Publishing Company Documentary Explaining Each Step, From Trees to Paper to Printing the Art etc.

2012-09-08T09:46:00.000-04:00

-I thought this was a particularly fascinating video since we do photobooks which are basically just place, click and print and a full color magazine back in the 1940s was such a long arduous task that it's shocking just how many people were employed. We also do digitization of magazine collections which some are in full color and some are not. It's amazing how we just scan and digitize and breeze over what took hours and days to produce.
-Silver Street Media.

more at http://news.quickfound.net/journalism_news_and_links.html

Shows the entire process of magazine publishing, from making paper to distribution. Includes Saturday Evening Post cover artist Norman Rockwell and cartoonist Ted Key.

Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Publishing_Company

The Curtis Publishing Company, founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, became one of the largest and most influential publishers in the United States during the early 20th century. The company's publications included the Ladies' Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post, The American Home, Holiday, Jack & Jill, and Country Gentleman. In the 1940s, Curtis also had a comic book imprint, Novelty Press....

History

The company was formed in 1891 by publisher Cyrus Curtis, who published the People's Ledger, a news magazine he had begun in Boston in 1872 and moved to Philadelphia in 1876. He had also established the Tribune and Farmer in 1879, from the women's section of which he fashioned the Ladies' Home Journal under the editorship of his wife, Louisa Knapp in 1883. These publications were taken under the imprimatur of the new company.

In 1897, Curtis spent $1,000 to buy The Saturday Evening Post, which would become one of the nation's most popular periodicals, known for its timely articles and stories and frequent cover illustrations by Norman Rockwell. In 1946 Curtis Circulation Company is created as an official subsidiary of Curtis Publishing Company. The advent of television in the late 1940s and early 1950s encroached upon the popularity of general interest periodicals like the Post and the Journal, and in March, 1962, Curtis Publishing's president Robert A. MacNeal announced that the company had lost money for the first time since its incorporation, more than 70 years before.

...Curtis Publishing shut down the Evening Post in 1969. In March 1969, the Federal Trade Commission directs Curtis to offer cash refunds for unfulfilled portions of Evening Post subscriptions. Perfect Film purchased Curtis Circulation Company that same year. In 1976, The Saturday Evening Post Society was spun off from Curtis to publish its flagship magazine and U.S. Kids was formed which publishes their portfolio of childrens' magazines...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saturday_Evening_Post

The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971...

While the publication traces its historical roots to Benjamin Franklin, The Pennsylvania Gazette was first published in 1728 by Samuel Keimer. The following year (1729), Franklin acquired the Gazette from Keimer for a small sum and turned it into the largest circulation newspaper in all the colonies. It continued publication until 1800. The Saturday Evening Post was founded in 1821 and grew to become the most widely circulated weekly magazine in America. The magazine gained prominent status under the leadership of its longtime editor George Horace Lorimer (1899--1937).

The Saturday Evening Post published current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry (with contributions submitted by readers), single-panel gag cartoons (including Hazel by Ted Key) and stories by the leading writers of the time. It was known for commissioning lavish illustrations and original works of fiction. Illustrations were featured on the cover and embedded in stories and advertising. Some Post illustrations became popular and continue to be reproduced as posters or prints, especially those by Norman Rockwell.

Curtis Publishing Co. stopped publishing the Post in 1969 after the company lost a landmark defamation suit and was ordered to pay over $3 million in damages. The Post was revived in 1971 as a quarterly publication. As of the late 2000s, The Saturday Evening Post is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982...

http://youtu.be/hHl5Gbk1ICc

Found Via Mike Lynch Cartoons.

Photobook Photography News/Links: Drowning Bride, Art of the Building, Babies! Kodak and Skid Row Photobook?

2012-08-27T07:00:00.000-04:00

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When photography goes too far: In Quebec, a woman wanted one last photo of herself in her wedding dress before returning it or giving it back. During the photo shoot she fell into the water and the water soaked into the dress making it super heavy. She drowned pretty quickly even though the photographer tried to help her. Sad sad story.
Newlywed bride drowns, wanted one last photograph in her wedding dress.

Finalists for the ART OF THE BUILDING contect are now up at the Huffington Post.

Sebastian Bach of Skid Row is contemplating a photobook about his life. It seems like all these aged rockers are now making books as they've perhaps run out of money. More power to this guy who isn't short of tooting his own horn. He's quoted in the Examiner.com article saying, "My life story is insanely insane." Funny. Can't wait to see it!

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In light of my own child who came into this work almost a month ago, this article looks like some great advice: 3 photobook companies to make your first year baby photobook! I would also add Dabblebooks to that list!

Source: kehblog.com via Mauricio on Pinterest

and sad news that Kodak is ceasing their still photography business.

Orange County California Photobook - Internet's First Photobook Comic

2012-08-17T07:00:00.000-04:00

Photo credits from FLICKR: 1. FontFont 2. Sumeetjain 3. ngader 4. biofriendly
More Photobook comics

Photo book vs. Picture book vs. Photo album: What's the Difference?

2012-08-15T07:00:00.000-04:00

A photobook is a book whose primary content is photographic. It does not have to contain text. Many show the work of a single photographer or a collaboration between photographer(s) and a/some writer(s).

A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often but not always aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil, pen and also photos.

A photo album, is a collection of photographs, generally in a book. Some albums have compartments which the photos may be slipped into; other albums have heavy paper with a sticky surface covered with clear plastic sheets, in which photos can be put. Older style albums often were simply books of heavy paper which photos could be glued to or attached to with adhesive corners, or pages.

Now we have that all cleared up. Thanks to Wikipedia for those decisive answers. At Silver Street Media our job is to assist you in your creation of the first one: the photo book. You can make your photo book look like the third one: a photo album if you want to. Heck, if you are good with a scanner and photoshop you could even make your photo book look a lot like the second one: a picture book.

With a little text and some good photos, you could turn your photo book into number two: a picture book. And with some of the layout templates on Silver Street Media.com you could make your photo book look like a number three: a photo album.

Any way which you choose, Silver Street Media is there to help. Ask us some questions if you want. We’re just an e-mail away.

Photography and Photobook Links: Line Camera App, Crowdsourcing your Wedding Album and NASA's Mars lander photos!

2012-08-13T07:00:00.001-04:00

An example of LINE CAMERA App, very popular in Japan.

Source: via KissMe on Pinterest

There's a new APP for your smartphone that replaces the disposable cameras at the next wedding you go to. It's called WedPics. Guests can upload right there and then to an online wedding album or later when they get home. No more seeing photos of your wedding 6 months to 3 years later after the fact! All they have to do is use all the photos in an amazing photobook!

Some of the photos coming back from Mars are pretty amazing. Can't wait for a big photobook called MARS!

Another example of LINE CAMERA App, did you know it's free!

Source: via Jennie on Pinterest

Over in Japan they've announced that a cool photo app for the smartphone has reached 10 million dowloads. The App allows you to take photos, then decorate it with a bunch of sticker like things. (Sounds very Japan like.) To give you perspective on how amazing the number of downloads is...

"LINE camera took 117 days to achieve 10 million downloads. When this time span is compared to that of other camera apps such as Instagram which took 355 days, it is immediately obvious how rapidly this app is gaining popularity."

Below is a introduction to the app for your smartphone and I can't wait to see a photobook with these kind of fun photos!

And ANOTHER example of LINE CAMERA App, typical East Asian!

Source: blogonthedlist.com via Leander on Pinterest

LINE camera iPhone App Review (FREE App) - CrazyMikesapps
http://youtu.be/iSAGz5ncQ6k

A Baby Photobook - Internet's First Photobook Comic

2012-08-10T07:00:00.000-04:00

More photobook comics here. The above comic is inspired by what could be a true story. :D

Everyone Loves the Photobooth: 5 Photobooth Photobooks and examples!

2012-08-08T07:00:00.000-04:00

Great Memories are Made with Photobooth
photos, how much better would it be in a
photobook!?
Source: google.com via Lisa on Pinterest

Have you ever been to someplace and you see a booth with that classic curtain? You step in. Put your money in the slot and quickly pose for the 4 consecutive shots. Perhaps by yourself or with a friend or with a bunch of friends. Hope the photos come out ok. You just experienced a photobooth. There are some classics shots out there and I have one in my scrapbook somewhere. Well there's tons of information out there about photobooths. I bet photobooth photos would make a great photobook. Well, there are some already out there. Here's a list of 5 books about the American phenomonon: The Photobooth.

Hilhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures

Hilhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures is comprised of wacky and outrageous picture strips of Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Colin Farrell, Heath Ledger, Heidi Klum, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Tucker, Kim Cattrall, Jackie Chan, Dino De Laurentiis, Clive Davis, Aaliyah, Edward Norton, Salma Hayek, Quincy Jones, Ralph Fiennes, Rod Stewart, Val Kilmer, Liv Tyler, Harvey Keitel, Jay-Z ... and many, many more!

American Photobooth

A fascinating history of an American institution that includes an extraordinary collection of photobooth images.

“That a perceptive, dedicated, and sensitive artist like Näkki Goranin has rescued from oblivion so many amazing self-portraits created by amateurs confronting themselves in the fleeting privacy of humble photobooths is yet another miracle for which we can be grateful.”—from the foreword by David Haberstich Generally relegated to the realm of kitsch, the history and cultural importance of the photobooth has long been overlooked...“For anyone who assumes that photobooth pictures are perfunctory, utilitarian records at best, the range of emotions and moods portrayed by the subjects of [this] collection is a revelation.”

Photobooth: The Art of the Automatic Portrait

Since its introduction to the public in September of 1926 on a street corner in New York City, the automatic photobooth has captured the interest of the general public and fine artists alike. Raynal Pellicer, author of Mug Shots, examines the self-portraits—sometimes practical, sometimes whimsical—produced by this enduring 20th-century novelty.

The countless documents included here feature shots of Francis Bacon, Billy Childish, Allen Ginsberg, John F. Kennedy, Anne Frank, Salvador Dalí, André Breton, Wim Wenders, Walker Evans, and John Lennon, among others. Photobooth draws a fantastic inventory of artistic variations on the snapshot, bringing together works of art and self-portraits of persons both known and unknown, from the 1920s to the present.

MTV Photobooth: An MTV Overground Book

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Over 200 celebrities. 61 sunglasses. 44 tongues. 28 goofy faces. 15 middle fingers. 14 blown kisses. 12 heavy metal signs. 8 threesomes. 5 nosepickings, 2 nipples, and 1 bare ass. Enter the secret space of MTV's world-famous Times Square studio photobooth and see what only the camera has as you stare straight into the faces--and some other body parts we can't mention here--of your favorite stars. You've seen them on TRL, DFX and other MTV programs, but you've never seen them like this, vamping, posing, giggling, and goofing in strip after outrageous four-photo strip. From Jennifer Lopez to Janet Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne to Blink 182, and Mike Myers to Madonna, MTV Photobooth brings you face-to-face with your favorite stars.

Photobooth

In 1925 the Siberian immigrant Anatol Josepho had an idea for a small curtain-enclosed booth where people could take affordable portraits anonymously and automatically. The photobooth was born. Within 20 years there were more than 30,000 in the United States alone, an explosive growth due largely to World War II, as soldiers and loved ones exchanged photos, hoping to cling to memories or moments in a world turned upside down. But by the 1960s the advent of Polaroid photography spelled the doom of the "four strip" that had become a fixture at arcades and drugstores everywhere.

Photobooth presents over 700 such photographs from the last 75 years, images at turns spontaneous and uninhibited, often goofy, and occasionally touching. It is a fascinating portrait of everyday people and a testament to the ongoing fascination with both the process and the result.

Do you have a photobooth photo? Where was the last time you did a photobooth photo?

Scream activated photo booth featured on the NBC Today Show: j.mp/Mdb1s8
— PetaPixel (@petapixel) July 16, 2012

Time Capsule: 18-year-old James Dean in a photo booth, 1949 - bit.ly/LjGWmv
— The Retronaut (@theretronaut) July 16, 2012

Before I die, I want to take really cute pictures with someone in a photo booth.
— Bruce Bogtrotter ☻ (@Rochelleee_) July 14, 2012

Source: Uploaded by user via Yvette on Pinterest

I've always wanted to take cute pictures in a photo booth with somebody.
— CÓNÒR (@ConorHoey) July 14, 2012

trying to think of some crazy new poses for a photobooth?how about these ideas?bit.ly/hjAuAw
— Mebo Photo Booths (@mebophoto) July 8, 2012

They Oughta Make a Photobook: Turn Your Grief into Photography

2012-08-06T07:00:00.000-04:00

Over at the Daily Mail we found these pictures that were bizarre and enchanting. It also says that these were an escape for the photographer. You see her mother had passed away from a brain tumor in 2008 and she channelled her grief into her work.
This is from the Daily Mail:

She retreated behind the lens of her camera and created Wonderland, an ethereal fantasy world. The photographic series began as a small summer project but grew into an inspirational creative journey.

'Real life became a difficult place to deal with, and I found myself retreating further into an alternative existence through the portal of my camera,' said the artist.

'This escapism grew into the concept of creating an unexplained storybook without words, dedicated to her [my mother], that would echo the fragments of the fairytales she read to me constantly as a child.'

Some of the photos were inspired from her dreams after her world fell apart.

There are more photos at her own website: http://www.kirstymitchellphotography.com/

One thing is for sure. These would make an AWESOME photobook.

Ask SSM: What about my old photo albums? Should I throw them out?

2012-08-01T07:00:00.000-04:00

Dear SSM,

Now that I’ve made my photobook and I’m really happy with it, what should I do with my photo albums? I mean I was able to put in all the photos into my photobook so what do I need the albums for? Should I toss them?

Sincerely,

Al Bum

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Dear Al,

Great question. We here at Silver Street Media would never advocate for tossing photo albums. They took time to compile and they can have many uses in the future. Unfortunately we could only think of one usage: showing your grandkids what a photo album looked like. But no, I think that just in case anything happened, Heaven forbid! to your house or apartment at least you have a “back up copy” in your photo album.

Thanks again!

The SSM team.

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Photography and Photobook News: Memory Card Mystery, iPad Won't Replace the Book, BEES! and Photographing Bubbles!

2012-07-30T07:00:00.001-04:00

Read about a fascinating mystery when a camera turned up at a thrift store with a memory card in it. Someobdy found the card and got a couple hundred photos off of it. With no reference at all there was a little detective work going on to try and find out who owned the camera and where they were and why the camera showed up at the thrift store.

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Look like you are really studious by putting books on your computer! If you are on the computer apparently you don't look studious enough.

Source: society6.com via Bethany on Pinterest

According to WIRED in their article about Edward Burtynsky's amazing "Oil" photos, they have an interesting quote about the photos getting an iPad app:

"With app in hand, we were able to confirm the obvious — the iPad will never replace a print on the wall or a well-designed photo book."

This will give all book manufacturers, book binders and the like an extra kick in their step. Nothing, not even an iPad app, can replace the real thing in your hands. Even in 2012.

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Professional Photographer films removal of a massive bee hive in his house. YIKES!

http://youtu.be/tt1OQxcBkRU

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Liquid Image 304 XSC Explorer Series 8.0 MP Underwater Video Camera - Yellow I saw this the other day and this would make an amazing photobook! A camera on your goggles! WHAT??

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Over at a Milwaukee News site, they have an article talking about how children photography might be bad for children or detrimental. Here's a bizarre quote from the article:

"At Shoot the Moon Photography artistic photos are possible. However, newborn photo shoots come with a warning, if not done the right way.

Babies are hanging from trees, or stuffed in jars," explains Vertz as she points to her computer screen and shows us potentially dangerous baby photos found all over the Internet."

Click the link to read more. Who in the world would stuff their baby into a jar just for a photo? WEIRD!

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There's a series of amazing photos at ABC News showing bubbles. They are too cool. They somehow got the shot of the bubble popping. Click the link to see!

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Video: Vietnam War Photobook Interview with the photographer

2012-07-30T07:00:00.000-04:00

Mark Jury felt he needed to get an up-close and personal view of the war in Vietnam.

"I didn't agree with the war particularly as it went on, but I thought it was going to be the overpowering experience of my generation," the Waverly resident said. "I was determined I was going to experience it."

In the summer of 1969, he got his wish. However, his yearlong stay wasn't spent clutching an M-16, but rather a few battered Nikons.

Read more:
Images of war: Waverly resident saw Vietnam conflict through lens as Army photographer

"Published in several languages, including German and Japanese, "Gramp" went on to win the ALA Notable Book Award and the World Understanding Award in the Nikon/University of Missouri Competition.

From books, Mr. Jury and his brother ventured into filmmaking. In 1981, they produced the feature-length "Chillysmith Farm," which was inspired by "Gramp." The film received the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival, CINE Golden Eagle and Best Film at the White House Conference on Aging Film Showcase."

Read more:
Vietnam experience led to career as freelance photographer

A Real Civil War Color Painting from "The Civil War Through the Camera" Rallying the Line

2012-07-25T07:00:00.000-04:00

We've got an amazing book at Silver Street Media about the Civil War. This month we'll post up a number of the photographs that are featured in the book. It's called The Civil War Through the Cameraand it's a 500+ page book filled with real photographs from the Civil War era. If you are a Civil War buff, participate in reenactment buff or you are just curious about one of the bloodiest wars in American history, this book is for you!

The book is ON SALE NOW to the End of July 2012! Click the book above for details!

You can get this great book The Civil War Through the Cameraright now for that Civil War Fan in your life!

Photobook and Photography Links: Leaf Peepers in Japan, Rising Waters and Olympics in China and Leopards in India

2012-07-23T07:00:00.001-04:00

Enjoy the Links this week, we are going from the last Olympics, to Japan, back to China and then to India.

Photobooks of note: Leaf Peeper by Tim Bowditch

Such a journey is a Japanese tradition called Momijigari, where Japanese people visit scenic places in the autumn to see the leaves of trees turning red, says the photographer.

The images are accompanied by a text by de Kersaint Giraudeau, who shares "a story of insight, ignorance and blocked sinuses", in response to Bowditch's work.

The Rising Waters of the Yangtze

Nadav Kander: Yangtze, The Long River is a photography book, the size and weight of which matches the magnitude of the subject matter. Photographed between 2006 and 2008, Kander travelled along China’s largest river in a period of rapid transformation during the construction and completion of the Three Gorges Dam. The vast landscape photographs, too, highlight the sheer scale of a number of important tropes represented in the images: the size of the river, the millions of people living along the river, and the country’s unprecedented economic ambitions.

Leopard in dramatic photo traced to 2004 camera trap

The photo, taken by Indian photographer Vinay S. Kumar, was initially submitted to Conservation India, a not-for-profit portal to enable conservation action. Intrigued by the picture, CI's editors sent it to researchers at Wildlife Conservation Society's India Program who have been running a tiger-monitoring program for over two decades – the longest in the world. Their huge database of camera trap pictures also includes hundreds of pictures of leopards.

So You Think Photographing the Olympics is Fun

A great, long, article that talks about the difficulties and rewards of being a photographer at the Olympics.

Security has become an ever-increasing necessity at any public event. The Olympics are a prime target for terrorism and even in 1996 security was tight. You may remember that there was a bombing in Centennial Park in the heart of Atlanta about mid-way through the games. My writer colleague from the magazine and I were there a few hours before the bombing (right at the spot where it happened). After the bomb went off, security was increased dramatically. Even those guards who knew you (after screening you and your bags many times a day for more than a week) were forced to require that every piece of equipment go through X-ray and then be taken out, lenses uncovered to see through, cameras opened, etc.

Photographing the Beijing Olympics
Another great article from a Sports Illustrated photographer along with some great photos!

This trip dominated much of our thinking for the 18 months prior. Leading up to the games, every major and some of the minor events we covered would help us generate ideas, refine techniques, and perfect our partnership. When you are running as many as 30 cameras simultaneously, being inside each others heads is very important.

9 Creative Ideas for Those Old Books You've Never Read! (A Rhyming Poem)

2012-07-20T07:00:00.000-04:00

What do you do with an old book?
What are we supposed to do
with all the old books we own?
There are many things we can do
that people know and are well known!

How many books do you have
Many people have a lot
Look at this creative person
Using a book as a flower pot!

Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Kobo on Pinterest

The only problem they have
Which would be such a pain
If you leave your book outside
And at night it begins to rain!

Reusing your old books
Like we recycle that old left shoe
Is perfect for the Alaskan Native
Making a book igloo!

Source: Uploaded by user via Kobo on Pinterest

But living in a book igloo
Is like living in the Dark Ages
If it's cold you pull one down
and burn up a few pages!

Old books might make some sad
It might even make some people frown
But check out this creative woman
Who designed a book gown!

Source: juxtapost.com via Kobo on Pinterest

This dress is really nice
You'll never be in need
When waiting for your date
You'll have something to read!

Now these people are smart
Let's just hope the thing is stable
They've used a bunch of books
As a convenient little table!

Source: buzzfeed.com via Kobo on Pinterest

The thing that I don't like
If you take a closer look
One of the books they used
Is a Chinese cook book!

Here's a super idea
You have to read between the lines
Cut off and glue on a box
Are a bunch of old book spines!

Source: etsy.com via Kobo on Pinterest

But for those kind of people
Who like to go book exploring
Looking on your shelf make sure
Your spines are all boring.

For those who make models
And you trains are itty bitty
Use the spines of old books
And it'll look like a city

Source: mariemontard.com via Gaby on Pinterest

But this photo's kind of strange
Windows have been chopped
The doors come from photos
Maybe it's been photoshopped

Now this is a great idea
Destroying books I don't espouse
But check out this most amazingly
Creative bird book bird house!

Source: dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com via Delaware on Pinterest

Luckily this person had
Bird books on their bookshelves
So if the birds get bored
They can read about themselves.

Now here's a bright idea!
I think I learned at summer camp
Stack up a pile of books
Drill a hole, you've got a lamp!

Source: curbly.com via Gaby on Pinterest

Just make sure you're careful
Very very careful indeed
Make sure the books you use
Are not the books you wanna read!

Lastly here we have something
You can't learn at night school
Drill a bunch of books together
And you've got yourself a stool!

Source: vi.sualize.us via Gaby on Pinterest

So sit back and put your feet up
Because you've got good looks
Because there are many things out there
To do with your old books!

Finally I have the best idea
My idea is one real gem
What to do with your old books?
How bout you sit and read them!

Another 2 Real Civil War Photos from "The Civil War Through the Camera" Telegraph Stations and First to fall

2012-07-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

You can get this great book The Civil War Through the Camera right now for that Veteran and arm chair general in your life!

Photos and Photobook Links: Photo Storing Sites, NAPCP, Smelly Paper and Polaroid's New Camera

2012-07-16T07:00:00.003-04:00

C/Net has a great comparison post for online photo storing sites. They compare Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, Snapfish and Shutterfly. They include pros and cons for each company.

There was a photographer who won the baby photographer of the year from the National Association of Professional Child Photographers (NAPCP) and as a reward got her image in DOWNTOWN Manhattan! Read about how she couldn't go to see her photo because she was too busy with her kids! Take a minute and imagine one of your photos being on the side of a building!

Here's from the article:

Buckman rise to international heights has been stellar, considering she only bought her first camera in 2008, after she had her second child. “I’d only had a point and shoot before that.”
After a lot of lessons via the Internet and several opportunities to shoot plenty of her friends’ babies, the self-taught photographer’s interest steadily increased,. So, by the time child No. 3 arrived her hobby had turned into an obsession.

When her own children, Kaia, Quinn and Kenda, grew tired of being photographed -- “they’d even run away from me,” said Buckman -- she created Stephanie Buckman Photography and Design in 2009. International kudos poured in, in short measure.

Imagine getting a photo in the mail from a friend of a rose. That might be nice. But what if you actually started smelling roses. Would that be weird? Of course not, the paper came from Homewood Press! That's right, this company created SCENTED PAPER! Imagine a photobook of your mother's apple pie that actually smells like your mother's apple pie! There's a list of smells here and we'll just list some of them and you can let your imagination go wild!

Source: Uploaded by user via Pedro on Pinterest

Banana

Barbecue
Body Odor
Bread
CarExhaust
Christmas Tree
Cinnamon
Coconut
Coffee
Cotton Candy
Curry
Daffodil
Disinfectant
Gas

Wait... Body odor? No thanks.

and the video above is all about the new Polaroid camera coming back into existence. Here's a piece about it from Gear Burn:

A modern take on their previous offerings of instant photo cameras, Polaroid’s new camera has a split personality of standard point-and-shoot 10 megapixel digital camera and a built in printer. The difference between the new and old cameras is the lack of a need to shake your photos ready.

Perhaps the stuff that comes out of the camera will look good in a photobook!
http://youtu.be/EWyCEvMMcYc

Guess the Occupation! - Internet's First Photobook Comic

2012-07-13T07:00:00.000-04:00

That's right. All of our jobs have tools that we use. Whether it's the handcuffs of the police to the right index finger for the Librarian (so they can tell people SSSHHHHHHH! when they are loud) we all use tools. But you as a photobook maker only need two simple tools. A camera and a mouse for your computer. It's as simple as that! Nothing special! Get Christmas presents done early. Start a birthday photobook today! Or work on your Summer 2012 photobook!

2 More Real Civil War Photos from "The Civil War Through the Camera" The Wounded and the Chain Bridge

2012-07-11T07:00:00.001-04:00

We've got an amazing book at Silver Street Media about the Civil War. This month we're posting up a number of the photographs that are featured in the book. It's called The Civil War Through the Camera and it's a 500+ page book filled with real photographs from the Civil War era. If you are a Civil War buff, participate in reenactment buff or you are just curious about one of the bloodiest wars in American history, this book is for you!

The book is ON SALE NOW to the End of July 2012! Click the book above for details!

You can get this great book The Civil War Through the Camera right now for that Union or Confederate in your life!

Photobooks, Photos and Photography Links: Fires, Facebook, Egg and Twine, Photography School and Germans in Iceland!

2012-07-09T07:00:00.000-04:00

Source: underthemountainbunker.com via Rochelle on Pinterest

Source: smithsonianmag.com via Stephanie on Pinterest

Photos of the month. June 2012 Colorado Fires. I don't think anyone wants to make a photobook about this! YIKES!

Digital Trends has a good post about making a photobook from your Facebook photos. It looks pretty easy to use. Check it out!

The New York Times writes:

"Horacio Coppola, whose black-and-white photographs of the cafes, side streets and neon-lit boulevards of Buenos Aires in the 1930s, and of ordinary objects like a typewriter and a doll, introduced avant-garde photography to Argentina, died on June 18 in Buenos Aires. He was 105."

From New York Times

Interesting thing but one of his photos is a piece of twine and an egg. I guess when you do it the first time, you become famous. If I do that today I wouldn't be famous.

There's a really cool piece of news out there about an ONLINE Photography Class! COOL!

"Photography Training Academy, which is based out of Tampa Florida, is offering state of the art teaching methods to help the beginner photographer to shoot like the pros. Everyone wants to take great photos, so why shouldn’t you? If you want to start taking better photos, then the introductory online photography class entitled, "You Can Take Better Photos Now" is the perfect solution. It does not matter if you have a high end digital camera and have no idea what to do with all of the different settings or if you have a point and shoot digital camera or just use your camera phone, this class is designed not to just teach you the mechanics of how to work your digital camera but to help you think, see, and shoot photos like a professional photographer."

Check it out and find out more information about it! http://onlinephotographyclasses101.com/ or
Photography Training Academy
14502 N Dale Mabry Hwy #225
Tampa, FL 33618
813-699-5563

And in the most bizarre photobook concept that I've seen, here's a person seeking funding for a photobook about Iceland and the German women who live there. Yes, we search the web for this news! CRAZY!

Iceland - lovely home for German women from Tina Bauer on Vimeo.
Intro of crowdfunding campaign on startnext.de for my photobook project "Iceland - lovely home" with portraits of German women living in Iceland.
If you want support my project, please have a look on www.startnext.de or my blog www.tibauna.de
THANK you for supporting!

How Many Digital Photos Do Americans Take Per Year and What do we do about that? - The Internet's First Photobook Comic

2012-07-06T07:00:00.000-04:00

2 Real Civil War Photos from "The Civil War Through the Camera" Bombed out buildings and Big Guns

2012-07-04T07:00:00.000-04:00

We've got an amazing book at Silver Street Media about the Civil War. This month we'll post up a number of the photographs that are featured in the book. It's called The Civil War Through the Camera and it's a 500+ page book filled with real photographs from the Civil War era. If you are a Civil War buff, participate in reenactment buff or you are just curious about one of the bloodiest wars in American history, this book is for you!

The book is ON SALE NOW to the End of July 2012! Click the book above for details!

You can get this great book The Civil War Through the Camera right now for that Civil War Fan in your life!

Take our Silver Street Media American History Quiz!

2012-07-02T07:00:00.000-04:00

One of the things we do at Silver Street Media is find old classics and digitally restore them, offering these old volumes to a new generation to consume the old fashion way, by turning the pages! We've got tons of books over on Amazon but we wanted to highlight a few for you all today in our American History Quiz. Each correct answer to the question has a book that we offer. Below the quiz (and no peeking) are all the books! ENJOY! Good luck!

					And Many MORE!

Fireworks Photo Trouble - The Internet's First Photobook Comic

2012-06-29T07:00:00.000-04:00

Photobook and Photography Links: Civil War in 3D, MicroPhotography, Land Art and Find A Grave?!

2012-06-27T07:00:00.002-04:00

The video above is from South Carolina where they are showcasing the "Civil War in 3D" which sounds bizarre but it's actually pretty cool.

Daily Mail has some amazing Micro photos. That bug will gross you out!

The Boston Globe has an article about the Museum of Fine Arts and the Red Sox are teaming up for a photo exhibition. I love the shot of Ted Williams seat.

The Huffington Post has an interesting article about Land Art from a long time ago. I particularly like the people who buried themselves on the beach up to their heads. Art? I don't know. A fun filled afternoon? Yes!

From Wisconsin we meet a woman who takes photos of gravestones. Whether you think this the coolest thing ever or pretty darn bizarre, there's also a site that I discovered through this article which is more bizarre than the grave photographer: http://www.findagrave.com/

Our Favorite Recent Pinterest photo that reminds us that
A.) Our burgers this summer will not be as perfect.
B.) Even my mouth isn't that big
C.) Where do you get perfect lettuce like that?
D.) These people ought to make a photobook!

Source: southernliving.com via Cool on Pinterest

Finally, we have a tweet that we'd like to share with all of you from someone we follow on Twitter

Using External Software to Design Your Photo Book Layouts bit.ly/L03ojH
— Photo Book Girl (@photobookgirl) June 19, 2012