Those who would know better than I tell me that there’s nothing like the thrill of seeing your first book in print. And Jolie O’Dell – author, tech guru and blogger extraordinaire – has just had that thrill, and shared it with the world [...]
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The inside track from last night’s BAFTA winners
It was exciting to see the BAFTA awards the other night and to realise that no fewer than three of the winners have given us – which means you – the benefit of their wisdom, in recent months. Dante Ferretti, long-time Scorsese collaborator, won [...]
A slew of fabulous photo reviews
While collecting reviews of our recent books, intrepidly sifting the seashells of possibility for the treasure of acclaim, we were struck by how, well, glowing the reviews were. It seems almost vulgar and un-British to say so, but we were pretty buzzed to see some [...]
Jolie O’Dell makes Android photographers happy
Some of the most exciting developments in cameras and smartphones have taken place in the world of Android; the first eight megapixel cameras, amazing screens like the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, and features like face detection and sweep-panorama all appeared [...]
More on slideshow techniques
I’m beginning to take slideshow production more seriously, not least because it’s a key part of my next book, which I’m still writing. One of the interesting, tempting, but ultimately risky techniques is injecting movement into still images. The standard technique for this is [...]
Special Price on The Photographer’s Eye App – Hurry
In all the excitement about Photographer’s i Magazine for iPad, it’s worth remembering that photo-fans will find other Ilex products in the App store; our Photo Tool for the iPhone, and – perhaps most excitingly for bargain hunters – the Photographer’s Eye book app [...]
FilmCraft books to be won!
Those of you out there who are Sight & Sound readers will have spotted the first two of our amazing FilmCraft titles in the current (February) issue. There’s an opportunity to win them, too, and for one day only we’re going to share the [...]
“Why would a book publisher do this?”
Happy New Year! It’s busy here (as usual) but here are a few words from our MD, Stephen Paul, on our new digital magazine – and answering the question raised above. Why a Book Publisher Just Announced a Multimedia Magazine App Ilex Press recently [...]
High praise for the Photographer’s Mind
Always nice to start the week with good news, and today we learn that The Photographer’s Mind by Michael Freeman has been named one of 2011′s best Art Instruction books by the The Library Journal. If you’re not familiar with TLJ (and I can’t [...]
Stocking stuffer out of stock – sorry…
We’ve been taken aback by the amazing reaction to Stephanie Robert’s Art of iPhoneography and despite rapid reprints have found it impossible to match the demand. Yesterday our distributors told me that the warehouse has no copies left, so if you’re planning to pick [...]
Calling all designers
Want to design books for an award-winning publisher? Ilex is looking for designers to work on covers and interiors. We are looking for designers with strong type and layout skills, creative flair and the ability to turn an authors words and pictures into a beautifully [...]
It’s finally here: Photographer’s i Magazine starts the revolution
As you might have noticed from the odd hints in our twitter feed, or if you read our last newsletter right to the very bottom, we in the Ilex Photo team have been working on something pretty special over the last few months. Now [...]
