Photo Question For Back Of Book (1051 hits)
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Submitted by kaos-king (antius777) (View user info) at 2007-05-16 14:31:33 EDT
"Fatah says 'Danger to teh manifold'!" - Filthy Assistant
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2007-05-17 21:54:42 EDT (#)
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use this one http://www.ubersite.com/m/89242
Submitted by consuelo212 (user info) at 2007-05-17 15:37:17 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-05-17 11:48:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
photo D is you isn't it?!
Submitted by Benny (user info) at 2007-05-16 23:17:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like A. as a piece of art but don't use it as a photo of yourself.
Go with the professional, B&W photo that a number of people have suggested. If you use one of these shots (except for D which does resemble you) people will think that it is just more artwork on the book at best or assume that you are way to cheesy to bother buy the book. Picture D is not a flattering image of you at all.
I enjoy reading your stuff, I have the advantage of knowing your work is good before I pick up the book but there will be plenty of people who have never heard of UBER and will only be considering reading your work for the first time. Would you buy a book with a cover which was too try hard?
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-16 22:45:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
the "I was drunk here" pic
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-05-16 22:38:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
use the pic of you in the bar
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-05-16 21:39:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:42:06 EDT (#)
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the photo of your next book shouldn't look like a photoshop myspace picture.
get a real picture
*****
Amen, Caul.
Kaos, what about all the pictures on your PulseHead posts? A real picture, not some
artsy-fartsy piece of crap. Think about StephenKing.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-05-16 21:33:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Have one where you're staring straight at the camera, with a focused expression that makes the viewer uncomfortable. Like a painting where the eyes seem to follow you wherever you go.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-05-16 19:38:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Lambchop, you are thinking of Bohemian Rhapsody. Now shush. You don't want him to die of AIDS, do you?
Submitted by Lambchop (user info) at 2007-05-16 19:26:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
E reminds me of that Queen album.
go with that.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2007-05-16 19:08:48 EDT (#)
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seriously? are these the only photo's you have to use?
what Lisa said...
or... how about no photo at all?
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-05-16 18:22:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2007-05-16 18:05:37 EDT (#)
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You should put a picture of my penis on the back of the book.
It'll sell like hotcakes.
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I don't think that it's one of those 3 inch pocket books that they sell at the grocery store checkout aisle.
Submitted by Herpes (user info) at 2007-05-16 18:05:37 EDT (#)
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You should put a picture of my penis on the back of the book.
It'll sell like hotcakes.
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2007-05-16 18:01:38 EDT (#)
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I wasn't going to give my opinion on this but who am I to deprive forensic the opportunity to spew forth a tirade of ineffectual insults and character assination purely because I offered some legitimate criticism :P
D is the best you've got up there, but honestly I would just have a wash, put on a suit and take a normal black and white picture. It doesn't have to be special or funky or whatever - it just has to be simple, clean and professional.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:54:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That filthy commentary was unnecessarily harsh. But you deserve to have a special photo for this, you've worked hard. Get one taken of you, instead of using one you already have. It doesn't have to be overly posey or posturey, maybe even have people take some candid shots and see if any turn out the way you like.
Submitted by GnarlsBarkley (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:48:14 EDT (#)
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D...
and where's my cartoon, you?
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:36:40 EDT (#)
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I like the picture originally placed on the book.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:31:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I must say I have never witnessed such shameless whorage of a book. I am shocked and saddened and somewhat disgusted.
I say D is the best choice.
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:25:52 EDT (#)
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D or E
D so people can have some sort of image of the person that wrote what they are reading.
E, on the other hand, so they don't have a good idea of what you look like and the mystery could be a gimmick.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:14:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It is my opinion that a generic photo is best. You want to convince people you are awesome and scary with your words, not by dicking around with photoshop. If you used one of these, and I saw your book in a store, I would be less likely to take you seriously.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:13:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
GO WITH C!! There is blood and wrists on the cover. Go with C. Leave the mystery as to who wrote this.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-05-16 17:08:55 EDT (#)
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A looks as if you held a flashlight (or a glowing fleshlight) under your face and started telling scary stories to a group of little boys so they would want to sleep in your tent.
B looks like half a blob.
C looks kinda cool.
D looks like a fat guy trying to look scary between meals.
E looks kinda cool too.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-05-16 16:57:10 EDT (#)
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and i'm going to agree with everyone that said you should get a nice b&w shot. you have artsy friends. i'm sure someone can hook u up.
Submitted by darkwulffe (user info) at 2007-05-16 16:53:08 EDT (#)
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A or E
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2007-05-16 16:31:01 EDT (#)
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I'm going with "F" none of the above.
A good professional shot just flat out isn't cheesy. Do it!
Save the special effects for the cover, and the creativity for the story. Have the pic taken at your workspace or not. Doesn't matter, but don't get all crazy with it.
You create enough atmosphere with your writing, and I think making your jacket shot too dramatic takes away from your credibility.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2007-05-16 16:22:27 EDT (#)
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If you don't show your taint, the book won't move.
Submitted by august_sobriquet (user info) at 2007-05-16 16:20:12 EDT (#)
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a or e
Submitted by STIXS (user info) at 2007-05-16 16:03:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:50:57 EDT (#)
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Honestly Dude, I don't like any of these. :( I don't think they do you justice.
Lisa is correct, a nice B&W is very professional looking. If you get someone with a professional digital SLR camera to take a high quality pic, it can be turned into B&W easy. Neat things can be done in Photoshop, like keeping most of the pic B&W but keeping your eyes in color. Stuff like that.
Personally, I see you in a B&W pic, dressed all in black, standing in front of some gothic looking Catholic church, or a ruined stone structure, looking all menacing n' stuff.
:)
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:50:57 EDT (#)
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Honestly Dude, I don't like any of these. :( I don't think they do you justice.
Lisa is correct, a nice B&W is very professional looking. If you get someone with a professional digital SLR camera to take a high quality pic, it can be turned into B&W easy. Neat things can be done in Photoshop, like keeping most of the pic B&W but keeping your eyes in color. Stuff like that.
Personally, I see you in a B&W pic, dressed all in black, standing in front of some gothic looking Catholic church, or a ruined stone structure, looking all menacing n' stuff.
:)
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:48:09 EDT (#)
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A
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:33:15 EDT (#)
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Never mind...I see that's already up there as choice "D".
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:32:33 EDT (#)
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How about a photo of my ass?
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:17:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2007-05-16 12:35:51 EDT (#)
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Congratulations! This pleases me to no end, because if you can make a living off your forced, phony writing, the chances that I will write and direct an Oscar-winning feature film might not be so slim after all.
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Just read this and I'm drunk enough to be beligerent.
This slore can eat my ass with a rusty fuckin' spoon.
...yummy.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:17:38 EDT (#)
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Take Lisa's (and others) advise: you write your stuff and let graphs and pics be handled by pro's.
Congrats on getting to consider these things anyway!!
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:04:26 EDT (#)
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A for sure. It's awesome.
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:04:03 EDT (#)
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A
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:04:03 EDT (#)
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I think you should just have a photographer or photography student take the picture, then if you feel the need to mess with it in Photoshop, ask a graphic artist to do it. These look amateur. Once you get decent pictures taken, if you don't know any professional graphic artists, you can send them to me.
A simple black and white photo would probably be fine for the back of your book, though. If you look like a respectable writer, people will believe that you are.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:02:08 EDT (#)
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No, really. I think it's much creepier when someone looks innocent and winds up being really fucked up. Why do you think it was brilliant for King to use a clown in "It?"
Maybe hold a lollipop or something.
Don't wear a beanie though. That's just asking for trouble.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-05-16 15:01:37 EDT (#)
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D by a long chalk.
Submitted by lechuza (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:59:27 EDT (#)
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D. It makes you look almost as sick as you are
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:55:37 EDT (#)
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Go with one of these pictures
http://www.ubersite.com/m/108377
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:54:28 EDT (#)
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Uhhh... thanks O-Tron.
Okay, we can all agree that the photo on my book is bad.
But...
Should I - #1. Go with a traditional photo, or #2. use some kind of atmospheric one???
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:51:09 EDT (#)
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There's a slight glitch in that Adam...
I'm basically writing in a genre-specific area. The 'normal' rules don't apply.
I've looked at all the photos from the Horror guys and it seems pretty random.
So do you think I should have a less "atmospheric" image then?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:50:32 EDT (#)
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Take a picture where you've got this big, happy smile on your face. Like you've just shit your pants but you're all coked up and think it's bliss. A truly contented, innocent, big fat smile.
That'll freak people out more than if you used some shadowy, creepy image.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:50:18 EDT (#)
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A or E Definately. Scrap the other ones.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:49:45 EDT (#)
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A is not even you. it's as if i took a picture of myself at 200 mph and blurred it.
stephen king is way uglier than you and he had success.
put your real face and stop trying to hide under the shade.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:49:22 EDT (#)
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D makes you look like you're 14.
The rest are too dark, blurry, or junior-high-library-book-about-ghosts-y.
Just snap a plain picture of yourself, not posing.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:47:15 EDT (#)
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D!!! Really?
It's my least favorite. I dig A.
But see, this is why I wanted various outside opinions...
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:46:07 EDT (#)
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Go to your local bookstore
Observe how other authors look in their respective pictures
This is a "professional" endeavor, not myspace, conduct yourself accordingly.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:42:06 EDT (#)
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the photo of your next book shouldn't look like a photoshop myspace picture.
get a real picture
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:41:14 EDT (#)
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Okay, I meant Photo A and E, NOT D.
D is the bad one I hate.
E is the one that is a touch blurry, but would be good on a reshoot.
Also, yes, these are more the types of pics that you should have on your books.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:40:40 EDT (#)
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please, not D - it makes you look like jaypeg.
I know, no one ELSE would know that, but, we would.
Why not use the pic of you smoking a ciggy, and telling the camera to fuck off with your eyes?
I liked that pic of you.
I am guessing that you have to have a suitably 'goth' type picture, so you know what? Whatever is creepy would be okay.
As a sidenote, did you do illistrations for this book as well?
Why not take a picture of your face, then trace over it in your style, then draw fucked-up stuff over _that_, to make look all zombied out? Or something...I don't know.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:39:52 EDT (#)
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1st - Yeah, the pic on the 1st book isn't all that great, but it's just the 1st of many books for you :)
2nd - Photo D; never EVER use that photo on any book. It looks like something some emo college kid that got a Honda instead of a BMW for h.s. graduation made in ART202. I'd either go with Photo A or D. I like A b/c it's all crazy, shaken-like, reminding me of the way the movie House on Haunted Hill depicted that crazy doctor - the way he shook his face. I just like how the pic is a representation of what's in your mind. D shows a little more of your real appearance, but is a touch blurry. Maybe retake D in the same pose, but try for a clearer image?
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:38:44 EDT (#)
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go with the Shel Silverstien black and white "i'm cooler than you in my loose frilly shirt" type of picture
works for him and your audiences are the same
Submitted by Creepy_guy (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:38:15 EDT (#)
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I'd say Option D is probably the best...
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:37:51 EDT (#)
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Go with photo (D)ick on your face. Seriously, I have no clue.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:36:10 EDT (#)
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D provides at least a hint of what you look like. I think some readers like to get an image of who wrote what they're reading.
Submitted by Abbey (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:35:16 EDT (#)
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"A" is rather daunting...could be good. "D" is also good. I'd probably pick "A." Looks like a psycho. Are you a psycho?
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:34:10 EDT (#)
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Option D, definately.
You are so HAWT!
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-05-16 14:33:44 EDT (#)
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I'd go with D, though I think a picture that isn't quite so blurred would look more professional.