I love taking photographs. Even more, I love turning those photographs into art that I can view. What's the point of having lots of really great photographs if you don't hang them on the wall or view them often?
I really enjoy making photograph albums or books. Whether for a client or myself, they are a super fun and a great way to view photographs and last for years! With the holidays around the corner, they are also a very thoughtful gift for friends and family. There are book and album templates designed for just about any type of photograph (whether from your phone, a scanned image or a digital camera) and they come in all different shapes and sizes! Also, you can customized them with any text or embellishments that you want!
I use a more complicated program to design photograph albums, but there are plenty of easy to use, quality book making companies out there for everyone to use! In this post, I'd like to highlight a few.
On a side note: I've made books on Picaboo and iphoto and recommend both. Picaboo allows for ALOT of customization, which is awesome!
Picaboo
Picaboo is great because it has an easy to use online book creation station. It saves your progress on their site, so you can work on a product as much as you'd like over time. They offer lots templates etc. for easy creation -- but also allow you to completely customize using your own ideas.
iPhoto books are created on MACs (sorry PC users) in the iPhoto program. Again, these are easy to create with an autofill feature if you want to work super quickly. They also have the ability to customize to some extent. There aren't quite as many templates but the ones the offer are quality and and well designed.
Mpix offers great products in general. They are going to be even pricier than the two choices above, but are well worth it if you have the funds. Lots of templates to choose from!
Printstagram (for Instagram photographs)
These little books would be perfect presents. They are the most inexpensive of the book outlets included in this post. But think of the possibility! The minibook is only $12 and comes with 50 photographs spiral bound (think brag book). The tiny books are 3 for $10. Stocking stuffer?!
There are more outlets out there for transforming your photographs into product, but these are good choices. If you try them out, let me know!
Steph
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