£55.00
A one-day course that covers designing a professional looking photobook from concept to printing
Wednesday April 10th 2024 – 10am to 4pm (includes rest breaks and lunch break)
Limited to ten places
Early-bird booking (sale price) in operation at the moment
Payment for the course can be by
- paypal (click on paypal button)
- debit/credit card (click on paypal, and then click pay by debit / credit card)
- bank transfer (add to basket and then go to basket via pop up menu)
- any booking difficulties please call/text Stewart on 0795 512 4000
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Description
Designing a Great Photobook / Zine Like a Professional – from Concept to Printing Workshop
Using Affinity Publisher with Stewart Wall
Wednesday April 10th 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.