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  • How to mark important events in your photo calendars

    How to mark important events in your photo calendars

    Photo calendars are particularly useful for finding your way around the month. What day is it today, is there something coming up or can I dangle my legs? At the…


  • First steps with black and white photography

    First steps with black and white photography

    Long before color photography was accessible to the average person, photographers captured the world in black and white. Even today, well-known contemporary photographers like Sally Mann and Michael Kenna photograph…


  • Guide: How to scan old photos at home – Bookfactory

    Guide: How to scan old photos at home – Bookfactory

    A great way to make photo books more original is to combine new mobile and camera pictures with old photos from family albums. Just like your own family, your grandparents…


  • LOCKDOWN – The illustrated book

    LOCKDOWN – The illustrated book

    Corona has changed everything. To make the best of the lockdown, photographer Alex Lörtscher took pictures of otherwise busy places that were suddenly deserted. The results are impressive, thought-provoking photographs,…


  • Photographing sunsets – tips for taking pictures

     It is always nice to experience impressive sunsets or sunrises. Have you already tried to photograph the beautiful colours and were disappointed with the result? The following tips will help…


  • Most of us will return from our summer holidays with hundreds of photos, and although some of them will probably feature on our Instagram or Facebook pages for a while,…


  • Although great travel photos often happen spontaneously and unexpectedly, many professional travel photographers spend a lot of time researching new destinations and scouting potential photo locations.So if you’re planning your…


  • After the duty, the pleasure; after the planning, the design. In this second part of his article for the trade magazine Publisher (06/2018), photographer, designer and journalist Ralf Turtschi explains…