Spend two and a half fast-paced days in Santa Fe with one goal in mind: creating your own photographic book. We delve into the exciting and rapidly expanding world of custom printed books using Blurb’s BookSmart software. Each participant brings 20 to 30 images from one body of work, such as a personal project or a commercial venture, and learns how to edit, sequence, and lay out a beautiful and stylish photo book that can be ordered online, on demand.

We explore all the capabilities of BookSmart in depth, and Susan explains Blurb's new Color Managed Workflow options. We also investigate Blurb’s ImageWrap feature, the option of dust jackets, and how to enhance static templates with Blurb's Edit Layout feature. For inspiration and design ideas, we examine books previously published with Blurb, as well as traditionally published books. Participants leave this workshop with their new books ready to be uploaded and published.