Within The Frame Giveway: Signed Print Folio

In Books, Within The Frame by David

As part of Within The Frame month, which we’re celebrating over here in wild style (My book, Within The Frame, came out 5 years ago. There has been wine, and there’s a good chance there will be again,) I wanted to do a couple giveaways. In part I’m hoping to bring new interest to a book I still believe is …

Making Within The Frame

In Books, Travel, Within The Frame by David14 Comments

The original cover concept I sent the publisher. I’m glad they over-ruled me. Six years ago, I got a phone call from a publisher asking me to write a book. The original author had bailed due to health issues, and they wanted to know if I was interested. I wasn’t, but it got my foot in the door and I …

Within The Frame Giveaway: Deluxe Edition

In Within The Frame by David

Last month I walked into a bindery with two copies of Within The Frame (which is 5 years old this month!) and asked them to make a very special edition of this book. I just picked them up and they’re gorgeous! Custom bound in rich brown goat leather, with black end papers, and silver embossing, there’s not another one like …

Within The Frame: 5 Years

In Books, Vision Is Better, Within The Frame by David17 Comments

Never underestimate the power of one decision, one conversation, one risk taken, to completely change the course of your life. 5 years ago this month Within The Frame, my first book, rolled off the presses and into the hands of what would be way more people than I ever imagined. In that time Within The Frame’s been translated into over …

Photographically Speaking: I’m Done.

In Books, News & Stuff, Photographically Speaking, VisionMongers, Within The Frame by David54 Comments

Just a quick update on the newest book, Photographically Speaking. I was genuinely worried how far we’d have to push the deadlines out on this after my accident but if there’s one things everyone knows, including publishers and Kathy Bates, it’s that a writer with broken ankles gets way more done than his colleagues that waste all their time with …

Craft and Vision

In Books, VisionMongers, Within The Frame by David7 Comments

Got in late last night from a long weekend in Seattle. We went a little under-the-radar and I know there were people that would have liked to have connected but I really needed some time to hang with my wife, and eat some great food. Sorry. We had relaxing to do, and the moment you start making too many plans… …

Within The Frame, Within Top Ten.

In Books, Just For Fun, News & Stuff, Within The Frame by David74 Comments

You could have knocked me over with a feather (whatever that means) when my publishing team emailed me yesterday morning to let me know that Within The Frame was chosen by Amazon.com as one of the best books of 2009 in Arts & Photography. It came in 5th, after Joe McNally’s Hotshoe Diaries, Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Book, Volume 3, …

Joe McNally Weighs In on WTF

In Within The Frame by David5 Comments

Easily the proudest moment in my professional life was reading the words Joe McNally wrote in the Foreword to my book, Within The Frame. The good folks at Peachpit/New Riders have just released that Foreword in a PDF format and it’s downloadable from their website be clicking HERE. Joe wrote the Foreword, Vincent Versace wrote the Afterword; if you’ve been …