First book by Yaakov Asher Sinclair published by Focus Publishing

[Yaakov Asher Sinclair]

Dear Friends,
I am so excited to tell you that as I write this, my first book, Seasons of the Moon, is being printed!
It’s taken many years (and has been through a fair amount of ups and downs on the way) but finally with G-d’s help, the presses are rolling.
David Spivak of Focus Publishing picked up the project and has done a wonderful job, investing an incredible amount of time and effort to make an exquisite production in quadtone warm palette inks.
For a limited time, the book is on special pre-publication offer with a 30% discount at www.focuspublishing.net.
With very best wishes for a good and sweet year!

Yaakov Asher Sinclair
www.seasonsofthemoon.com

[Brian K]

Yaakov, congrats on the book, I hope it brings you much success.

[Kirk Gittings]

I remember checking out the images on your website a few years ago when you were posting on this forum. I loved the images. I'm sure they will make a great book. Congratulations.

[Yaakov Asher Sinclair]

Thanks Brian, I love your work.
best
yas

[Yaakov Asher Sinclair]

Thanks Kirk
It's tremendously encouraging to have praise from someone as experienced as you. I really appreciate it!

[David Spivak-Focus Magazine]

If I may be permitted a quick comment - It has been a tremendous honor and privelage to have been chosen to be able to do this book for Rabbi Sinclair. Through many months of layout and hours upon hours of discussions with Rabbi Sinclair, this book became a very personal project to me. My printer recently E-Mailed me and told me that this project is going to be the best project he's ever produced. Not only has he worked with well-known photographers such as George Tice, Michael Gunselman, Susan Bank and so on. He also recently hosted a seminar on self publishing by Mary Virginia-Swanson.

A quick side note: I found Rabbi Sinclair through this forum. He was searching for a good duotone printer in China and I felt that photography as incredible as his deserved the very best printing that is possible. The book will be printed in quadtone at 400 linescreen, using a new hybrid process from Heidelberg that allows a hybrid between stochastic dot screening and traditional 400 linescreen. Short of going to a very expensive European printer, this is the very best and his photographs deserve that.

[Yaakov Asher Sinclair]

Thanks David!
I forgot that! If it wasn't for LF forum, we might never have met. A big thanks to Quang-Tuan and everyone who maintains this forum -- and especially for making the shidduch between David and me!

Yaakov Asher Sinclair
www.rabbisinclair.com

[ASRafferty]

Yaakov, in a couple of weeks, we wish each other that we may be inscribed... and it's wonderful that you have been in this book too! I hope it's the beginning of your "shana tova," with many more to come!

[jim kitchen]

Dear Yaakov,

I admire your wondrous images...

Congratulations, and I wish you continued success. :)

jim k

[Dave Wooten]

Book ordered. Congrats to the Rabbi!:)

[John Kasaian]

Congratulations! Your 'Seasons of The Moon' project has been an inspiration to me. What beautiful images!

[Joe O'Hara]

I just received your book and spent a very enjoyable afternoon looking through it. The images are very beautiful and mysterious. I do not think that I will ever see the landscape in the same way again.

Highly recommended to all LF'ers for fine reproductions and originality of vision.

[Bill_1856]

In this day when every Artsy-Fartsy Landscape Photographer seems to think that they should emulate Weston or Adams, your work is unique. I wish you the best, (which you deserve).
Thank you for posting this notice.

[Kirk Gittings]

In this day when every Artsy-Fartsy Landscape Photographer seems to think that they should emulate Weston or Adams, your work is unique....

I agree. I think the work is unique and profound. Ironic in a way though, with LF friends of mine, I have long referred to those kind of dramatic cloud scapes as "Old Testament skies".