Tips for Printing Photography Books from Documentary Photographer Daniel Milnor

When you start printing books, it's important to understand how the book will turn out. Here are some easy tips from Daniel Milnor to fully understand how your work will turn out when you print it.

[marcsilber]

Thanks for the tips Dan! And I hope you all take advantage of this to make your own test books and photography books of your own! Be sure to share your work with us using #AYPClub, we love to see that awesome projects everyone is working on!

[seoulrydr]

Dear Mr. Saint,
What are your suggestions for people who want to print color? Surely a man of your magnanimous magnitude would have an answer to such a convoluted quandary? Thank you for being such an ethereal presence for the masses. Jim Jones got nothing on you!

[miguelaltunagajr]

There is always special people that stays in your mind because his or her words and actions are coming from a deep truth, with no masking, no bullshit, only pure honesty and immense desire to help others. And here is my guy Dan !! One of those people who resonates and change people's lives. Thank you man . I'm grateful to you . On top of that you are a cool dude. ! Peace

[joseelement]

Dan IS so awesome. And damn it his YouTube films are awesome, too.

[camilobmxtravel]

Hello. Is there an advise video for sharpening (or not to) for long scale printing like Blurb?

[tadeusz]

Top tips from Top Dan. In the process of making my first zine and no guesses as to who I will be using...

[ronm]

Thanks St. Daniel for the amazing tip! I didn’t know about the blurb swatch kit. I’m going to order one immediately!

[textcentric]

Hey Marc & Dan - thanks so much for this information. I have been thinking about doing test books since 2006 when I did my first Blurb book. I put so much effort into it, but I was very disappointed with the book because many of the images were too dark! Including the cover :(

Having a film/darkroom background, I was thinking there must be a way to proof the images/book to make sure everything is just right before you do the final version - just like a photographic print. Up until now, I hadn't seen any information on proofing in Blurb/doing a test book. But now I know! I will be sure to do some tests on the book I'm working on now before I get the final version printed. Cheers!

[JonniArmani]

Nice segue straight to “my first bike was a urine colored bike” lol

[colinosullivan]

Dan started yoga on your advice in our first lockdown, now I’m doing my first test book in our second major lockdown here!!! 👍 stay safe

[mach_media]

Perfect road map for my steps into printing

[lookseeobserve]

I'm sure this info is somewhere in one of your videos and I've been looking online but no luck yet. Do I need to get model releases from people I'm photographing for a new series I've begun (and plan on creating a book with these photos)? It's a portrait series. AND do I need to customize my model releases with specific language about usage in a book? Or is my standard model release that gives me the right to do (almost) anything - all I need? Many thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[yavuzyilmaz_]

Here is a tip about the relation between (standard) font sizes on screen and printing: the measured height of the tallest straight character (e.g. H or L or I) x 4 equals to font sizes on screen. So for example, let’s say you measured an L (with a ruler) and it’s 3mm. That means the used font size 12pt .