Peter Cooper Photography: Blog

Galapagos Photo Book from Saal Digital #saaldigital

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 15:41:32 GMT

I recently had the chance to create a Professional Line Photobook from Saal Digital. A number of different formats were available, with a default number of pages which can be expanded later. All sizes come in the standard or XT versions, which has much thicker pages. Because of this these will have significantly less pages. I chose the 30x30 option, the 2nd largest available. There are several options to create your book: you can upload a pdf, have it created automatically, or use Saal's software to design it yourself. The latter was the option I chose.

The software is pretty flexible, with a lot of templates and automation combined with a lot of manual tools to customise layouts, text and images. You can go with several different look and feels, although I found a lot of these a little distracting and although would have been good for a book of family memories, I would have appreciated some simpler, sleeker designs for professional use.

I took a very manual approach to the design, using some of the layout templates, of which there are many many options, as a basis. It was easy to create what I wanted and I didn't feel like the software got in the way at all of what I was trying to create.

The product itself is fantastic. I chose the black leather binding, acrylic cover matt paper and no box, but there are a number of different options to customise the creation and materials of the book. The printing quality is fantastic, with good quality paper and the colour reproduction being spot on from what I was seeing on my computer screen. I also love the acrylic cover, it is quite a unique feature and really sets the book apart. I would definitely recommend using Saal - check them out at http://www.saal-digital.co.uk

London Marathon 2018

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 22:05:23 GMT

My favourite shot from the race This past weekend I was at the London Marathon getting shots of the runners for the Mental Health Foundation - you can find out more about them and the work they do here: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk. We were at around mile 18, so just before people would start hitting the wall, and most people still looked in pretty good shape by this point! The atmosphere as usual was amazing - better than when I've been before as I think being in a team gave it that extra edge. We were still cheering anyone and everyone tho! Got some decent shots I think, which can be seen on my portfolio page. Was really inspiring to chat with some of the MHF runners who stopped to talk to us, and I'm really hoping I'll get to run it myself next year!

That's all for now

Pete

All Systems Go!

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:03:41 GMT

Hey all!

So everything is now up and running with the site and more photos have been uploaded so please feel free to take a look around! Aside from that, recently Lumiere London has rolled back into town. For those that haven't heard of it, the centre of London is covered in unique light-based artworks, from the strangely hypnotic to the bright and loud. Unfortunately it rained a lot of the weekend, but I still managed to get some shots.

Thanks for your visit, I hope you found something you like!

Pete

Happy New Year

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:38:10 GMT

Hi there! Hopefully this will be the first of many posts. I will be adding more photos soon and hoping to get the shop part of the site up and running asap! See you soon, Pete