by Stacey Wiseman | May 22, 2012 | Description, Family Photographs, Inspiration
I am super excited to share with you the final installment Book This Project ebook launch!
The House the __________ Built
I love this idea! I adapted the concept from R. Caldecott’s “The House that Jack Built” and customized it to fit our family including my son’s favorite things for a personalized book.
This concept is incredibly easy to customize for your family. Upon purchase, a questionnaire and upload form will be emailed to you. Once you upload the photographs of your “characters,” I will pull it all together in a beautiful, easy-to-use ebook or pdf.
Photographs and narratives do not have to be known before you purchase. I will walk you through all the steps and provide suggestions!
The main point is to create a cumulative tale that describes the fun family members and toys that live in your household.
Here is the text from my final “page”:
This is the phone that buzzed in the morn,
That woke up daddy not shaven or shorn,
Who kissed mommy in her pj’s worn,
Who fed Lydia all forlorn,
Who loved the elephant with the big, loud horn,
Who startled the bear,
Who pushed the fire truck,
That carried the cheese,
That Lay in the House that Alden Built!
This video illustrates how it all comes together!
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Again, for any of the ebooks that have been launched, you do not have to have the photos and text ready. I will work with you to customize your book!
Even though this concludes the official launch of ebooks, I will continue to release new book and ebook ideas, so make sure you check out the website, facebook, and newsletter!
* R. Caldecott “The House that Jack Built” published in 1878 is in the public domain.
by Stacey Wiseman | May 7, 2012 | Description, Family Photographs, Inspiration, Photo Book Design Layout, Photograph
COLOR! It is so important in design and can add so much to your photo book layouts. I have decided to start a new monthly series that examines the impact color has on layouts. I will take a photograph – or a group of photographs – and run through a series of different design layouts – exploring color, type, size, orientation, and proportion.
First, to start off this series, I want to mention the beautiful and inspiring site: Design Seeds. If you are not familiar with them, I hope you will check out their site, facebook page or pin boards. This site examines the rich color groups found within evocative photographs. If you are ever in a color rut or looking for color inspiration, you should check out their work!
Photo
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[divider]Get a free download listing the colors used in this series (RGB and CMYK) – here!
[divider] Would you like one of your photographs featured in this series? Email me your photograph and I will let you know when your photo will appear.
I hope this gets your creative juices flowing!
And if you love any of these, share this post on your facebook page or pin your favorite(s)!
by Stacey Wiseman | Apr 30, 2012 | Family Photographs, Inspiration, Motivation, Photo Book Design Layout
The following is an example of my April page for the One Word Challenge. For this layout, the photo is a full book spread bleed. In order to do this, I had to crop the image but I think it still works and will have a big impact in my family book.
by Stacey Wiseman | Apr 27, 2012 | Family Photographs, Inspiration, Photograph
I hope to inspire you this weekend to take some photographs of your family! It has been a while since I have posted my favorite photograph of the week…but I have a good one for you!
I have two different sets of photographs: interior and exterior by the Australian photographer: Toni Raper.
First: an interior series of photographs. All you need is a bedroom with a bedroom window. That is easy, right? Look how gorgeous it can turn out. Her daughter’s personality oozes in these photographs.
Second: get your kids outdoors. Green and brown. Animals. Sun. The fence. The smile! Try to find a place near your home to take photographs outside. It could be a park or a local farm. One aspect I love about this series, is the wide open space of the land. Plus, she lets her daughter explore.
What are you guys planning on photographing this weekend? Any specific plans? I would love to hear about them in the comments below!
by Stacey Wiseman | Apr 24, 2012 | Inspiration, Photo Book Design Layout, Photograph, Tutorial
Following up on my last inspiration post where I translated the cover of an Anthropologie catalog into a layout, this example features a cover of a non-fiction book. It is simple, elegant, and stately.[divider] Inspiration:
Eating Architecture edited by Jamie Horwitz and Paulette Singley
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And here are five iterations.
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All of these are on my pinboard “Inspiration and Iterations.” Pin your favorite now!
by Stacey Wiseman | Apr 9, 2012 | Description, Family Photographs, Inspiration, Photo Book Design Layout, Photograph
I hope everyone had a great Easter! We kept extremely busy. Breakfast, egg hunt, convert crib into big boy bed, lunch, laundry, nap, clean up, Easter dinner at my in-laws and bed. My son is really starting to get the concept of holidays and gets so excited. I love seeing his smile on these days. And my girl had some fun too!
For my family photo book layout, I designed a spread with one large photo on the left and a photo collage on the right page. This is a great way to combine a lot of photos into only two pages. For inspiration, take ideas from collage boards. Samples are everywhere…but I pinned an example from a wedding inspiration board.
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by Stacey Wiseman | Mar 30, 2012 | Family Photographs, Inspiration, Interview, Photograph
Finally, the second interview is up and ready..and it is a good one! Introducing Monika Eisenbart! She is a photographer in the Hudson Valley area in New York. Her new website is Monika Photography (updated link). If you live in or around New York City, you should definitely look her up for a session. Not only is her work for clients absolutely amazing…but she also has an great eye for capturing her son and family life. She documents everyday life, like celebrating a snow fall or being sick as beautifully as big moments like visiting her family in Poland.
This Poland trip includes one her favorite sessions, listed in number 9 below…but I can not post this interview without listing some of her other work that has really stuck with me.
An Engagement Session. (also apart of her Poland trip last summer…)
Before First Communion and First Communion. There was just something about this session…it really has stayed with me.
And my dream family portrait right now would be very close to this session she photographed.
Oh, and while I was going back through her work, I remembered this post…loved the light and location in these!
Gorgeous, right!
(Some of the links may not longer work due to recent web updates. Make sure you check out her latest work here.)
So here is a little more about Monika:
1 | me and my camera:
Hi,
My name is Monika. I’m a photographer, wife and mother.
I’m a conon girl and shoot with Canon 7d. I have few lenses:
35mm 1.4L – my favorite one, stays on my camera most of the time
50mm 1.4
85mm 1.8
24-70mm 2.8L
2 | my family:
I live with my family just outside NYC. Like me, my husband Peter comes from Poland. Our son Kacper was born here just two years ago.
3 | my current photography challenge:
I think at the moment my biggest challenge is to define my own style and commit to it. I’m searching for the perfect fit and who knows if I ever find it.
4 | what I have time for now:
Well at the moment everything in my life is about photography. I dream and think about it most of the time; that is when my family is not around.
5 | what I don’t have time for now:
Reading novels and other books not photography related. I wish I could go to the movies more often too.
6 | my favorite photography subject:
Besides my son, I love photographing everyone who is willing to share their story.
7 | my favorite place to photograph inside my home:
That would be my bedroom, which offers two huge windows and neutral wall colors.
8 | my favorite time to photograph:
Love the sunset shoots and would love to try sunrise too. And this kind of shoot is on my list this summer.
9 | my favorite blog post (or photograph) right now:
It’s so hard to choose, because I love them all. But most of the time I go back to my grandmothers shoot I did last summer while visiting my family in Poland. It’s so real and raw, every image has so much emotions.
For more from her Poland trip, because it was that fantastic:
here,
here,
here, and
here.
10 | what tip, trick or info helped your family photographs the most:
I think general knowledge of photography helped me take better pictures, including my own family.
All photographs are copyright to Monika Eisenbart, me photographia. Do not copy, print, or distribute.
Thanks again for sharing! I love your work!!!
Are you interested in being featured? Contact me at info[at]bookthisproject.com
by Stacey Wiseman | Mar 27, 2012 | Description, Family Photographs, Inspiration, Photo Book Design Layout
I had the great pleasure of designing a beautiful Project 52 book. This book is a collection of photographs she took every week for an entire year. I love how her photographs tell a story! One fantastic feature of this book, I was quite easily able to adapt to the design of the book to her photography blog. For a comparison, check out her blog here!
All photographs in this post are copyright protected by Tamra Yandow. Do not copy, print or distribute.
Here are a few of the design layouts:
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Here are the specs of the book:
Design: Outline
Book Type & Size: Hardcover / Landscape (10”wide x 8”tall) / Professional Grade Paper
Number of Photographs: 146 photographs
Number of pages: 100 pages
Organized by: Week
All photographs are copyright of the Book This Project client.
All page layouts are design of Book This Project, LLC. All rights reserved.
For a limited time only, here is a preview of the book.
by Stacey Wiseman | Mar 8, 2012 | Family Photographs, Inspiration, Motivation, Photo Book Design Layout
On Tuesday, I posted some photographs from our family Saturday morning biscuit baking!
I want to show some examples of how this can be translated to a photo book layout. I hope this inspires you to document your family meal and incorporate the photographs into your photo book.
[divider] And if you need additional inspiration, a more in-depth example of family meal photo book layouts will be in the upcoming podcast!
