Well the time has come to make it official here on the blog. I will be coming out with a coffee table style photo book on November the 27th of this year! I have been holding off talking about this project on the blog, because I always had this feeling that the whole project might fall through. Now we are in the final stages of producing this book and yesterday I got to color proof and actually see a printed version of the book, so the reality is sinking in! It is actually going to happen!
Having a photo book has always been a dream so this is really an exciting moment for me. Over the last few month I have been working with the very good people at Bueno! Books out of Tokyo to produce this book and they have been fantastic. I think we have something here that will shake people up a little. The paper, the cover and the binding are all different from anything I have have seen done with snowboard related photo books. I am so excited to get this out to book stores, so please let me know what you think when you can actually hold a copy in your hands.
Anyway, still a few more weeks in the pipeline so hang in there. I will keep you posted with more news as the date gets closer. Yesterday made all the needed orders for color changes, etc and the printing company is now putting in the overtime to get that done and still keep to our on sale date.
Here is a look at a test print of the cover that I got today.
My mock up of the book for color proofing.
The title of the book is “BLUETiFUL” a new word I created for this book. The photos were selected from photo shoots and sessions with the Blueblood team and other friends and riders over the last 10 years. So the “Blue” part comes from that. And I also wanted to state my love for the beautiful winter season so I combined the two words together. It also has a classic Japlish kind of ring to it.
Now check out the latest weather report which predicts 20 to 30 centimeters of snow overnight for the Hokkaido mountain areas!
Now look at this! A typhoon is actually heading up towards Japan at the same time! What is going to happen when that meets this big cold front hitting us now?
There you have it cars getting buried in my front yard on October the 26th!
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