Just Shoot Me Now

I want to make a book. I shall start it out by saying it was the best of times, and the worst of times...

No. seriously - I want to make a book of my studio photographs. I have some dynamite ones there and I want to make sure that everyone else thinks so too - but I'm not a photojournalist. I'm not a graphic designer. I'm not a publisher. I need help.

Help is at hand - the Shoot Photography Workshops are going to have Mr. Morsi - a real photo journalist - conduct a photo book workshop on February 6th. That's a Thursday from 10:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon.

Not a great amount of time to commit to, but I think it will be worthwhile. Professional design can make all the difference to the success of image books. The pictures can be wonderful but the size, shape, and setting can make all the difference when the viewer opens the book - some books stay open for a long time and some are closed up very quickly!

Please go to the Shoot Photography Workshops website at:

www.shootworkshops.com.au

Or give Jonathon Cousins a buzz on  (08) 9228 8232 and ask about booking in for the workshop. He's got more on the list as well - all well worth consideration.

A Look At The Colonials _ Book By Parr

Martin Parr is famous in the UK for his depiction of the British people enjoying their seaside resorts. He has a distinctive style and certainly uses colour vigorously as he discovers the quirky side of the tourists and the locals.

Fremantle, Broome, and Port Hedland were his subjects for this book - and all the people he could find in them. He seems to have been to many of the tourist spots and seen a number of the visitors, though to be fair he also has captured a number of the regulars and locals in each of the areas. He has treated us about as well as he treated his fellow countrymen and women.

We've got 5 of his books on offer here - 4 sealed in their original cellophane. They go for $ 60 or so throughout the world but we have them for $ 45 - discount but still up to Parr...