I’m editing a couple of books at once (I know I said I’d never do that again, just shoot me). I mean photo books, of course. At this point I’m still in the layout stage, just trying to pick the photos to go in the books and arrange the photos on the page.

It’s really exhausting. I have to take it two pages at a time, trying this photo with that one, that one with the other. Full bleed? Margins? How big are the margins? Should I contrast this photo with another one by changing the subject? The type of photo? Colors, or color vs. black and white? Portrait or landscape, and do those margins clash?

The SoFoBoMo book is really coming together and I’m only a few pages away from being done. I got a lot of good shots over Memorial Day. The remaining shots I want to do are concept/studio shots that will take a certain amount of setup and testing and tripods and lighting and general nonsense. If that doesn’t work I can always go out and shoot more pictures of ants.

The other book is more like, I was sitting around thinking “I have a lot of good stuff I should put it in a book.” So I decided to make a book with just my best stuff. All of the best photos, none of the not-so-best.

Problem is, I have too many best photos. I mean, I’m not being egotistical here, that’s not my point. My point is I have way too many photos that I think are really good only because of emotional attachment to the subject matter or circumstances of the shoot, or because one of my friends really likes a certain picture. Of course, being the photographer I sure as hell can’t tell the difference between a great photo and a mediocre one that reminds me of a good time. I feel compelled to put them all in, and of course I know the result would be a mess.

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