This is my second recent photo-book, using an online site. The first was on the trace fossil stones of Gemstone Beach. “The 33 Stones of the Lockdown” features the stones I posted on TumbleStone Blog over the 33 days of the Lockdown in New Zealand. The first Post of this Series, on Thursday 26 March, featured a small grey brecciated stone from Gemstone Beach.
I decided that a photo-book would be a great way to be able to look back, in the years ahead, on a significant and unusual time in the history of our communities, country and the globe. I no longer have all these 33 stones as I sent a few to those of my small number of Facebook friends who followed the Series on Facebook, so the photo-book is also a record of some special and unusual pebbles that I have collected and tumble-polished. Photos dominate the 30 page book, which is hardcover and 20 cm by 20 cm in size. At the beginning is a photo of all 33 stones followed by a brief introduction to the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
Photos of the 33 stones make up the bulk of the book. On some pages, just one stone is featured. On other pages, two stones are displayed. The online site provides a number of pre-determined formats and these two best fitted my aims.
It is difficult to control the brightness and colour of the finished product. What you see on your computer screen is not always an accurate representation of what turns up in the book. I order one copy of the book first and then make any adjustments required to ensure good images before ordering any further copies.
The final couple of pages have photos of the places where the stones were found.
All 33 stones, plus the other stones posted during Alert Levels Two and Three, can be found in the Summary Index of Stones of the Pandemic.
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