

Ideas & Examples
Founded in 2015, the nonprofit femLENS offers free workshops on documentary photography to women and girls from economically and culturally diverse backgrounds. These students learn to tell their stories ...

Photography
Exploring the images you can’t explain
One of the things you are told early in your photography career is that you must be merciless when it comes to editing your photography portfolio. You hear things ...

Photography
How to use pictures to tell a story
The adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words," is undeniable. Photographers know best that images can bring stories to life and build powerful connections through a lens. A ...

Photography
The welcome return of film photography
What is it about film photography? For the first time in decades, Eastman Kodak Company is actively hiring film technicians while watching consumer demand for film skyrocket. Once considered ...

Photography
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Embracing Local Photography
In 1996, I was working as a freelance photographer, and although I had been working full-time for several years, I was still very much at the beginning of my ...

Photography
Hit the Books with Dan Milnor: Photographing in Winter
I spent most of my adult life in a one-season city. Much of the year was entirely predictable. I owned no winter coat and never really had to even ...

Photography
Introduction to Documentary Photography
Award-winning photographer and author Dan Milnor talks about what it takes to become a documentary photographer and how to stay the course while doing it.
I love documentary photography and ...

Photography
11 Photography Mistakes and How to Overcome Them
A few simple tips can go a long way toward improving your photography skills. Check out Dan Milnor’s advice for avoiding common pitfalls behind the lens.
Those of us who ...

Photography
How to Find a Photography Mentor in 6 Steps
Photography is a funny thing. A photography practice often starts innocently enough but can soon become a complete and total compulsion, something that creeps into our mind before, during and ...

Photography
5 Photographers to Follow
When I was first asked to write this post, a cascade of faces and names began to flow through my mind, as did a level of excitement I’ve not ...

Planning & Creating
How to Scan Your Old Photos
Nowadays, most of the photos we take are stored on our phones and digital cameras. It’s easy to turn these digital galleries into physical albums with bookmaking software like ...

Tips & Tricks
Photo Books to Journals: Q&A with Dan Milnor
Whether you’re starting a new creative project or planning your next career moves, it helps to get perspective from a professional. In our latest webinar series, Blurb Creative Evangelist ...

Ideas & Examples, Photography
Behind the Book: Chasing Magic
Photography shown in hero image by Brynn A. Schmidt, Kathy Linford, and Maricel Quesada Jara
For every breathtaking landscape or wildlife photo, there’s often a personal story or tale of ...

Photography
What is Film Photography (Analog Photography)?
Luckily for all of us, analog photography, also known as film photography, is all the rage. The Digital Revolution which descended on photography in the mid to late 1990s ...

Planning & Creating
Portfolio Book or Digital Portfolio Website?
Several times a year I get asked to review portfolios; a printed book or digital gallery designed solely to showcase an artist’s best work. Typically, these opportunities come during ...

Self-Publishing
Author Spotlight: Forest McMullin
Fresh off the press, the story of Forest McMullin’s new book Late Harvest is a perfect example of how independent self-publishing can pave the way to traditional publishing success. ...

Ideas & Examples
Behind the Book with Elliot Ross
With his new book, The Mirror Pond, fresh from the printers, we caught up with photographer Elliot Ross to talk photography, bookmaking, and more.
1. How did you get interested ...

Photography
8 Tips for Photographing the Holidays
The holiday season brings with it a unique energy, from bustling days of gift shopping and social events to momentous family trips and heartwarming celebrations. In this flurry of ...

Ideas & Examples
Behind the Book with Danny Owens
Danny Owens is a photographer, creative producer, and art director. He published Motive, a magazine in partnership with Blurb, that features interviews from other creatives and artists about their ...

Photography
The History of Photography—10 Moments that Changed How We See
In the last 100 years, technology has radically changed the way we see and remember our daily lives. The history of photography illustrates just how drastically those technological developments ...

Ideas & Examples
An Interview with Adobe Creative Resident Temi Coker
Adobe Creative Resident Temi Coker is a digital artist and photographer based in Texas. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he taught himself photography at “The University of YouTube,” and by ...

Photography
An Interview with Pete Souza
In the middle of promoting his new book, Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents, former White House photographer for President Obama Pete Souza stopped by the Blurb offices in ...

Photography
Hit the Books: How to Take Photographs on the Road
I have a long and interesting set of memories when it comes to the road trip, with both family and friends. There was the agonizing trip to the Football ...

Photography
Talking Cuba and Cyanotypes with Photographer Allan Jenkins
Allan Jenkins’ work combines the best of traditional and modern techniques. For example, his Victorian-era cyanotype prints are created from digital negatives and his self-published print books are based ...