Wow, what an amazing show!  

So many good speakers, and it was so great meeting everyone out there, seeing old friends, and catching up...  And of course New Orleans itself is FANTASTIC!  

We even have a nice video shot by our friend Jaci Clark: www.jaciclark.com showing our books.

 

We also launched our first show special, which was a great success.  Make sure you keep your eyes out for us at future shows, and don't forget to ask us about the new show specials.

Hope to see everyone again soon, and looking forward to New Orleans again next year!

If you're in the DFW area and want to check out some of our books, come on down to the PUG meeting next week: http://dallaspug.wordpress.com/

Kristin Greenlee, http://www.kristingreenlee.com, has been gracious enough to have invited us out to show our books, and talk about book design and binding.  The meeting is open to everyone, so even if you aren't a Pictage member, you can still come out and hang out with all of us.

The meeting is on October 8th, starting at 6:45pm, and here's the location:
McAlister’s Deli

100 N. Kimball Ave., Ste. 109
Southlake TX 76092
store phone: 817-310-5570

http://www.mcalistersdeli.com/locations/zipcode.asp

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Hope to see you there!

Check out this cool custom book by the amazing Laura Negri Photography (www.lauranegri.com):

Click here to check out the book: The Freeman Book

The book is then nestled in a custom slipcase, like the New York style books, but this time done in the Snow fabric.


The design and layout was done by the very talented Elissa Brown.  I love how she used the printed end-sheets to really customize the feel of the book


And the printed vellum pages inside work so well for the chapter markers

        

Laura also ended up making a second smaller copy for the parent book, which I think looks really nice together with the parent book as a set




Thanks Laura and Elissa for letting us share your book!

To contact Laura or Elissa:

Laura Negri Childers
Owner/Photographer
Laura Negri Photography
www.lauranegri.com
404.734.4550
VISIT OUR LATEST WEDDINGS AT:
www.negriphotography.com  or click on Latest News

Elissa Brown
Freelance Graphic Designer
602-614-1074
elissa@ebcreativestudios.com
For additional online wedding samples, please contact Elissa directly

COUTURE BOOK is hitting the road again this year!

We're teaming up with Celebrity Photographer Robert Evans and Award Winning Film and Television Producer/Director/Editor Curt Apanovich for two-day intensive Photo Fusion Workshops all over the country: http://www.photofusiontour.com/  


We're kicking off the tour in Los Angeles in April, and heading out to the rest of the country from there!

At the two-day intensive Photo Fusion Workshop, you'll learn:

1. How to work with and direct clients to achieve the best images possible
2. How to effectively shoot photos AND video together
3. Photography workflow & prep for video use
4. Final Cut Pro video workflow and editing
5. Final Mastering for DVD, Ipod, Web, etc.

At the end of this workshop, you'll know EVERYTHING you need to start creating your own Photo Fusions, even if you have a separate DSLR and video camera.

Get signed up ASAP as each workshop is limited to only 50 people!

Hope to see you there!!

Are you planning on attending the WPPI show in Las Vegas in two weeks (www.WPPInow.com)?

If so, we’ll be teaming up with HP again and sharing their booth, booth 101.

We’re going to have a ton of new sample books, and we’ll be officially launching several new collection styles at the show,  so make sure you come by and say hello.
 


We’re looking forward to another great show this year, and I hope to see you there!

Just in case you haven't noticed yet, as of January 2009, you are no longer required to use Adobe Lightroom and the Lightroom plug-in to order the Earth Collection.  

You can now place an order for the Earth Collection books without having to use Adobe's Lightroom to upload your project.

Happy New Years everybody!!



I was just starting to recover from the busy holiday season, and the next thing you know the Imaging USA show is here: http://www.imagingusa.org/

We aren't going to be hosting a booth at the trade show this year, but I'll be at the show all three days with a ton of sample books. 

If you haven't seen the books in person yet, and are going to be in Phoenix between the 11th and 13th, shoot me an email: support@couturebook.com.    I'll be setting up personal meetings with folks during the day to check out the goods, and hope to catch up with everybody.

Hope everyone had a fantastic Holiday season, and we're looking forward to a great New Year in 2009!

I'm fortunate enough that I get to see a ton of amazing books every month.  With that in mind, I thought we'd add a new feature to our blog today: the Book of the Month.  With the Book of the Month, I can start to share some of these highlights that I spot, give you a little background about the book and the photographer/designer, and hopefully inspire all of us to keep creating amazing works of art. 

To kick things off, I'm excited to show you a really cool book created by Maria Mayer over at Threestone Books:
www.ThreestoneBooks.com .   This was a special project for a client of hers, highlighting their trip to India.  



It was bound in the East Hampton's book style, with the full wrap around printed cover image, and a linen slipcase with images.  The design inside is very clean, and focuses on the images, just like a fine art monograph.

Here's a link to the inside of the book: India Book



The images are so bright and colorful (I would love to go to India just to shoot, even for just one day), and I thought the design was a really great way to show off all of those amazing travel images, as well as provide info about each image on the corresponding page. 

Thanks Maria for letting us share your book with everyone!!

We're heading out to New York next week to attend the PhotoPlus Expo (www.photoplusexpo.com).  We've also been invited to show and talk about our books on the evening of the 24th at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue!

Check out this amazing store:

If you're going to be in New York next week, make sure you come by and say hello.   We're going to be at the store from 7:00 to 9:00PM, and will then be at the PhotoPlus trade show the rest of the week. 

If you can't make it to the Apple store, but still want to check out the books in person, please give us a buzz at support@couturebook.com and we'll be happy to setup a meeting time.

Can't wait to see everyone in New York!!

I'm not sure if you made it to the Photokina (http://www.photokina-cologne.com/) this year in Germany, but if you had, you would been able to see our European kick-off.

Since my Spanish is very rusty and I don't speak German, nor French, nor the myriad of other languages spoken in Europe, we've teamed up with Keepsakes in Germany (www.keepsakes.de) to be able to bring better support and faster service to our European customers.

Check out the cool booth Keepsakes put together to show off the books:

Speaking of photography shows, we're also planning on being at the PhotoPlus Expo in New York in a couple weeks (23rd - 25th of October).  We won't have a booth at the tradeshow, but if you're going to be in town and want to check out the books, give me a buzz to setup a meeting time: support@couturebook.com or 877.472.1710

Hope to see you there!!

Over the last month and a half, we have been on the Free to Succeed Tour with David Jay and Adobe:  htttp://www.freetosucceedtour.com.   It was a fun tour, and was so nice to get to visit with so many great folks from all over.  

We kicked off the tour with the introduction of several new book collections, including the new Earth collection, the worlds first 100% recycled fine art book.  We were also happy to announce our new Adobe LightRoom plug-in.  Check out the posts below for more info on the Plug-in and to see more info on all of our collections, feel free to download our new catalog: http://www.couturebook.com/pdfs/CoutureBookCollections.pdf

I just wanted to thank everyone that came out and saw us on tour!  Everyone was so friendly and made all of us feel at home in every city.   If you did miss the tour, you can bring DJ into your home via DVD: http://freetosucceedtour.com/#/dvd/

We'll also be popping up at several local photographer meetings and PhotoPlus expo later this month.  Hope to see you soon, and keep you eyes on the blog for more info!!

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, we've teamed up with David Jay, ShowIt and Adobe and will be coming to a town near you!

We're going to be traveling in style in this new tour bus that DJ hooked up:


The tour starts at the end of the July and goes through the begining of September.   Here's a link to the dates, locations, and registrations: http://www.davidjay.com/tour

Find a stop close by, sign up, and we'll see you there!!

We are happy to be featured in the Adobe Showcase on Adobe.com, and here's a link to the Case Study done on COUTURE BOOK.
Here's a shout out to Frederick over at Adobe for helping make this happen. Thanks Frederick!