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Photobooks
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I was thinking of printing a photo book with the pictures of a wedding i did for a friend. Has anybody got opinion on best website for this and are the results worth the effort of uploading etc
i know i could just print 20 or so pics and put in an album but thought the idea of a photobook was nice
I’ve not done something like this myself yet, but I saw several at Focus on Imaging this year including Bob Books. Bob Books were certainly good quality but the one that impressed me most was MyPhotoBook. Whilst MyPhotoBook didn’t have a stand at Focus on Imaging, a wedding photographer that did have a stand there, offering wedding photography courses, pulled out two MyPhotoBook books when I asked if I could see more of his work. I asked him were he had got the books done and that’s when he told my about MyPhotoBook. He said he had tried a lot of the others but eventually settled on MyPhotoBook as offering the best quality and value for money. He produces a book of his best work every year and now has sizing and text positioning down to a fine art. It certainly looked great. So if and when I get around to producing a book myself, I’ll probably try MyPhotoBook as a first choice.
As I wrote in an earlier thread, I tried photobox.ie and yophoto.co.uk. The photobox hard cover books are nice, the banding is not the greatest, and they have only a hard paper cover, but they really look great, and the photos inside are beautifully printed. I used the books as portfolios, and I even sold two of them.
The yophoto uses a beautiful leather cover and excellent banding, but that’s it. The print quality of the pictures was awful in my case and when I sent back the three books that I ordered, I only got reprinted two, and those weren’t perfect either. They referred to a new software and new printer that they used, but sincerely, I won’t use their service again.I was just about to put together a new selection of my photos, so I might just try Thorsten’s receommended MyPhotoBook.
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I was just about to put together a new selection of my photos, so I might just try Thorsten’s receommended MyPhotoBook.
If you do, then let us know what you think. I saw the Photobox Books at Focus on Imaging and was a little disappointed in what I saw. I’ve never seen Yophoto books, but I’ve only ever heard negative comments about them online and in magazines, so I’ll certainly be steering clear of them for the moment.
http://www.blurb.com looks good, havent tried them yet but will do after holiday next month
Thanks for the tips guys
i have ownloaded Myphotobook and seems really easy to use and reasonable price – so might go for that
The photobox i think is cheaper but the templates arent as easy to modify from what i have tried
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