Peru Book Finally Completed!!

Saludos, I have just self published a book of photographs from Peru: “Awaiting the Rain,” that is at last available for sale. You can find it here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/151733 There is a preview of it at the link. Hope you all enjoy! Additionally you can check out some of the images here as well: www.robinsonchavez.com Thanks for listening!

by Michael Robinson Chavez at Mon Mar 02 17:04:40 UTC 2009 Los Angeles, United States | Bookmark | | Report spam→

hey michael, thats realy some impressive work you got there.
i wrote you via skype, would be nice if you finde some time to reply.

take care

by Milos Djuric | 02 Mar 2009 17:03 | Hannover, Germany | | Report spam→

Bravo! Great job! I miss Peru very much right now.

by Juan Carlos Delgado | 02 Mar 2009 17:03 | Portland, OR, United States | | Report spam→

Be sure to tag it lightstalkers so we can all find each other’s books

by Preston Merchant | 02 Mar 2009 18:03 | New York, United States | | Report spam→

nice work, Mike. Been waiting awhile for this one!

by Eric Beecroft | 02 Mar 2009 18:03 | Salt Lake City, United States | | Report spam→

thanks everyone. and juan carlos, i miss peru big time right now! milos, i am never on skype…lazy i guess, so go ahead and email me at mail@robinsonchavez.com.

by Michael Robinson Chavez | 02 Mar 2009 21:03 | Los Angeles, United States | | Report spam→

Very fine work!!!!

Hope you’re well.

by Mark Ovaska | 02 Mar 2009 22:03 | Nashville, United States | | Report spam→

Congrats! The book looks very nice!

by Anthony Wallace | 03 Mar 2009 00:03 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | | Report spam→

Michael, good stuff. The book looks great.

by Will Baxter | 07 Mar 2009 09:03 | Kabul, Afghanistan | | Report spam→

Michael,

The book sample looks very good. I also looked around the blurb site. Were there any problems or glitches working with this self-publisher? Are these duotones, or tritones?

by Joel Sackett | 07 Mar 2009 18:03 | Puget Sound, Washington, United States | | Report spam→

hey joel, working with the blurb software was ok though a bit limited in what you can do with their templates. however, they have updated it since i created the book and there may be a lot more options now. you must finish your book project rather fast as if they update the software you will be unable to make changes to an existing project. for example i cannot alter the peru book at all now so that is a problem. all the images were put in digitally, i did not send any prints or duotones. they are digital files that i scanned from the original tri x negs. thanks for looking.

by Michael Robinson Chavez | 07 Mar 2009 18:03 | Los Angeles, United States | | Report spam→

Hi Michael,
Just curious, how many images are included in the book? A rough estimate is ok.

by Will Baxter | 08 Mar 2009 09:03 | Kabul, Afghanistan | | Report spam→

Will, think there are about 70 images. M

by Michael Robinson Chavez | 10 Mar 2009 18:03 | Los Angeles, United States | | Report spam→

Michael, thanks for your response. A couple of more questions if you don’t mind? Were the tri-x negs drum scanned, or with a Nikon type scanner? Is there a proofing stage in the process where you can see some sample reproductions before printing? If you wanted to, could you make both hardcover and softcover version, the latter to keep the price lower?

by Joel Sackett | 11 Mar 2009 16:03 | Puget Sound, Washington, United States | | Report spam→

Yeah Joel, you can do both softcover or hardcover. I am working on another book that I will do in softcover just for that reason. Especially in times like these. No drum scanning, I used a Nikon scanner and then downloaded the files, its a pretty simple process, no sample reproductions but you could do a tiny softcover book for minimal cost to check if you like it or not before you commit.

by Michael Robinson Chavez | 11 Mar 2009 20:03 | Los Angeles, United States | | Report spam→

michael, looks good.

i’ve used Blurb and would recommend for future use designing each page in Photoshop or inDesign as you would like them, then import these hi-res JPG lay-outs into the BookSmart as full bleed. this gives you more creative control as well as the ability to change the book for future editions.

by mustafah abdulaziz | 11 Mar 2009 22:03 | Philadelphia, United States | | Report spam→