A brief history of my photography publications

First and foremost, let me bring you through a brief history of my photography books/zines publications that I produced and published. 

• Hokkaido B&W Landscapes 
• Square 8 x 8 Little Black Book with Zno (Hokkaido travel) 
• Trial/Pre-launch Photo Zine 
• TGH Photography Zine No.1: SG55 Special Edition 
• TGH Photography Zine No.2: TGH Photography Therapy Zine and Playbook 

Visual storytelling proposal plans/ideas

Continuing on from my TGH Photography Zine No.2 (you can get a physical and/or digital copy here!), I have shortlisted two project themes to work on:

A) Long term: Hokkaido travel visual story/travel guide (1 to 3 years)

My 1st travel adventure to Hokkaido was in November 2014, followed by my 2nd adventure in October 2016 (autumn). When I returned from my 2nd Hokkaido adventure, I set a goal for myself that I want to publish a photo book on 4 seasons of Hokkaido. 

This plan hasn’t change, it just got refined, my long term visual storytelling plan is a Hokkaido travel visual story/travel guide together. 

How am I going to discover my unique voice in my travel visual storytelling and travel guide combination? Firstly, I would need to make a few more trips, covering spring, summer and late winter seasons of Hokkaido first, I am reading more travel writing guides, travel writers works and start writing in small steps and phases.

B) Medium term: Singapore travel guides (6 months to 1 year)

I have a wide range of photographs and stories of Singapore over the past decade (and still counting), documenting old places, nature and green spaces, urban landscapes, history, heritage and culture, arts and creative sectors. 

Which sectors should I start on first? How should I approach it? A series of handy and informative handy Singapore travel guides might be my style and approach.

Photography books/Zines proposal plans/ideas

Here are some of my photography books/zines proposal plans/ideas that I have come up with. 

• Old playgrounds 
• Cats
• Clouds
• Sunsets
• Forest Bathing (Shinrin-Yoku)
• Hokkaido landscapes (2nd edition)
• Singapore landscapes 
• B&W street photography 

For 2023, I am planning my zines to be of a more informal style and approach, while photo books would be produced in a slightly more planned approach. There is no final decision yet, I would go with my feel and see how each project theme turns out that I choose to work on.

Why do I still want to print/publish books/zines?

The debate on publishing/printing books/zines have probably been ongoing for quite a period of time now, in this social media driven era of videos and photographs, accompanied by goldfish memory and a getting shorter attention time span. 

I feel it’s less of physical books/zines making a comeback, there are some of us who wish to return back to the analogue days before the internet and social media boom. Some are also looking at a balance of both analogue and Web3.0 complementing each other.

Publishing and printing photography books and zines bring my ongoing works to life, beyond the digital and social media realms. 

Come follow me on my (new) visual storytelling adventures!

I may have honed and discovered my own visual storytelling style over my years of photography and writing, I am also relearning, reading, improving and maybe finding a new voice in my visual storytelling. 

Come follow me on my (new) visual storytelling adventures through my photography and writing!  

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Having printed my own photography book previously, as well as printing different sizes of photographs from square pocket, 4R to A3 size, it was very enjoyable, a sense of pride and achievement when I printed my photographs, for display or as a gift. Next up, I created an account with Zno and began my printing adventure!

Zno Designer user interface, layout and workflow

Using Zno Designer user interface and layout is not difficult at all, it’s pretty easy to navigate, select and start making your desired photo book. Once you have your curated and edited photographs ready for your photo book, it’s not difficult at all to upload your photos, placing and arranging them to your liking and preference. 

My Hokkaido 2016 autumn travel photography adventures

I visited Hokkaido during October 2016 for an autumn travel photography adventure, wonderful and bright colourful memories brought upon by the changing colours of the maple leaves. I was able to get two seasons in one frame, with autumn colours and winter snow covering some of the destinations that I visited in Hokkaido. Do visit my Flickr photography collection and you can enjoy my Hokkaido autumn travel photos! 

Therefore, I decided to select my Hokkaido 2016 autumn travel photography adventures as the theme for my square 8×8 little black book with Zno.

Personal thoughts and views

Although this Square 8×8 hard cover little black book of 24 photographs is printed at no cost from Zno, the international shipping fee is not covered and I had to pay for it. 

When I unboxed and opened up my Square 8×8 Little Black Book photo album of my Hokkaido 2016 autumn travel photos, I was impressed by the Lustre Photo Paper quality and vibrant colours. This little black book is classy yet modern and elegant with a designer feel and look. 

This would be a good personal photography book for all (not just photographers) to showcase their photography works, special moments or travel memories, and of course, this can also be part of a photographer’s portfolio of works for the clients to touch, feel and enjoy. A little black book makes a lovely gift idea for any occasion! For those who wonder about printing photographs, I would like to share with you my article, “Why we should go back to printing photographs”

For the high quality paper and print quality, my personal opinion is Zno pricing is reasonable and really good. 

I would like to thank Zno for this opportunity to know more about you as a new lab printing house and to be able to print a square 8×8 hard cover little black book of my Hokkaido 2016 autumn travel photography adventures.

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