
03 Nov Creating Photo Books with Lightroom and Blurb | March
Creating Photo Books with Lightroom and Blurb
Date | Saturday & Sunday March 9 & 10, 2019
Time | 10AM – 4PM
Location | Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC)
1070 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204
Cost | $448 Non-Member $406 Members
Instructor | Frank Varney
Skill Level | All levels and basic Lightroom experience
Do you have a collection of family or travel photos that you have wanted to print as a book? Do you have a photographic project that is ready for publication, or want to offer wedding books to your clients? Recently, Adobe updated the Lightroom Classic Book Module making it easier than ever for photographers to create custom photo books and quickly transmit them for printing to Blurb or other printers.
Bring a collection of images to this workshop and leave with a fully designed book ready to print. This two-day workshop will provide a day of instruction and a day for supervised book creation.
Workshop is limited to 6 people.
Workshop Topics:
- How to develop a book concept
- Ordering photographs by time, location, and theme
- Creating image sequences and transitions for smoother book flow
- Typography basics, and applying captions to images
- Tips for book design
- Review of good book design examples for inspiration
- Common book layout types and styles
- Book paper types and binding styles
- Proofing your book for design and errors
- Using Lightroom’s Book Module
- Preparing images for digital printing
- Exporting and sending your book to Blurb
Required Equipment:
- Computer with Lightroom Classic CC version 7.5 installed
- Basic operating knowledge of Lightroom Classic CC
- A group of images for your book