However If you want someone to take a quick snap of you and
the kids in front of a stunning vista, give the camera to someone else. Ask me
to do it and you’ll end up with a picture of you looking like you’ve been visiting
with Madame Guillotine or a shot so blurry that it could’ve been taken by someone
drinking their eighth espresso of the day during the world’s foggiest
earthquake.
I’m not a photographer; nor am I a graphic designer. I’m
a writer and it would be foolish and arrogant of me to think that I can do as
good a design job as someone with real talent and experience in the graphic
design field.
It’s coming to the point where I need to produce the cover
for my next book, the first in an on-going series. Now I have several design
packages on my loaded on to my laptop; I actually paid for one of them so as a
true Yorkshireman I feel that I should get some commercial use out of it. But
would doing the job myself be false economy? I could do a half-decent job with
one of my own half-decent ideas and a half-decent photograph. But I’d end up
with a half-decent cover that, frankly, anyone with the same kit as me could
do.
Perhaps, in these days of financial uncertainty, I should do
my bit for the struggling economy and employ someone to do a much better job
than I could. Not only would this improve my book’s chances in the marketplace
but it would also free up my time to get on with the next in the series.
There’s a lot to be said for knowing your strengths and working
to them. But you should know your limitations too, and know when it’s time to
put your hand in your pocket.
Any offers?
© Shaun Finnie 2012
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