Nick De Marco Posted November 29, 2011 Share #1  Posted November 29, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just published my new book (on blurb, available in hard copy and e-book) of black and white photos from Palermo, Sicily. Taken during the Leica weekend this October.  If you have a moment please take a look, and maybe even buy one for someone for Xmas (or yourself)  I would welcome any feedback.  Thanks  Nick  Pictures from Palermo | By Nick De Marco | Category: Arts & Photography | Blurb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Hi Nick De Marco, Take a look here New book of black and white Leica photos from Palermo. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
cpclee Posted November 30, 2011 Share #2 Â Posted November 30, 2011 truly fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Holy Moly Posted November 30, 2011 Share #3 Â Posted November 30, 2011 Hi Nick, that body of work is made in the tradition of a Leica M. Congratulation and Chapeau for your eye! Â Having visited a friend near Cefalu I had no chance to visit this town last year. Normally I would be there by yesterday evening but an infect smashed me down....... Anyway, spring next year I'll back and will visit Palermo with some rolls of Acros and others. Â Here my contribution to the balcony-photography.... Â discussion | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted November 30, 2011 Share #4 Â Posted November 30, 2011 Well done Nick! I would try, to reduce some of the under titles though, even leaving them out from many of the photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted November 30, 2011 Share #5 Â Posted November 30, 2011 A fine book Nick, well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted November 30, 2011 Share #6 Â Posted November 30, 2011 Thanks Nick. I really enjoyed looking through your book. Â The X-Pan photographs are fantastic. I had forgotten what a wonderful camera it is. Â I had the use of a friend's complete X-Pan system some years ago. I may borrow it from him again. Â Regards, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted November 30, 2011 Share #7 Â Posted November 30, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) gorgeous work full of interest and detail. how did you manage to carry so much equipment discretely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted November 30, 2011 Share #8 Â Posted November 30, 2011 Very well designed and interesting, Nick. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDE Posted November 30, 2011 Share #9  Posted November 30, 2011 I just published my new book (on blurb, available in hard copy and e-book) of black and white photos from Palermo, Sicily. Taken during the Leica weekend this October. If you have a moment please take a look, and maybe even buy one for someone for Xmas (or yourself)  I would welcome any feedback.  Thanks  Nick  Pictures from Palermo | By Nick De Marco | Category: Arts & Photography | Blurb  Oustanding work! Bernhard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share #10 Â Posted December 3, 2011 Thank you for the interests and comments. Â On titles, interesting comment. I personally, usually I think out of laziness or lack of ideas, prefer to have no or very few titles. Most feedback is always, why don't you write more or describe more what you are taking, and so in this book I tried to at the least give each photo a title and with one or to say a few more words. But I would be as happy with no titles myself. Â On equipment and being discreet. First, I never carried all 3 cameras around together. I would either have my M9 with M7, or M9 with Hasselblad. One would usually be around my neck, the other in my shoulder bag or around my shoulder. And as they are all smallish rangefinder cameras that was not to much to carry nor as obviously obtrusive as some big slr with tele lense. Secondly, although I prefer to be a little discreet when shooting street, I don't usually like to be completely invisible because where you can have some eye contact or interraction with the subject it can bring it to life more. An exception to this is my photo of he boy on the front cover - although in that case he was fully aware of me shooting him but just carried on with his normal, thoughtful expression as if I wasn't there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio58 Posted December 3, 2011 Share #11 Â Posted December 3, 2011 Great collection of images... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander †Posted December 3, 2011 Share #12  Posted December 3, 2011 Hi Nick,  Very nice indeed. Can I ask a question. Did you use B&W images or are they desaturated RGB?  thanks in advance,  Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share #13  Posted December 4, 2011 Thank you for the further comments  Jeff - in answer to your question, the photos are either shot on black and white film (Neopan 400 with the Leica M7 and Hasselblad XPan) or they are shot in Raw on the M9 and converted to black and white (rather than desaturated) in Photoshop with a slight layer using a film profile from Alien skin.  Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander †Posted December 4, 2011 Share #14  Posted December 4, 2011 Thanks Nick, the reason I asked was that I am also in the process of making a Blurb book, with a mix of colour and B&W photos,  Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsweeper Posted December 5, 2011 Share #15 Â Posted December 5, 2011 Richly detailed, nuanced, intriguing work. Â I second the feedback on titles. I find a good compromise is to have a "no title" section of 8 photos. Give titles for the first four in a small block on the page before, and the titles for the last four in a small block after the last four. This allows me to really get into the photograpjer's vision, undisturbed. And your work deserves that sort of attention from your reader. Â Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share #16  Posted December 6, 2011 Thanks very much dewsweeper  Good luck with your book Jeff!  Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tollie Posted December 6, 2011 Share #17 Â Posted December 6, 2011 Wonderful work Nick. Â I have a Blurb question. Â Did you need to lighten the midtones or shadow tones? If so about how much? I have tried a BW experiment with Blurb and my images had a slight green cast. Do you think your Alien Skin layer defeated the cast? Did the layer have a slight selenium tone? Â Many thanks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share #18 Â Posted December 9, 2011 Hi In answer to the question over half of my black and white photos looked too dark, and had shadows with no detail, in my first draft of the book. This is consistent with my previous experience with blurb. I then lightened the shadows and/or midtones in all of the files (by a little more than I thought was acceptable) and put them back in the book. Just got the new book today and they are all as I wished. Didin't have a problem with casts/tones - not one I could detect anyway. Â Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted December 9, 2011 Share #19 Â Posted December 9, 2011 Fantastic work, Nick. I bought the ebooks version and downloaded it to my iPad. Not quite as nice as having a printed book in front of me, but much easier to travel with across continents. Â I will say that I'm very impressed with the quality of your photos in the ebooks version, and the convenience is fantastic. The book automatically downloads into the iBook application and appears on the virtual shelf. Your book is right next to "A Work In Progress", another outstanding volume by a fellow nameless member of this forum (Andy Barton). In both books the images have excellent detail and tonality on the iPad. Â I hope that when the upcoming LUF Charity Book is published it is also available as an ebook. Â Well done!!! Â Stephen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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