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Michael Lee Photography; Photo Collection

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Michael Lee

This is my complete book. It is a collection of my photography. This book uses a hard cover, and hard cover binding. The size is called large landscape, which is 13″x17″. It uses a image wrap, and no dust jacket. The reason I came up with making this book for the final is because I needed something like this to show off my work as a freelance photographer. This book has a collection of many photos, including wedding, events, portraits, animals, objects, landscape, etc. One of the most challenging task when making this book was choosing where to put what pictures. Because I did not want this book to feature any specific type of picture, I decided to place the photos randomly. In indesign, I placed each category of pictures as far from each other as possible. I ordered this book from Blurb as I mention in the previous post. I find the quality of the book to be excellent. The paper (premium paper) used to make this book feels fantastic and looks beautiful. Although ordering this book from Blurb was a bit pricy, I think it’s worth it.

The link for my book can be found here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1038708
You can find more of my work @ www.MLDstudio.com
Here is the content of this book:

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Final Book Completed @ Blurb

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Michael Lee

So I ordered my book from blurb on Monday. To let you guys know, blurb is offering free Ground Shipping until Dec. 8th. (use promotion code BLURBMERRY). But if you still haven’t ordered your book, and decide to use Ground Shipping, then you are probably cutting it too close~ it may takes 3-5 days to get to you, but the book processing time can take 5-6 days before they ship it.

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Here is my complete book on blurb: http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1038708

It costed me a total of $87.04, including tax (& free shipping)
I used the Large Landscape format, with Image Wrap Hard Cover, Premium paper, and requested to have the Blurb logo removed.

Hopefully it will come on time..

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Kinko’s Downtown NYC

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Michael Lee

The Kinko’s that I went to was in downtown NYC. Heres the address:

FedEx Office Print & Ship Center
105 Duane St
New York, NY 10007
(212) 406-1220

What is the cost of 11″ by 17″ double-sided color print on regular copy paper?
$4.31 (including the $.35 tax)

How much does it cost to trim?
$1.49 per unit

Do they charge to fold something? What is the cost of the fold?
Yes, $.01 per fold

What is the cost of binding saddle-stitch (staple bound) and coil?
Saddle Stitch: $.50 per stitch
Coil: $5.49 for books under 2 inches – includes a clear cover and black back
They also have velo binding and tape binding.

Bound of 11 inches length book?
Perfect bound costs $24.95

Is it available for perfect bound (glue bound) or tape bound?
Yes, they do perfect bound and tape bound.
$24.95 for the first perfect bound, $9.95 for each additional.
Tape bound costs $3.45.

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Idea for Final Project

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Michael Lee

As I mentioned in class, I would like to make a book for my photo portfolio. It will use a hard cover, and a hard cover binding (if thats allowed). As for the paper, I will use a semigloss paper, similar to those of textbook paper. All the pages in the book will contain no text, just full page pictures. As for the cover, I will use a picture of the backside of myself holding a camera or something like that. The book will be titled Michael Lee Photography.

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Chocolate for Chocolate Lovers

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Michael Lee

This is the latest assignment, the picture book using the japanese 4 holes binding. The topic for my book is chocolate. Because who doesn’t love chocolate?

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