Having never been much of a photo album kind of guy, when I got back from my Indio, California road trip with my friend Dave at the end of August, I looked at all the cool pictures that I had on my camera and knew I wanted to print them.
The issue I've always had with photo albums is that they're often generic looking. My approach to the stereotypical 'slide show' or home video has always been to cut an entertaining travelog together, so it should come as no surprise that I wanted to approach my photos with the same energy. What I opted for was creating an elaborate published photo book using Blurb.com. Combining the bulk of my candid shots, landscapes, and even stills from the video I shot, I created a 158 page, 13x11 inch, full color, hardcover, professional grade book. It just rolls off the tongue, haha.
This is the cover of the book, I'm sitting on the foot of the T-Rex in Cabazon, California.
While the quality and detail of the book should be top notch, it certainly wasn't the cheapest option. At nearly $130 spent on the project and hours spent designing the pages and layout it was fairly consuming. Still, I was happy to do it for the sake of creating a meaningful memento and making the photos even more enjoyable to see.
I'm sure this kind of thing isn't for everyone, but with the user-friendly and customizable software that you can download from Blurb.com I'm already thinking up my next book idea. While photo book options are available through different photo stores, this is the only one I found that actually advertised professional grade options - hence the higher price tag. In any case, I just thought this was a great service worth sharing.
It's long been a personal goal of mine to find a way to include the views of other artists and filmmakers to make my blog more dynamic. Feedback has always been a part of this, but it's also always been limited. So, I'm happy to announce that a new series of blog posts titled, Cinematic Acrobatic Presents, will be debuting soon. These new posts will feature interviews from a variety of independent filmmakers, artists, students, and generally those with their own take and approach to media.
Several interviews have already taken place, and I look forward to increasing and sharing the number of perspectives in this series. As a way to promote and introduce new talent at the beginning of their careers, this is also an opportunity to learn from those who have already established themselves in their respective fields. At the very least, I hope Cinematic Acrobatic Presents is a way to broaden the scope of Editing Luke and introduce my viewers to a wealth of other unique and talented creators.
I wanted to officially announce this series to let everyone know that if you would like to be a part of it you can be! It's a great way to promote yourself, share your work, and network. The only real catch is that your contribution still needs to be related to production, video, writing, editing, photography, movies, or things along those lines. Just contact me through this site or my email listed in the sidebar to tell me about yourself and I'll be in touch. I'm happy to include as many people as possible - it is the number of perspectives after all that will make this experiment both informative and entertaining.
Stay tuned.
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June 2007
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Just an average looking calculator, perhaps? No! Episode 1 of Buick to the Future wouldn't have been the same without the addition of this simple punchline. This calculator. as the keypad for setting the year. was the only prop that actually made the Buick into a time machine - or at least something that it wasn't already. You'll be happy to know that it's still the one and only calculator I use.
