It has long been established that I get excited about the weirdest of things. This week has been highly excitable. The new pressings of The Big Little Beach Book and the new 10 NZ Line-Up Prints Sets arrived. It is a period of high energy output, make space in the PhotoCPL Despatch Centre [that's code for the book shed], drive across town to the distributors, pick up too much stock, hairy drive back to the PhotoCPL Despatch Centre with the steering of the Hi-Lux VERY light and the braking VERY gradual, unload, repeat.
You think I take photos, hang out with elite surfers and write blogs huh? Well that's half, maybe quarter of the story. Being a publisher of surf and beach books is what pays the mortgage, being hands on in every aspect it how costs are minimised. But I really like doing the distribution, packing and tagging, selling into the surf shops, invoicing...I fricken looooove invoicing :)
Anyhow... The Big Little Beach Book 3rd print is now available. Super stoked on how this little big project just keeps on going. Not assuming you know anything about what it is, the book is A5 landscape, with 208 pages of text. There are QR codes with over 50 of NZ's most loved stretches of sand featured, literally from the Cape to past the Bluff.
The size of the book was chosen to create a compact, easy to gift product..and low RRP of $35.00. A lot of the feature images were shot using the 617 panoramic film cameras...which is quite ironic, as the A5 size doesn't require mega resolution files like that. But you know, that's how we roll.
Some of the 6x17 panos in The Big Little Beach Book
Not all the images are analogue, while both were shot on each beach mission, sometimes the digital images had better highlight and shadow detail.
AND DEEEEEEEEN....
Here is a showcase of 10 prints of idyllic Kiwi Line Ups and waves. There isn't an attempt to be regionally diverse and cover the country, there isn't even a Raglan photo. I've stuck to my best images, the proven sellers in the PhotoCPL Waves Gallery . 10 prints, ready to be mounted into 8 x 10 pre-made frames, like the inexpensive frames you can buy from the Warehouse or K-mart. And they retail at $34.95 for the pack...under $3.50 a print.
All the pre orders are despatched! And we are shipping every other day, You can check out the Print Set HERE
Oh and last week Luke Cederman from the Raglan Surf Report did the best clip for the Print Set... it went nuts.
Check it out
FROM THE BOOK SHOP
It's a book themed post!!! And speaking of, NZ Surf Windows is going gang busters. We only have a couple of hundred left. With Warren's books we don't do reprints, once they are gone that's it.
Don't know anything about NZ Surf Windows... well, you can go HERE