{"id":301601,"date":"2017-06-22T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightstalking.com\/?p=301601"},"modified":"2020-03-26T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:14:04","slug":"get-photo-book-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightstalking.com\/get-photo-book-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Your Photo on a Book Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When I discovered the world of books at a young age, I was positively overwhelmed by the beauty of covers. In the childrens' section, most books were adorned by vibrant illustrations and sketches. The covers that really caught my attention, however, were photographs of people, nature, and abstract worlds that resided in the library's adolescent corner. I didn't judge the books by their covers; instead, I treated them as masterpieces, works of art independent of the pages they safely held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photography entered my life later on, but only then did I begin to view the breathtaking covers as products of other artists' hard work. In bookstores, I'd hungrily search for the creators of the images, hoping I could find their portfolio online and discover even more inspiration in their current work. It seemed so otherworldly, this process of creating photographs for book covers. The more covers I fell in love with, the more eager I was to find my creations on a book one day. However, not being aware of the process – and feeling much too inexperienced to try – prevented me from being ambitious in this area of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n