SORRY, FULLY BOOKED Saturday April 27th 2024 : Designing a Great Photobook Like a Professional – from Concept to Printing Workshop / Zine CREATING A HARDBACK PHOTOBOOK

Description

Designing a Great Photobook / Zine Like a Professional – from Concept to Printing Workshop

Using Affinity Publisher with Stewart Wall

Saturday April 27th 2024 – 10am to 4pm (includes rest breaks and lunch break)

(live interactive workshop using Zoom with plenty of time for participants’ questions)

Limited to 10 participants.

The Tutor: Stewart has been a professional photographer since the 1980s and has been designing photobooks for over twenty-five years. He holds a BA (Hons) in Photography and Design, an MA in Photography and a Level 7 PGCE teaching qualification.

He has delivered photobook workshops for the RPS and in colleges and camera clubs for a number of years. In 2020 the Society asked him to create the criteria for the new RPS Distinctions Photobook genre, and he helped launch it by chairing the assessments for the first two years. Since then a number of attendees from his past workshops and mentoring programmes have gone on to gain Associate and Fellowship distinctions with the Society with their photobooks.

During the workshop, Stewart will clearly demonstrate how he creates a photobook from start to finish, using the ‘Core Skills’ needed so you can see how the whole process come together. There will be ample time throughout the day for questions.

By the end of the workshop you will have an understanding of all you need to know to create a great professional looking photobook.

After the workshop you will receive:
1) a PDF of the content you will have access to Stewart’s online course of the same content as a reminder of what was covered during the day
2) Access to Stewart’s online course of the same content so you can replay the content as a reminder whilst you create your own photobooks

The Workshop delivers the core skills and exactly what you need to create your own photobooks and zines like a professional.
As one of Stewart’s students you are welcome to email him at anytime for further help.

Workshop Agenda

( there will be breaks in the morning and afternoon plus a lunchbreak)

10:00 Start

Session 1: Introduction and a look through the photobook / Zine Stewart will be creating during the day

 

Session 2: Best practice for preparing Images and Text

Session 3: The importance of creating a clear concept and narrative and how to create them

Session 4: The importance of sequencing and how to create a sequence ready for the book design

Session 5: How to create a new publication file in Affinity Publisher

Session 6: Understanding the Affinity Publisher Desktop and Tools

Every successful photobook has a concept and narrative that lifts the book beyond being an album of photographs. We will look at how the concept and narrative evolves from an initial idea for a project / photobook

• Affinity Publisher is used for the workshop, which is available for both Mac or Windows and is available for a low cost compared to other software. The content of the workshop will help you get the most out of other software if that is your preference. Affinity Publisher is very similar to Adobe Design.

Session 7: How to create Affinity Publisher Master Pages and their importance

Affinity Publisher is a low priced DTP programme that used well will help produce a professional looking photobook easily. We will cover master pages that speed up the process and make our design more coherent, adding images, text and creating our first page layout.

Session 8: How to import images and resize them on the page

Session 9: How to import text and link text boxes together to create flow

Session 10: How to add more pages to a photobook design

Session 11: Preparing the photobook/zine design for printing

Session 12: Getting the colour correct / Colour Profile / Space

Session 13: Different methods of Exporting the File

Session 14: Choosing the best print house to use for your photobook/zine

Session 15: Workshop Conclusion and final questions

16:00 End

Cancellation policy
Please inform us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend the workshop as it is not possible to refund any cancellation or transfer to another workshop less than 14 days prior to course start date.