© Susan Hayre Thelwell

The digital age has provided photographers with many delights, conveniences, and new opportunities. Among the latter, one of the most rewarding is the capability of creating bookstore-quality coffee-table books at home, using our own computers.   

Participants in this workshop learn to use Blurb technology to make their own hardbound photography books. After choosing a theme that best presents our images, we design our dust jackets, including front and back flaps. We learn how to lay out and sequence our books page by page, knowing that creating a strong rhythm of photographs is crucial to a successful project. We also learn how to add text, edit, choose the most appropriate fonts, colors, size, italics, underlines, indentations, spacing, bullets, etc., and explore an array of special effects.

Once our books are edited and complete, we press the “Order Book” button and, voila!—about a week later, our books will be delivered to our door. Moreover, family and friends can order these books directly from Blurb, and if we wish, Blurb can list books for sale on their site.
 
This workshop takes place in The Workshops’ state-of-the-art digital lab, with 24-inch monitors, the latest software, and printers for proofing.

Instructor(s)

Susan Hayre Thelwell, a Santa Fe based fine-art photographer and educator, celebrates her vision in black and white with her long-term personal project “Mitchell’s Lot.” In 2008, her book of the project won an honorable mention in the Blurb “Photography.Book.Now” competition, and her work was exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art 2009 Biennial. Trained at Rockport College in the traditional darkroom, she made the transition to digital as an assistant at the Workshops. Susan’s enthusiasm for teaching and learning, and her understanding of the technical as well as artistic sides of photography, make her a dynamic instructor. This is her third year teaching for the Workshops.  Her web site is www.susanhayrethelwell.com.

Skill Level:
A working knowledge of Photoshop is essential.

Accommodations Available:
On-campus housing not available. Click here for "Suggested Accommodations in Santa Fe."

Tuition & Fees:
Tuition: $985.00
Digital Lab Fee: $75.00