Here we are firmly in the tail end of 2023, pretty sure we are all starting to focus on the work wrap up, the Christmas organising and then the light at the end of the tunnel... HOLIDAYS!!!!
But before the hol's, you have to get through gift giving and getting, food comas and probably an accidental hangover or 3. I can't help with comas and toxic poisoning, but I can with that gifting and giving bit. You may not know this but PhotoCPL makes books. There's been a few made since 2008, 11 plus reprints and side projects like Notecard Sets and Print Sets
The books are sold nationwide through bookshops chains like Paper Plus and Whitchouls, independents and giftware stores like the Poi Room and Haus, Flo and Frankie etc. And of course surf shops, Backdoor, North Beach, Amazon and the grassroots family owned locals like Raglan Surf co, Whangamata Surf, Salt Air. Distribution is EVERYTHING. Online, direct is always growing- it's good. One crystal clear trend with all the books and print sets across all sales methods, it is the women in your lives doing the buying and gifting. Here's my request, if you think a book or a print set would solve that Auntie's problem of what to get you for Chrissy- share this page.
This year the Surf Print Set concept was revisited and evolved; a showcase of 10 prints of idyllic Kiwi Line Ups and waves. There isn't an attempt to be regionally diverse and cover the country, there isn't even a Raglan photo. I've stuck to my best images, the proven sellers in the PhotoCPL Waves Gallery . 10 prints, ready to be mounted into 8 x 10 pre-made frames, like the inexpensive frames you can buy from the Warehouse or K-mart. And they retail at $34.95 for the pack...under $3.50 a print.
And DEEEEEEN....
The 3rd print of The Big Little Beach Book has also landed and in stores. Stoked on this little tacker, the A5 landscape, 200+ page nugget has achieved and surpassed its goals....I mean 3rd printing, that's pretty cool. Bit of a sidebar, I put QR codes to all the beaches in the original layout of the book, who would have known QR codes would have become so part of day to day. That PhotoCPL Media - ahead of the curve.
It also retails at $34.95. Both are available through the links littered through the post and both have free shipping nationwide for December.
FROM THE GALLERIES
No surprises for guessing which was the runaway hit for 2023, it's featured in the new Print set above too. But this guy, Day of Days.... print of prints. Such an incredible swell and sand event to be a part of. You can view it and look at print options HERE