With Ran's permission, I'd like to see if any of you are interested in providing photos for the new edition of The Confidential Guide.
My text is mostly complete for Volume 1, which covers 291 courses in Great Britain and Ireland. Now comes the difficult part, of marrying text with photos. The book is not intended as a coffee-table volume, but having some very good pictures scattered through it is important.
In the original book, 99% of the photos used were my own. That won't be possible this time around, because there was a ten-year period when I put photography aside, and I do not have photos of many of the courses covered in the book. I do have three contributors who have agreed to share what they have, which will get me a long way toward what I need; I don't intend to include a photo of every course, or even half of them. By the same token, I don't want the gaps in my photo collection to drive which courses get more attention, and which get less.
The deal would be, for every photo you contribute that's used in the book, you will receive a free copy of the book. [If I want to use more than one, you can take multiple copies, or defer some free books to future volumes, if you want.]
I'm sure I will need similar help for England and Ireland later on, but I'm starting slowly to make sure I don't lose track of who sent what. I'm laying out the book with Scotland first, so I'll start there. So, if you have a good photo or two from Scotland that you think might be useful for the book, please email me at confguidegolf@gmail.com and send an example. I do have many of the courses well covered, but I would be interested in finding pictures of the following:
Askernish
Blairgowrie
Brora
Carnoustie
Castle Stuart
Elie
Gleneagles
Gullane
Kilspindie
Loch Lomond
Lundin Links
Machrihanish Dunes
Murcar
Musselburgh Old Links
Scotscraig
Shiskine
Tain
Western Gailes
Thank you,
Tom D