Alex Milne: September 2012

There are several reasons to be cheerful. Our Glastonbury book has gone to the distributor. When I say our, I mean this is a photographic documentary of the Glastonbury Festival and contains images from both Alasdair and myself. 250 images to be precise. So it has been a serious undertaking and covers 3 Glasto festivals.

I find writing a cathartic experience. Also I enjoy the challenge of doing a photo book. It is a historical record of my photography at this time. This time around I have used Apple's iBook Author. This was not an easy decision as it restricts the book to those that have an iPad. Nevertheless I am using iBook Author because it allows me much greater flexibility in how I present the book. I have been able to include YouTube clips from some of my favourite Glastonbury sets which help to bring the book alive. Also I very much appreciate the ease with which you can produce what is a very slick presentation format. Like much of what Apple does - it just works. And effortlessly. Following on the challenges and tribulations of trying to achieve photographic quality in an eBook format, by comparison iBook Author is a dawdle and much more.

So the book should be in the iBookstore in the next few weeks. I will confirm the date nearer the time.

Meanwhile it is back to the mountains. Where I belong :-)