Got mine about a week ago, and as someone who ran a prepress color house for a decade, it looks amazing. The zine itself is very well produced - what you would expect from a commercial printer, and obviously the photography is outstanding. Great job with everything.
Hi Nick My Zine just popped through the letter box having crossed America and the pond to NW England. Arrived on my birthday 9/15, most propitious! What a lovely start to the day. Looks amazing and now I can look at your pictures on the wall while relaxing with the new ones in the zine. Wishing you the best for your solo exhibition. Mark
As a retired (sort of) UK graphic designer and photographer of some 40 years experience, your account and workflow of how to layout your zines in InDesign and allow for the smaller colour gamut of commecial CMYK print is spot on. Since finding your channel I have been binge-watching your shoots and tutorials with great interest and amusement. Fabulous work from a perfectionist of both process and creativity. I hope you factored in those few days of signing and packing, not to mention all the other cost of time, materials and fuel etc!
As a graphic designer/prepress specialist for a commercial printer, I can't tell you how helpful it is when clients come in and want to know what they can do to make things go smoothly. Truly made me happy to hear you talk about binding styles, RGB vs CMYK and the importance of bleed. The books look terrific!!
Hello Nick. Received my copy of your "Outstanding" Zine today. I will cherish this copy ,from a famous RUclipsr. Great work, your an inspiration, to this old photographer . Thanks. KB
Nick, Yesterday I received and excitedly opened my copy of your SIGNED ! zine. Absolutely love the images and will enjoy revisiting the video with the book in hand. Your work has been a real inspiration for me (even better than Crewdson, whose work is too contrived for me) as I begin focusing less on typical landscapes. I noticed something though: there is repetition in some of the subjects. I received a valuable message from this and that is "Work the Scene." Try different angles, different views, different lighting. Stay longer. Thanks for all your effort producing this book and sharing tips for us to try our own.
Hi Nick, as a photographer on a small scale looking for ways to expand their options, it's always great to see the numbers, plus time and effort! A lot of people like the pictures, but don't consider the time and effort put into the project. I like your style! Thanks again. :-))
I'm always amazed at his skills when he is on location--he is working on taking photos and making an outstanding presentation as well as making a video for distribution all by himself! This is not easy to do.
It would make the envelope a bit heavier but i think you should put another cardboard in front of the zine too. To protect the cover from extra wear and tear...
Got mine in the UK in perfect condition and (like the video series) it's fabulous. It's great to see how you put all this together and your commitment to the perfect product is inspiring. Thanks Nick!
Great breakdown! But before people do the math and think that you made about $7,100 in “profit”, there’s more to the story. You didn’t seem to include the cost of labels, ink and printing for the envelope seals nor the address labels. There’s also the cost of gas driving back and forth to your print house and shipper. The big one is labour. Even ignoring the time it took to take the images and do the original edits of the photos, there was the zine layout, resizing, conversion, tweaking, interacting with the print house, checking proofs, marketing, managing the orders, completing customs forms, printing labels, signing books, stuffing and labelling envelopes, taking it all to the shipping place and managing any shipping issues. This is something you do as a labour of love, not to get rich. Great work!
The clerk at the post office probably was very happy with you 😅😂 That thought just came to my mind considering the not always so good experience with costumer service at the post office. But regardless, so happy for you with this successful zine run.
Hey Nick, after I watched your video Saturday morning, a couple hours later, the mail arrived, and I instantly recognized the packaging for the zine. Perfect timing! I love the zine, and the photographs are stunning.
Great video! I've been in publishing industry and working with printers for over 3 decades, and your video was a great overview of how it all happens. Super job!!!
The zine surpasses any expectations - your 'nick-picking' the details certainly pays dividends. Been rewatching and re-enjoying the videos since receiving the zine. Fun all over and all the way around. Thanks for your time and effort.
Great work. You may notice that in the layout views you show (4:24) the fine black line used for layout actually vastly improves the look of the book. They should have been added, as images bleeding to blank space white pages are very much weakened. The ink looks wet (16:30) as you let the page above come down on it ....
Zine looks great...and THANK YOU for a video like this. It certainly gives those of us out there considering this a leg up on what all it really involves if you want to do it right!! Quick question: The hurricane that hit out west, that didn't cause any problems for your upcoming exhibition coming on the 15th did it? That place you are having it at, if I recall...was very close to a cliff...hoping nothing happened to the venue!!! Good luck and thank you, CC
I got the zine a couple days ago and the quality is seriously impressive. I was inspecting every inch of it and was blown away. You did a fantastic job with the scans, editing, and everything. And the printer did a fantastic job as well! I'm taking notes for my own zine!
So so happy to have received the zine! It looks stunning. Every detail as you describe so very well in the video looks and feels amazing. After this video I appreciate it even more! Best, Rafael - the Netherlands
Watching this video makes holding the zine after watching the EP even more special! Well done on a job well done! Certainly gives me some more inspiration to make my first zine and I look forward to what you produce in your next EP.
I can say that you not only have good taste as a photographer but also for rum... Ron Diplomatico one of our Venezuelan elixirs of rum! Salud Hermano! Nice Vid!
Your video popped up in my feed rather randomly, and I’m so glad it did! I’m only an armature photographer, and have no plans for a ‘zine, (tho I’m gonna buy yours when I can!) but the quality of your video is fantastic, and very inspiring!
Excellent video on how you setup the zine in the InDesign software. Thanks for the specs on paper etc...Heading to Zion in October and am pre-visualizing a zine already ...may take the 6x17 back for my 4x5.....Craig
Thank you for doing a second run, I missed out on it originally. also great choice of Rum, however I'm not sure how much work I'd get done sipping Diplomatico
Please make a new zine every week!!! I'm kidding, that looks like a lot of repetitive work, especially the signing process gave me carpal tunnel syndrome. Thanks for making a video showing part of the process. The zines look amazing!
I received my zine about a week ago, which is pretty fast if you factor in international shipping. I like it very much, thanks for making it. Also thanks for being so open and showing your whole calculation, this is interesting. I think your hourly rate is not very high in the end.
Thank you Nick! I haven’t received mine yet but I can’t wait to get it. There is something magical about holding something tangible that someone created and put their soul into:
I’m not sure what export options your printers uses, but if your exporting as a PDFx1 this converts any Adobe RGB images into a CMYK colourspace, therefore saving a lot of time in having to manually convert every single image. Furthermore you can soft soft proof your images in InDesign too so you can preview how the printed colourspace will look.
@@chico11mbityou can soft proof images in Photoshop without converting them to the desired CMYK colour space. If there is something off then you can catch it in the soft proof, saving considerable time in having to convert each and every image to CMYK, which is what a PDFx1 output does regardless
Zine ordered! I don't know why I didn't order one on the first run--I've only been watching this channel for years and love the photographic style and the storytelling. The EP was terrific and the zine looks super awesome--thanks for doing a second run😀😀 BTW, really loved the signing sequence and musical accompaniment on this video.👍👍😎😎
Well done! Excellent quality and great insights of the process. I can feel the pain of signing all those zines. I did a small run of 50 and hand cramps set in by the end though I did address the envelopes by hand too 😁
Excellent video. I love mine, and plan to order several more for Christmas presents. So the obvious question is, when do you publish a monograph? You got the goods! Cheers.
How about thin-paper magazine style? Think Cosmopolitan ot Time. I.e. away from the thicker-paper, almost softcover-book style. These are usually mass-printed, so how can we get small runs on the cheap?
Loved my copy of the zine! Informative discussion of the production, great job! I’m looking forward to your next project. Best of luck with your coming exhibit!
Hello. Yes! Converting an image from RGB to CMYK is a tricky thing. On the one hand, the RGB gamut is larger than the CMYK gamut, and on the other hand, it is important to know that RGB is additive color mixing (adding values creates a lighter to white light - max. 255, 255, 255) and CMYK is subtractive color mixing (adding values in colors creates dark to black stain on paper - max. 100, 100, 100, 100%). RGB is in the monitor, TV, or display - the image surface is illuminated. CMYK is on paper, metal, wood, etc. Can't shine through. It's like mixing colors with a brush on paper, canvas. The conversion to the CMYK profile in Photoshop is important so that we can see a "simulation" on the monitor of what it will look like in composite CMYK color on paper. Therefore, the colors are not as bright as the RGB profile - the monitor simulates a sample of how the image will look on the mat without backlight. It also depends on the exact CMYK profile I convert the photo to. An important factor is the printing inks used, the increase in the print dot of the given machine, the type of paper according to the standard (glossy, semi-glossy, matte) and how much ink it absorbs during printing. - this profile will tell you the printer where you will print. Nick, thank you very much for this video showing the hard work of commercial offset printing by a home printer in a small print run.
Nick, you should produce a course on image scanning, processing and printing. I know you've covered it on your channel, but perhaps a deeper chronological dive might be interesting and useful.
Got mine about a week ago, and as someone who ran a prepress color house for a decade, it looks amazing. The zine itself is very well produced - what you would expect from a commercial printer, and obviously the photography is outstanding. Great job with everything.
Hey, that was my zine!!!
Hi Nick
My Zine just popped through the letter box having crossed America and the pond to NW England.
Arrived on my birthday 9/15, most propitious!
What a lovely start to the day. Looks amazing and now I can look at your pictures on the wall while relaxing with the new ones in the zine. Wishing you the best for your solo exhibition.
Mark
As a retired (sort of) UK graphic designer and photographer of some 40 years experience, your account and workflow of how to layout your zines in InDesign and allow for the smaller colour gamut of commecial CMYK print is spot on. Since finding your channel I have been binge-watching your shoots and tutorials with great interest and amusement. Fabulous work from a perfectionist of both process and creativity. I hope you factored in those few days of signing and packing, not to mention all the other cost of time, materials and fuel etc!
As a graphic designer/prepress specialist for a commercial printer, I can't tell you how helpful it is when clients come in and want to know what they can do to make things go smoothly. Truly made me happy to hear you talk about binding styles, RGB vs CMYK and the importance of bleed. The books look terrific!!
Thanks! - really informative. Can you please tell us the paper and cover weights in GSM (not pounds)?
Hello Nick. Received my copy of your "Outstanding" Zine today. I will cherish this copy ,from a famous RUclipsr. Great work, your an inspiration, to this old photographer . Thanks. KB
Brilliant. Your energy and enthusiasm for your work is really inspiring; I don't think many people can touch it.
Nick, Yesterday I received and excitedly opened my copy of your SIGNED ! zine. Absolutely love the images and will enjoy revisiting the video with the book in hand. Your work has been a real inspiration for me (even better than Crewdson, whose work is too contrived for me) as I begin focusing less on typical landscapes. I noticed something though: there is repetition in some of the subjects. I received a valuable message from this and that is "Work the Scene." Try different angles, different views, different lighting. Stay longer. Thanks for all your effort producing this book and sharing tips for us to try our own.
Offsetting the images in the full-page spreads was a great idea!
Hi Nick, as a photographer on a small scale looking for ways to expand their options, it's always great to see the numbers, plus time and effort! A lot of people like the pictures, but don't consider the time and effort put into the project. I like your style! Thanks again. :-))
Love that you do all the detail work yourself. I’m too old to be a hipster but you’re the hipster I aspire to be.
Hey Nick. Stumbled upon your channel yesterday. Your content is Ah-mazing and covers topics that very few other photographers cover
How the heck are you so good at talking on camera? ❤
I know, Nick just rattles through technical information like its just casual conversation. He knows his stuff
I'm always amazed at his skills when he is on location--he is working on taking photos and making an outstanding presentation as well as making a video for distribution all by himself! This is not easy to do.
It would make the envelope a bit heavier but i think you should put another cardboard in front of the zine too. To protect the cover from extra wear and tear...
As the old saying goes, hard work pays off. You worked your ass off Nick.
Got mine in the UK in perfect condition and (like the video series) it's fabulous. It's great to see how you put all this together and your commitment to the perfect product is inspiring. Thanks Nick!
Great breakdown! But before people do the math and think that you made about $7,100 in “profit”, there’s more to the story. You didn’t seem to include the cost of labels, ink and printing for the envelope seals nor the address labels. There’s also the cost of gas driving back and forth to your print house and shipper. The big one is labour. Even ignoring the time it took to take the images and do the original edits of the photos, there was the zine layout, resizing, conversion, tweaking, interacting with the print house, checking proofs, marketing, managing the orders, completing customs forms, printing labels, signing books, stuffing and labelling envelopes, taking it all to the shipping place and managing any shipping issues. This is something you do as a labour of love, not to get rich. Great work!
Got mine safely across the pond, it’s epic! Super high quality and the photos…. Ahhh just unbelievable, very very impressed
The clerk at the post office probably was very happy with you 😅😂 That thought just came to my mind considering the not always so good experience with costumer service at the post office. But regardless, so happy for you with this successful zine run.
Awesome! Ordered a second run edition to the UK, can’t wait
Missed out on the first run, so I just ordered the Zine combo. See you in a few weeks. Tim
Hey Nick, after I watched your video Saturday morning, a couple hours later, the mail arrived, and I instantly recognized the packaging for the zine. Perfect timing! I love the zine, and the photographs are stunning.
Great video! I've been in publishing industry and working with printers for over 3 decades, and your video was a great overview of how it all happens. Super job!!!
Thanks for sharing the process. There’s nothing like the satisfaction of doing a project like that. Congrats, that’s no small feat!
The zine surpasses any expectations - your 'nick-picking' the details certainly pays dividends. Been rewatching and re-enjoying the videos since receiving the zine. Fun all over and all the way around. Thanks for your time and effort.
Missed the first run, but was able to snag one of the second run! Super excited.
Great work. You may notice that in the layout views you show (4:24) the fine black line used for layout actually vastly improves the look of the book. They should have been added, as images bleeding to blank space white pages are very much weakened. The ink looks wet (16:30) as you let the page above come down on it ....
Got mine. Love it!
Zine looks great...and THANK YOU for a video like this. It certainly gives those of us out there considering this a leg up on what all it really involves if you want to do it right!!
Quick question: The hurricane that hit out west, that didn't cause any problems for your upcoming exhibition coming on the 15th did it?
That place you are having it at, if I recall...was very close to a cliff...hoping nothing happened to the venue!!!
Good luck and thank you,
CC
I got the zine a couple days ago and the quality is seriously impressive. I was inspecting every inch of it and was blown away. You did a fantastic job with the scans, editing, and everything. And the printer did a fantastic job as well! I'm taking notes for my own zine!
So so happy to have received the zine! It looks stunning. Every detail as you describe so very well in the video looks and feels amazing. After this video I appreciate it even more! Best, Rafael - the Netherlands
Watching this video makes holding the zine after watching the EP even more special! Well done on a job well done! Certainly gives me some more inspiration to make my first zine and I look forward to what you produce in your next EP.
Thanks for doing a second run, I just purchased one for my sister in Ajo - she’ll love it!
I can say that you not only have good taste as a photographer but also for rum... Ron Diplomatico one of our Venezuelan elixirs of rum! Salud Hermano! Nice Vid!
Bravo I work in Prepress for a printing company and you nailed it on the details creating your zine.
Got mine a day ago, all the way in Sydney, Australia. Great job, I love it.
Your video popped up in my feed rather randomly, and I’m so glad it did! I’m only an armature photographer, and have no plans for a ‘zine, (tho I’m gonna buy yours when I can!) but the quality of your video is fantastic, and very inspiring!
I wonder who got the special edition camera drawing! Love my copy can’t wait for the next EP!
Excellent video on how you setup the zine in the InDesign software. Thanks for the specs on paper etc...Heading to Zion in October and am pre-visualizing a zine already ...may take the 6x17 back for my 4x5.....Craig
Love how intricate these videos always aware, and appreciate how open you are throughout the entire process ☺️
Thank you for doing a second run, I missed out on it originally.
also great choice of Rum, however I'm not sure how much work I'd get done sipping Diplomatico
Great work as always Nick! Can’t wait to get the zine on the 2nd run! Looking forward to your show next weekend!!!🤘🏽
It looks great, can't wait to receive it! I'm in holiday right now and I hope that the postman is not trying to force it into a full mailbox...
Love it Nick. Missing your videos 😢
Looking forward to seeing your zine on my doormat here in sunny Oxford, UK.
Received my copy in great condition and enjoyed the content and quality of the Zine.
I just had the taco stand yesterday ! tacos alpastor with churros are fire !
Is the color conversion not tied to the paper profile? Is this paper and printer perhaps closer to the standard US profile you used?
Please make a new zine every week!!! I'm kidding, that looks like a lot of repetitive work, especially the signing process gave me carpal tunnel syndrome.
Thanks for making a video showing part of the process.
The zines look amazing!
Love the Zine and binged the extended play again.
Great video, as always, Nick!! Thanks for walking us through the process!
I just got in on the 2nd run, yieww!!
I love this information. Fantastic. Mine will be forwarded since I just moved, but I cann't wait!
Congratulations Nick! My copy has arrived and I love it! Such beautiful work and attention to detail! And, thanks for sharing your process!
Such a brilliant level of details and honesty on the production and costs here, that's great information!
Received my zine today
. Really enjoyed it. Thanks
Got my zine today. Its awesome thanks!
I received my zine about a week ago, which is pretty fast if you factor in international shipping. I like it very much, thanks for making it.
Also thanks for being so open and showing your whole calculation, this is interesting. I think your hourly rate is not very high in the end.
I want two. One to keep as is and one to cut up have a bunch of little framed Carvers.
Thank you Nick! I haven’t received mine yet but I can’t wait to get it. There is something magical about holding something tangible that someone created and put their soul into:
I’m not sure what export options your printers uses, but if your exporting as a PDFx1 this converts any Adobe RGB images into a CMYK colourspace, therefore saving a lot of time in having to manually convert every single image. Furthermore you can soft soft proof your images in InDesign too so you can preview how the printed colourspace will look.
no manual color correction per picture possible.
@@chico11mbityou can soft proof images in Photoshop without converting them to the desired CMYK colour space. If there is something off then you can catch it in the soft proof, saving considerable time in having to convert each and every image to CMYK, which is what a PDFx1 output does regardless
We got ours today. We love it and appreciate the hard work you put into it. Always looking forward to your inspiring videos. Greetings from Germany!
A wonderful behind the scenes video Nick. Great job. Keep going.
Neat. Glad to have a second run! And the EP was great.
This video was probably a pain in the arse to make, but the info really is appreciated. Good one, Nick.👍
Zine ordered! I don't know why I didn't order one on the first run--I've only been watching this channel for years and love the photographic style and the storytelling. The EP was terrific and the zine looks super awesome--thanks for doing a second run😀😀
BTW, really loved the signing sequence and musical accompaniment on this video.👍👍😎😎
Love it! Inspiring and exciting to think of a new way to share my photos with family and friends.
Well done! Excellent quality and great insights of the process. I can feel the pain of signing all those zines. I did a small run of 50 and hand cramps set in by the end though I did address the envelopes by hand too 😁
Outstanding Achievement Nick ! The Zine looks awesome I’m ordering one now!
Darn it! i missed out on the Zine, guess Ill just have to wait for your next project, probably a Callendar 😄
Love the time lapse . Great work Nick your a legend ! 🎉🎉😂😂
That’s a ton of work and well deserved success. Congratulations 🎉
I-2 isnt for me, but what you said will apply equally to the Pentax camera (if it happens). I'll buy that even if its rubbish just to show my support.
Thanks Nick, just placed an order. Will make a great Christmas gift for myself. KB
Excellent video. I love mine, and plan to order several more for Christmas presents. So the obvious question is, when do you publish a monograph? You got the goods! Cheers.
Got mine two days ago! Love it! Great job Nick!
How about thin-paper magazine style? Think Cosmopolitan ot Time. I.e. away from the thicker-paper, almost softcover-book style. These are usually mass-printed, so how can we get small runs on the cheap?
Geat videos. The final product looks great! Bravo and Congratulations !
A true master of his craft!
Just placed an order for the zine. Love your work Nick!
Loved my copy of the zine! Informative discussion of the production, great job! I’m looking forward to your next project. Best of luck with your coming exhibit!
Yet another superb video, Nick! You always deliver quality. Thank you.
Loved it! You're such an inspiration! Thank you!
Hello. Yes! Converting an image from RGB to CMYK is a tricky thing. On the one hand, the RGB gamut is larger than the CMYK gamut, and on the other hand, it is important to know that RGB is additive color mixing (adding values creates a lighter to white light - max. 255, 255, 255) and CMYK is subtractive color mixing (adding values in colors creates dark to black stain on paper - max. 100, 100, 100, 100%). RGB is in the monitor, TV, or display - the image surface is illuminated. CMYK is on paper, metal, wood, etc. Can't shine through. It's like mixing colors with a brush on paper, canvas.
The conversion to the CMYK profile in Photoshop is important so that we can see a "simulation" on the monitor of what it will look like in composite CMYK color on paper. Therefore, the colors are not as bright as the RGB profile - the monitor simulates a sample of how the image will look on the mat without backlight.
It also depends on the exact CMYK profile I convert the photo to. An important factor is the printing inks used, the increase in the print dot of the given machine, the type of paper according to the standard (glossy, semi-glossy, matte) and how much ink it absorbs during printing.
- this profile will tell you the printer where you will print.
Nick, thank you very much for this video showing the hard work of commercial offset printing by a home printer in a small print run.
Thank you for the second run.
Clicked for the zine info. Stayed for the gun show.
Got my copy yesterday, it came out great!!!
...Appreciate your openess Nick,Good Job,well done 💯🏆
Just ordered mine because of this video
so happy for you man, that book looks beautiful!!
Excellent video. Nice behind the scenes look at the process. 👍
Nick, you should produce a course on image scanning, processing and printing. I know you've covered it on your channel, but perhaps a deeper chronological dive might be interesting and useful.
So fun to see your process and beuatiful video as always
This is so cool! Thank you for sharing also all the details!
Great work as always Nick! Love to see all the behind the scenes work that went in to this project!
Slanjivar 🥃
Super well explained: appreciate the level of detail.
Finaly done bit made me laugh more than it should have 😂
I would Love to see you and Jason Lee do a chit chat session. It would be interesting.
How to make making and packaging 578 books look interesting!
Ahhh silly me just checked your further information, shipping November 2nd run on the zine book, be great Christmas present 🎁 to meee