The next 1x photo book is going to be a how to book with descriptions about how the photos are made and a little info about the photographer to get to know the each other better. The idea is to make a combination between a top quality photo coffee table book and an inspiration/learning book telling how to make such amazing photos. It will be 200 pages with about 100 pictures and one page of text about each picture. I think it's very exciting to find out how pictures are made and we shouldn't keep our wizard's tricks to ourselves, because when we tell others our secrets it forces us to develop, pushes our personal growth and makes us take the next step in photography! Imagine a book with 100 fantastic photos which can you look through in any order and find out more about how a certain photo you happen to be interested in is made!

Does the photograph have to be published work or can we select from our reject pile??

It's intended for photos published on 1x like the previous books.

Hi Ralf,

It Can be same Photo that already Publish in the Previous Book?, or It must be Different from the 2 Previous Photo selection.

I'm interested either way ;-)

It can be a photo already published in a previous book, but it's probably more interesting with a new photo. If you have some time please make a guide of "1 cm Nemo" I would be very curious to find out how you made it!

I think this is an excellent idea Ralf, I enjoy reading how others make their images and I am always willing to offer my knowledge.

JP

Great idea, Ralf; do you think 100 pages/ authors would be enough for such a site like 1x?

It will be about 200 pages, 100 pages of photos + 100 pages of text, it's hard to fit more than that into a book. Each photo should have a whole page since this is not a pure learning book but also a beautiful photo book so the presentation is important. If the concept proves to be popular we can make more books like this of course! Also we might make it in pdf-format which means it's not the same page limit.

Thanks for showing interest in this Matjaz, with enough contrubutors I think this will be a fantastically beautiful photobook and also very useful for learning and getting new inspiration!

Hi there,

Is this new book concern only 2010 photo ? or no matter wich.

Ralf,

just had a go a describing "How I made it"

http://1x.com/v2/#discussions/26329/how-i-made-it-quotsunrisequot/

Hope it is what you are looking for

Cheers Chris

Excellent, thanks a lot, a great picture for this purpose too I know that many people wonder how those are made! This is a great fit for the book, we will contact you later with some follow up questions.

Best, Ralf

Awesome I idea!!

No, it doesn't matter when the photos are taken or published on 1x if that is what you mean.

There might be some photos from the 2010 book in this book, but we will mainly focus on finding new photos for this book which are both interesting to look at and interesting from a learning perspective.

Wow, this will certainly populate the Photo tutorials section more than ever before!! I will do "Emma & Chris" this weekend, I shot that in a pretty unique way...


Stay tuned!

Thanks Ralf, I do like to write about 1 cm Nemo, but not much to write about it ;-), it's almost as It is, but the preparation is long lol, but Don't worry i will if my time permits.

I will look on my other photo which one will be suitable ;-)

Good Luck and more Power to 1X ;-)

Perfect picture for the 2011 book, I was thinking about this one as well!


Yeah, actually it could be a better idea to write a guide on one of your other shots since it's already in the 2010 book. The preparation is certainly a very important and interesting part of taking a picture!

Cheers!

Thanks Ralf, I understand the goal, that's a nice project for 1X and for the authors.
I will try to participate.
cheers.

Ah, haha. This is not a so good idea for lazy people like me and those who haven't made a tutorial before.
Ralf, how much time do we have?

The sooner the better of course, but the final deadline for the book is quite far ahead. Would be very cool if you wanted to participate!

Cheers, Ralf

I think this is a fantastic idea for people like me who are new to photography. It's one thing to admire somebodys work, but to be guided through how the image was taken, will allow people like me to learn through replication. Maybe if this proves a success, you could then produce a series of books, based on subject, macro, landscape, portraits etc.

Interesting, will look forward to do one.

Wonderful, wish you luck and success.

This could even take 1x much higher.

I think that this is an excellent idea for not professional people as me that him much would like to learn, I would be charmed with taking part and though I have very few possibilities of having a photo published in the book due to the high level that exists in 1x I want to try it of all forms.

My problem is the language and I do not know anybody who could translate the text, I would like to know if with an Internet translator like that this one translating these words might serve?

Thank you and a greeting

I think this photo for example is really awesome: http://1x.com/v2/#photos/latest-additions/30021/

Please write a tutorial in your own language (Spanish?) and I will find someone who can translate it for you!

Hi, Ralf...I got a message from Chris Dixon that my photo titled "So Lost" Image Number 34 598, also elected, with the format if later I'll send the tutorial, such as Microsoft Word? thank you

Ralph - Does there have to be an exact blow-by-blow tutorial or can general editing guidelines with exif camera settings suffice... possibly with some comments about a shot? Damned if I can remember what I did, to the number but my general approach is easy to recall and might be more valuable than exact details.

Heya,

Sure, please go ahead and write down what you remember and we will go from there!

Cheers, Ralf

Brilliant idea set into motion!

Though i have an observation to point out. With this kind of a concept, IMHO its very important to have the original capture and the end result with all the modifications made. That way, the start and end points are established...the path followed can be what the artist explains...or the user can work more creative options to arrive at the same result...or come up with something completely new!

Just my thoughts :)

Best Regards.

Hope the new book will stay black like the others :) Looks good together!

hi,in all images i look for before and very first image taken by photographer.is it possible to have very first(before any post process) image to see what type of edit or process applied to image?is it possible to print before process along published and elected for new book?
tanx

No, it will be white to the general public but members can choose either white or black. (And, a little secret, they're going to make me a special gray one!! Shhhh, don't tell anybody else, it's a secret!!)

What do you mean? Will there be a special b/w switch in the book only accessible by members. That would be wonderful!

Grey is a bit dull after all, I think I will go with the yellow and pink stripes that someone suggested!That is a very good idea! I'm not sure I can fit it though with only about one page of text per image.

Once more I will wait for an opportunity to be able to participate :-)))

In the meantime... If any help is needed with translations or in any area I may be useful, you can count me in.

Congratulations on the idea... it sounds great!

oh it could be 18% gray and use it as a gray card too ;-)

I only see 7 of my 9 published images in the drop-down from the "Write a Tutorial Page".

Using FireFox 4.01, OS X 10.6.7

I did notice that it's my oldest 2 images that do not show up on the drop-down list. I'd like to do a tutorial on one of them.

Is there a limit on how far you can go back to do a tutorial?

David

Hi!

Cool, thanks Jacob.

While I've got you attention ;-)

Is there any way to include images in the tutorial? Maybe thumbnails that link to images in my home page gallery to show the processing steps?

Thanks,

First bug should be solved now.

yep, I see them now, thanks for the quick response!

Is it possible to add a picture of how I arranged the studio for my picture in the tutorial? And if so, how? And what happens to the document I did sent to 1x.com I was asked for to make for possibly placement in the new book? Gr. Wieteke

Yes, please send the picture of the set up to ralf[at]1x.com and we will include it in your tutorial and maybe in the book if there's enough room.

Thanks Ralf, I'll re-upload my high resolution pictures, because I think now I know how to do it better with the instruction I found on this site.

How can the original photo and the others taken during the same session be included in the tutorial? Where should I upload there and how can I link them to the tutorial? Sorry for these questions, I am of another generation and these things are difficult for me ...

Paolo,

I am one of the team helping Ralf with this.  Upload your original in the "Tutorial" and send the rest to me at chris_dixon@btinternet.com and I will make sure they get to Ralf before he starts his selection process.

Cheers Chris

But Chris, how does that get them included in the Tutorials section of 1x on the photographers' Tutorials???
I have 3 or 4 pics sitting in my uploaded section that are on my "Emma & Chis" tutorial. I used my upload slots to get them there in the beginning.