FOTOBOKEN - workshop i bok-design for fotografer

Workshopen foregår på SAGA, som er NORDphotography sitt workshopsenter for fotografi på Inderøy i Trøndelag. Vi ligger idyllisk til ved Boergenfjorden, med flott natur, mye plass og ro til å fokusere.

Workshopen foregår på engelsk:
Join graphic designer and photographer Jonathan Laurence for a 4,5 day intensive course covering all aspects of photo-book creation. The skills you learn on this workshop will enable you to produce professional photo-books of your work.

Our instructor Jonathan will covering all aspects of photo-book creation. You will learn the principals of great layout and design and apply them to your own book project. This is a hands on workshop and our goal is that you leave our workshop with the first mockup of your photo-book, ready to order.

For this workshop we will be using BLURB as our print-on-demand publishing platform. Jonathan will teach you the Blurb easy-to-use design program. Students who are familiar with professional layout software, such as Adobe InDesign, will also be accommodated.

SAGA has a large photo-book library which includes books by publishing houses, self published books, and print-on-demand books. We will utilise this resource in the class by taking a close look at some of our books and discuss in depth the different design choices made and why they work. Each student are also asked to bring their favourite photo-book to the workshop, and we will use all this and draw inspirations into the students own projects.

We will spend a lot of time on how to build a book, and cover typography, page layout, image sequencing, front and back matter, colour management, image preparation, choosing the cover image and cover design.

Students should bring 40-80 digital photographs, as well as print outs (postcard size) of their images, along with any written material for their book projects. Students are also expected to bring their own lap top to work on. And should have Bridge (Photoshop), Lightroom or any other similar editing software + booksmart or bookwright (www.blurb.com) installed on their computer.

We have very good results from this workshop. In our experience most participants have their final book ready to launch within a years after the workshop wraps. Book published by some of our former participants includes:

Stine Loe Jenssen - FREE
Magne Geir Bøe - Maria
Cicilie Risaasen - Lick my Pillow
Eli Reinholdsen - Folk
Karel Krizaḱ og Leif Egil Grøtan - Verdalsgrenda Barneskole
Andreas Helland - Vintage Stories
Elisabeth Strand - Livslinjer
Lars Andreas Dybvik - PLAY

ABOUT JONATHAN LAURENCE:
Jonathan is a multimedia designer/artist, consultant, and educator who works internationally with a diverse range of companies, organisations, and individuals. He has served as Media/Design Director to the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) for more than ten years, leads digital media and creativity workshops at a variety of institutions and art-centers around the world, and served as the Creative Director at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) between 2014-2017. Jonathan has exhibited in various galleries and also designed and developed installations for museums. He received The Rising Star Award from the Palm Beach Photographic Center, and is listed as one of the most collectable artists in Maine by Maine Home and Design. For fun, he most recently boarded a container ship to sail across the north Atlantic ocean during mid-winter as part of an artist residency, followed by a trip to Greenland to watch the icebergs migrate out of the fjord and to dip his toes in Disko Bay.

WORKSHOP TUITION:
NOK 7.900,- (deposit NOK 2.900,-). This does not include travel costs, accommodations or meals.

SAGA:
The workshop takes place at our creative center SAGA, and we offer participants single and double accommodation at our hotell. For prices on accommodation, including breakfast and lunch - check the workshop description.

Saga is a creative retreat center, with large spacious rooms, a homely atmosphere, and beautiful nature right outside the door. The stress of day to day life is left behind when you enter our center, so you can focus all your energy on expanding your creative talent and adopting new skills.

REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP:
Go to our website - link below - and hit the registration button.
We advice you to read the full workshop description before signing on. Registrations on our workshops are binding.

FOR FULL WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
http://www.nordphotography.com/workshops/book-design-photographers

If you have any questions feel free to contact Elisabeth at post@nordphotography.com

Welcome to NORDphotography and the SAGA experience!