A comparison of print-on-demand bespoke softcover journals from Blurb Books and Mixam. An outline of the costs, the quality and how they compare. Part of my series about printing your work for photographers.

Following my Berlin Journal, in the series ‘Cities I love but can’t visit,’ I bring you, New York. As before, this is the Blurb 6” x 9” Trade Book using their Standard paper with a Softcover.

One of the habits I’ve been trying to form during lockdown is to write more frequently in my Journal. My other lockdown preoccupation has been trying to print more of my work. So the opportunity to combine the two and make my own Journal was just too good to pass up.

I've been referring to this as my 'Enhanced Business Card', it's a Digest format soft-back book printed by Magcloud. If we have a business card, many photographers are using the Moo type with a photograph on the back - I've got some. Moo does a great job, if you want it, every card can feature a different image.

Over the last few months, I've become increasingly disillusioned with Instagram as a platform for sharing long-form work. It works well as a visual diary, where what you're posting refers to the moment it's published.