Exhibition Prints/Blurb Book

Coming to the end of the project, I then began to think about my presentation style and drew a ‘to scale’ diagram of my exhibition space (7ft x 4ft) and placed my singular 30 x 20 inch print with a ½ inch frame in the centre as 155cm from the base of the board being the mid-point. I decided to only have one image in my exhibition space because it was the strongest from the project (snow white photograph) and is very powerful on its own. I knew that my other images also worked well so I compiled them into a Blurb book with the text from each story/nursery rhyme. I found that the nursery rhymes already existed in the public domain along with the ‘Brother’s Grimm’ stories meaning that I wouldn’t infringe any copyright laws with the production of my book. I planned for a small table to sit below my frame in the exhibition as an alternative to a shelf, where my book would sit alongside a table lamp and a box for comments and business cards.

I ordered my print from the website ‘Professional Photo Prints’, a larger version of ‘Pro-Am’ due to the size of my print (30 x 20 inches- £20)and I framed it at a little shop in Hinckley called ‘Contactus’ with a ½ inch black frame which cost £32 at full bleed. Before ordering my book from Blurb, I created a mock-up out of paper to ensure that the images flowed well together and the text was aligned well. After this, I then downloaded the ‘Bookify’ programme and created my online book to upload to Blurb. The book cost me £22 with the 25% discount code that I was emailed due to already being a member of the site. I found the program very easy to use and was happy that I could select one or two of my final images from each shoot to include here and it would still look like a professional but alternative story-book.