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04/27/2006 09:11:52 AM · #1 |
Some of you may rember my I just quit my job!!!... thread the other day and since I am going to try and live up to that dream, there is another one I have carried around in my head for almost 3 years now.
You see, I have a HUGE fetish for waterfalls. Just don´t know what it is but I just really like taking pictures of them and just can´t seem to get enough. There isn´t a book currently that covers Icelandic waterfalls so I thought I might get one published in a couple of years, that is if I can find a publisher. What do you guys think, if you were a tourist visting Iceland and saw this book in the bookstands, would you even look at it, let alone buy it?
These are some of the images I would contemplate putting in it, have loads more I have never posted here at DPC or anywhere for that matter. Don´t be afraid to just answer this question with a big NO if you honestly think that is the case, I am a big boy and can handle that.
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04/27/2006 09:19:24 AM · #2 |
Sorry, I don't know much about your part of the world, but water and ice play a large role in the personna of Iceland - yes/no?
I'm sure many would have an interest in waterfalls, especially if they are a large part of the attraction for tourists.
Would 'Icelandic Waters' be a better theme? In addition to the waterfalls have some images of glaciers (I'm feeling really stupid right now if you don't have those!), and shorelines as well.
Hopefully I'm not way off base. If I am at least it's good for a chuckle at my expense. ;^) |
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04/27/2006 09:19:48 AM · #3 |
I can't guarantee that I would buy any book on Icelandic waterfalls, but your examples are great. What I would look for above all is variety. The last thing I want to feel is that I'm looking at the same shot over and over again. There is great variety in the sample you've shown, though I would suggest at least a couple of fast shutter-speed shots.
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04/27/2006 09:22:56 AM · #4 |
YES
sure, it would be a hit. just watch out for a quality publisher, cheap printing can easily spoil excellent photography.
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04/27/2006 09:32:03 AM · #5 |
I think your book is a good idea.
Have you explored the potential of postcards and notecards?
They are pretty good money-makers here in the US; if you know how to self-publish and distribute.
Good luck. You've got a ton of talent! |
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04/27/2006 09:33:29 AM · #6 |
glad2badad: Haha, yup, water and Ice are a huge part of the personna of Iceland. Sure we have glaciers, we actually have the biggest glacier in Europe I think (Vatnajökull) , well if you exclude Greenland of course. Anyway, I think I would keep waterfalls as the theme to keep it more knit together but some waterfalls go directly out in the ocean and I have shots where the waterfalls are just a small part of the photo like in the one at "Foss á sÃðu" and some with lakes as foreground so I will have something but waterfalls in some shots. Anyway good suggestion but I think I´ll stick to the waterfalls as the main theme but in some shots they might just be a tiny portion of the photos.
posthumous: Good suggestion and one I have tried to keep in mind regarding variety. I don´t like fast shutterspeed shots as much regarding waterfalls but some of them actually look better frozen, for example Dettifoss wich is huge and very powerful.
itsimring: Good suggestion, I have seen a lot of books that were printed abroad and the quality SUCKS, I am aware of this but thanx.
greatandsmall: Good suggestion but the postcard buisness here is very small, there are only a handful of companies, most of them just with a 2-3 employees or even just the owner working there and they tend to stick with the photographers they know so it´s a pretty closed market here...
Message edited by author 2006-04-27 09:40:28. |
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04/27/2006 09:35:36 AM · #7 |
Yes. In fact, people tend to buy them as gifts for the outdoor enthusiast around here. When visiting places I might discover a couple of nice hikes and then purchase a book so I can keep the memory of those places and dream about returning to see the rest.
Here's an example of a similar book to your idea:
//www.footprintpress.com/Waterfalls/WaterfallsPreview.htm |
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04/27/2006 10:05:09 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by KaDi:
Yes. In fact, people tend to buy them as gifts for the outdoor enthusiast around here. When visiting places I might discover a couple of nice hikes and then purchase a book so I can keep the memory of those places and dream about returning to see the rest. |
I had more of an ca A4 book size in mind and it would mostly be about the pictures, then an overwiew in the back as to where each waterfall is located but I haven´t really gotten that far yet, am mainly concentrating on taking pictures right now of high enough quality, so far I only have a bout 10-15 photos that I think are good enough and I think I need somewhere from 45-60 so that is why I say this is a goal for me for the future. :) Thanx for your input. |
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04/27/2006 10:16:06 AM · #9 |
I would buy a photography book in general when i have the internet for practically everything.
Having said that i would certainly pick your book up and stare for a good few minutes. I agree with what posthumous mentioned though about including fast shutter shots. It would get a tad repetative without them.
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04/27/2006 11:40:52 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by Larus:
Some of you may rember my I just quit my job!!!... thread the other day and since I am going to try and live up to that dream, there is another one I have carried around in my head for almost 3 years now.
You see, I have a HUGE fetish for waterfalls. Just don´t know what it is but I just really like taking pictures of them and just can´t seem to get enough. There isn´t a book currently that covers Icelandic waterfalls so I thought I might get one published in a couple of years, that is if I can find a publisher. What do you guys think, if you were a tourist visting Iceland and saw this book in the bookstands, would you even look at it, let alone buy it?
These are some of the images I would contemplate putting in it, have loads more I have never posted here at DPC or anywhere for that matter. Don´t be afraid to just answer this question with a big NO if you honestly think that is the case, I am a big boy and can handle that.
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I have some experience from the publishing business, and I know that it is difficult to get books published when you are a newcomer, especially for photographers. There are several Icelandic landscape photographers already, very good ones, so the competition is fierce. These books are very expensive to publish = a risk for the publisher.
Having said that, I think you should work on your idea, talk to them and present them with nothing less than a perfect waterfall-portfolio. You have to make an awsome impression. If and when they say no, ask them why and then work further on your idea. Believe in your idea and keep at it.
As for explaning this fetish, I and my friend Freud have a pretty good idea, but have decided not to put it forward here as you seem to be a popular guy around this place and we would not want to spoil your reputation. But we do hope you have not mentioned this fetish to your pshycoanalyst.
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04/27/2006 12:02:39 PM · #11 |
Larus, have you thought about teaming up with a writer to tell the story of these waterfalls?
I think that it might put the images into context for a non-photographic audience and also give a sense of the vast timescales that these wonderful parts of the landscape took to develop.
Might it offer opportunities to photograph some of the realted natural history subjects around them too?
A picture paints a thousand words they say, but sometimes I think that a few words can inspire a thousand photographs :-) |
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04/27/2006 12:17:33 PM · #12 |
Gugi: Now THAT is something I needed to hear. I know this is tough, to get a book like this published and I have not even begun contemplating anything realistic, just have this idea in my head to try and do a book like this but like I said, have no plan, no nothing and haven´t talked to anybody who knows jack about the publishing buisness. I kindof figured that it would be tough though and I would have to be very convincing and had to have killer images if a publisher would want to take the chance with me. Now what does the freud thing mean. I am hardly popular and what reputation? Pffftttt... spill the beans, I know you are dying to tell me :)
front_element: Nope, hadn´t thought of that, not a bad idea at all, it would tickle the ego to have a solo book but might be easier if I found an author willing to do this with me. No way I am going to write anything for myself, not a chance in hell, I am a lousy pen. Good idea ;) |
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04/27/2006 12:45:00 PM · #13 |
"You see, I have a HUGE fetish for waterfalls. Just don´t know what it is"
I am teasing you, so is Freud :-)
It is tough to get published and even with the "big" Icelandic photographers that do books, the publishers are taking chances. These books are very expensive to print, expensive pape and 4-colur print.
Start planning, think about the layout, see if you can come up with an idea that no one else has done. Text can be good, maybe just a good intro will do.
As I said before, don't give up, at least not untill you have about 10 no's. Hear what they have to say and see if you can do better. All writers and photographers get edited. A famous writer does not just get published every time he or she delivers a manuscript, they get no's, they get editing orders. Ok, there is a lot of rubbish that gets published because the writer is big and has many fans.
Keep your idea alive, work on it.
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04/27/2006 12:58:55 PM · #14 |
As a fan of waterfalls myself, in an area where we don't have any (Tampa, Florida) I would be interested in the book for myself and/or as a gift item. Your shots are lovely and I am sure would peak interest in tourists especially.
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04/27/2006 01:11:48 PM · #15 |
I can definitely see this being a successful venture for you -- your examples are incredible! I think the fact that you're localizing this to your area of the world is the key here. If it were just a book of waterfalls without attaching a geographic area of the world to it, I don't know that it would work.
But I think that people who want to remember a slice of Iceland would certainly find this to be a great addition to their collections, particularly if they had visited one. If any of those waterfalls have a tourist center of any sort, I'd be sure to make a deal with them to set up a kiosk of some sort at their location. |
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