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Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Put Play into Practice

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Put Play into Practice

Not everything is meant for public consumption. This might seem counter to the general trend of modern society, where every moment of every day is shared and shared passionately. ...

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

Behind the Books

Cookies by Chef Coy: Behind the Book with Secoyah Browne

What began as a late night stress-relieving activity from a job in real estate finance has become a brand worth watching and a cookbook you’ll want to literally sink ...

How to take creative risks and get comfortable doing it

Planning & Creating

How to take creative risks and get comfortable doing it

Taking risks in your creative endeavors can be as intimidating as it is essential. The path less traveled often leads to the most extraordinary outcomes. Yet, many of us ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Rotate your view and redefine your portfolio

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Rotate your view and redefine your portfolio

Discover how Dan Milnor redefined portfolio design with creative bookmaking techniques. Stand out using Blurb photo books, magazines, and print-on-demand tools.

Photo Submission Do’s and Don’ts

Photo Submission Do’s and Don’ts

Here are some tips on how to best photograph yourself and your book when submitting images to Blurb! This allows our creative team to best showcase your work across ...

Creative Advice: Being a photographer wherever you find yourself

Creative Advice: Being a photographer wherever you find yourself

In this new series, we will be featuring creative advice from different members of the Blurb community. This post comes from professional photographer Dan Milnor, Blurb's Creative Ambassador. While ...

Image quality checklist: Is your photo ready for print?

Self-Publishing

Image quality checklist: Is your photo ready for print?

When self-publishing a book of your photography, excellent image quality is crucial. Your photos are the star of the show and what will make or break the final printed ...

Racing Pilots: Behind the Book with Jack Webster

Behind the Books

Racing Pilots: Behind the Book with Jack Webster

Jack Webster has more than five decades of experience capturing the high-octane world of motor racing. His magnum opus, Racing Pilots, is a testament to his passion and unparalleled ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: AI and the Creative Self

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: AI and the Creative Self

As we creep toward the latter stages of 2024, you would be hard-pressed to find a more poignant topic than artificial intelligence. AI has already begun to permeate our ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: How to handle critique

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: How to handle critique

During my college years, I spent hours upon hours in the library stacks looking through back issues of photography magazines from Europe, Asia, the United States, and elsewhere. Because ...

Student portfolios: Your ultimate guide

Planning & Creating

Student portfolios: Your ultimate guide

"Creating a portfolio is defining who you are," says Mike Davis. "It's a reflection of your essence." Davis is a visual editor, author, and educator who has helped countless students ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: How to sell your book

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: How to sell your book

One of the most challenging questions I face at Blurb is, “Well, I finally finished my book. Now how do I sell it?” This tops the list in a ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Lessons from an Expedition

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Lessons from an Expedition

On January 12, 2024, I returned from an expedition to Antarctica. Before I can break down the lessons learned from this little adventure, there is something else that needs ...

Wisdom Teeth: Behind the Zine with Rose Boakes

Behind the Books

Wisdom Teeth: Behind the Zine with Rose Boakes

Rose Boakes explores the intricacies of teenage years, delving into themes of growth, rebellion, and the spaces in between. Her debut book, Wisdom Teeth, showcases surreal beauty in the ...

Best photo editing software for creatives

Best photo editing software for creatives

There are so many photo-editing software choices today. Some programs focus on fundamental adjustments like tone and color grading. Others are best at denoising and retouching or feature an ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: How to Self-Edit

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: How to Self-Edit

Editing is an art form and, in some ways, is just as important as making photographs. But like all creative skills, editing takes time, patience, and practice. If I ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Snapshot Photography Tips

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Snapshot Photography Tips

I just bought another camera. I’m not proud of it, but it seemed like the thing to do at the time. I’ve spent the better part of my adult ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Top Photography Advice

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Top Photography Advice

Photography is all the rage these days, and this is something I am happy about. The fact that more people are making more images means the documentation of human ...

7 reasons why photo books are worth it in the digital age

Self-Publishing

7 reasons why photo books are worth it in the digital age

As a creator operating in the digital age, you may question whether photo books are still worthwhile. Despite increasingly easy access to tech like ebooks, online portfolios, and creator ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Designing Books for Clients

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Designing Books for Clients

At one point in my life, I made my living as a wedding photographer. This might not seem like a big deal to you, but for me, coming from ...

Branding for photographers

Promoting & Marketing

Branding for photographers

Branding is essential to any successful photography business—whether you're a company, freelancer, or independent contractor. When you have a strong brand that resonates with your target audience, you can ...

Top 11 photography trends of 2023

Top 11 photography trends of 2023

In the creative world of photography, trends are constantly evolving to keep up with technological advancements and cultural shifts. If you're like us, you're always searching for new ways ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: telling the story of your work

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: telling the story of your work

Editor’s note: Learn to tell the story of your work in Portfolio Building and Branding, a three-week course with Dan Milnor, now available for replay. *** I pulled into the parking ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Building a Creative Community

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Building a Creative Community

In the creative modern world, one of the hottest topics is community. Building community ranks at the very top of many creative to-do lists, and rightly so. With community ...

We See VI: Behind the Magazine with Jekaterina Saveljeva of femLENS

Behind the Books

We See VI: Behind the Magazine with Jekaterina Saveljeva of femLENS

Founded in 2015, the nonprofit femLENS offers free workshops on documentary photography to women and girls from economically and culturally diverse backgrounds. These students learn to tell their stories ...

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: exploring the images you can’t explain

Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: exploring the images you can’t explain

One of the things you are told early in your photography career is that you must be merciless when it comes to editing your photography portfolio. You hear things ...

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