Photo books

Andiline · 01-06-2008

I am just curious... I have so many pics from my last trip that I decided to make two photo books out of them. Haven't shown my parents many pics yet and when my dad sees one I always realize he has no clue about Easter Island and it's culture. So this is for showing the books to others but mostly they are for my own pleasure as I don't always wanna scroll through the pics on the computer (printing out single pics it is much cheaper but I think looking at them in a book is much more comfortable).

Anyone else has his/her pics in photobooks to keep the memories alive?

jflattracker · 01-06-2008

I have a lot of our pictures in scrapbooks. It's a very addicting hobby!

Very worth it in the end though!

Eileencc · 01-06-2008

Andiline, are you thinking of making prints and creating scrapbooks, or are you thinking along the lines of creating your own books with a service like Shutterfly? I've seen a couple of the books created with Shutterfly, and both were really beautiful. (one was a "baby" book containing lots of pictures from the pregnancy, the birth, the baptism, etc. and the other was a vacation book, filled with lots of pictures of this family's ski trip to Colorado.) I know it is very easy to create a very nice and professional looking book with this service. Just a thought. Good luck.

cmsitaly · 01-06-2008

We just finished 3 wedding albums for us, my parents and Josh's parents. It was a big pain in the rear-looking at all those pictures and figuring out what should go where, which ones should be bigger etc., but we are so glad we did it. They are beautiful

I like to have pictures in an album too-just hard to get started-once you get started though it flows pretty easily

**tommy** · 01-06-2008

I have made them A... they are cool!

Lulu.com - Self Publishing - Free

Andiline · 01-06-2008

I am just ordering the book for Chile online with a service here in Germany. I had them print some of my pics to test them and I was satisfied with the quality. So I just created a book: chose the pics, and their software put them in a certain order (which I could change), I could choose the background and now I am uploading it. It is not a scrapbook, you can have it as hardcover (which is more expensive) or just with a spiral to hold the pages. I am curious how the result will be but I hope it will have the quality of the pics and posters I already have from them. Redecorating my appartment these days...

cmsitaly · 01-06-2008

Don't you just love the internet

That is awesome you can do all that from your computer. Hopefully they will turn out great!

Andiline · 01-06-2008

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Originally Posted by cmsitaly

Don't you just love the internet

That is awesome you can do all that from your computer. Hopefully they will turn out great!

Yes! It is so comfortable. Once I finish it I can upload everything and a couple of days later the result is in the mail...

cmsitaly · 01-06-2008

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Originally Posted by Andiline

Yes! It is so comfortable. Once I finish it I can upload everything and a couple of days later the result is in the mail...

Nice

**SunKneeMarie** · 01-06-2008

I LOVE the photobooks... I do them through Walgreens.com... I have made a B/W and a color one for Ashley's wedding... another color one for my nephew's wedding... a B/W one for Riley's first 3 months... and I did one for her first birthday which encapsulated (heh) her whole first year... I plan to do it each year on her birthday... they are fantastic keepsakes...

Thor Henning · 01-06-2008

I haven't tried this yet, but we have Cewe Fotobooks in Norway too, and I am going to try it one of these days. It looks great and the quality is good. As in a printed book of good quality.

Mein CEWE FOTOBUCH - Einfach schöne Fotos, Fotoalben und Fotogeschenke.

Andiline · 01-06-2008

I've heard about Cewe Book. But when I look at their german website I see that they are available in shops where I have ordered pics and I didn't like them. E.G. I had lots of work trying to get the blue out of my whale pics so you could see the whales and I didn't know that before printing them they ran an automatic 'optimizing' on the pics and they were so dark again that you can hardly see the whales. This is a reason why I wouldn't order it from Cewe Book here in Germany. Not sure about the books as I didn't see any option to exclude 'optimizing' from the shop where I ordered it. I only hope they won't do it.

Thor Henning · 01-06-2008

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Originally Posted by Andiline

I've heard about Cewe Book. But when I look at their german website I see that they are available in shops where I have ordered pics and I didn't like them. E.G. I had lots of work trying to get the blue out of my whale pics so you could see the whales and I didn't know that before printing them they ran an automatic 'optimizing' on the pics and they were so dark again that you can hardly see the whales. This is a reason why I wouldn't order it from Cewe Book here in Germany. Not sure about the books as I didn't see any option to exclude 'optimizing' from the shop where I ordered it. I only hope they won't do it.

I too prefer to do the optimizing myself. I have the Cewe software and I checked now that you can uncheck "picture optimizing". Just right click on the picture. And you may do simple image optimizing yourself. But I prefer Photoshop! The book is not like Photo prints. It's digital printing.

You may download their software from their web site.

fireinmn · 01-06-2008

I made two photobooks this year for Christmas. One for my parents of Edie in 2007...I was even able to find a buy 1 get 1 free coupon on-line - was able to get one for each set of parents...yippy. The second one I did was our trip to Chicago for the family we went with. I'll try to post the link...if I still can. I made them at mypublisher.com

I'll be doing it again next year - perfect gift!

Edie's Book click here

nadams · 01-06-2008

I used Shutterfly for a book that I did for my husband of pics of just him and our 6 yr old daughter from the last 6 years. I LOVED how it turned out, and it is very easy, and can become addicting. The paper quality is very good and I like that you actually look through a hard covered bound book, and you can put your own words in it. They have travel background paper and many other options to choose from.

01-06-2008	#1 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 7,745	Photo books I am just curious... I have so many pics from my last trip that I decided to make two photo books out of them. Haven't shown my parents many pics yet and when my dad sees one I always realize he has no clue about Easter Island and it's culture. So this is for showing the books to others but mostly they are for my own pleasure as I don't always wanna scroll through the pics on the computer (printing out single pics it is much cheaper but I think looking at them in a book is much more comfortable). Anyone else has his/her pics in photobooks to keep the memories alive?

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fireinmn añejo Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,214	I made two photobooks this year for Christmas. One for my parents of Edie in 2007...I was even able to find a buy 1 get 1 free coupon on-line - was able to get one for each set of parents...yippy. The second one I did was our trip to Chicago for the family we went with. I'll try to post the link...if I still can. I made them at mypublisher.com I'll be doing it again next year - perfect gift! Edie's Book click here Last edited by fireinmn; 01-06-2008 at 11:31 PM.. Reason: adding link

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jflattracker añejo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Loveland,Co Posts: 11,720	I have a lot of our pictures in scrapbooks. It's a very addicting hobby! Very worth it in the end though!

01-06-2008	#3 (permalink)
Eileencc añejo Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of Boston, Mass Posts: 4,583	Andiline, are you thinking of making prints and creating scrapbooks, or are you thinking along the lines of creating your own books with a service like Shutterfly? I've seen a couple of the books created with Shutterfly, and both were really beautiful. (one was a "baby" book containing lots of pictures from the pregnancy, the birth, the baptism, etc. and the other was a vacation book, filled with lots of pictures of this family's ski trip to Colorado.) I know it is very easy to create a very nice and professional looking book with this service. Just a thought. Good luck.

01-06-2008	#4 (permalink)
cmsitaly añejo Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 3,224	We just finished 3 wedding albums for us, my parents and Josh's parents. It was a big pain in the rear-looking at all those pictures and figuring out what should go where, which ones should be bigger etc., but we are so glad we did it. They are beautiful I like to have pictures in an album too-just hard to get started-once you get started though it flows pretty easily

01-06-2008	#5 (permalink)
tommy Rastamon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 12,413	I have made them A... they are cool! Lulu.com - Self Publishing - Free

01-06-2008	#6 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 7,745	I am just ordering the book for Chile online with a service here in Germany. I had them print some of my pics to test them and I was satisfied with the quality. So I just created a book: chose the pics, and their software put them in a certain order (which I could change), I could choose the background and now I am uploading it. It is not a scrapbook, you can have it as hardcover (which is more expensive) or just with a spiral to hold the pages. I am curious how the result will be but I hope it will have the quality of the pics and posters I already have from them. Redecorating my appartment these days...

01-06-2008	#7 (permalink)
cmsitaly añejo Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 3,224	Don't you just love the internet That is awesome you can do all that from your computer. Hopefully they will turn out great!

01-06-2008	#10 (permalink)
SunKneeMarie character encapsulator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 27,753	I LOVE the photobooks... I do them through Walgreens.com... I have made a B/W and a color one for Ashley's wedding... another color one for my nephew's wedding... a B/W one for Riley's first 3 months... and I did one for her first birthday which encapsulated (heh) her whole first year... I plan to do it each year on her birthday... they are fantastic keepsakes...

01-06-2008	#11 (permalink)
Thor Henning añejo Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Drammen, Norway Posts: 3,389	I haven't tried this yet, but we have Cewe Fotobooks in Norway too, and I am going to try it one of these days. It looks great and the quality is good. As in a printed book of good quality. Mein CEWE FOTOBUCH - Einfach schöne Fotos, Fotoalben und Fotogeschenke.

01-06-2008	#12 (permalink)
Andiline añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 7,745	I've heard about Cewe Book. But when I look at their german website I see that they are available in shops where I have ordered pics and I didn't like them. E.G. I had lots of work trying to get the blue out of my whale pics so you could see the whales and I didn't know that before printing them they ran an automatic 'optimizing' on the pics and they were so dark again that you can hardly see the whales. This is a reason why I wouldn't order it from Cewe Book here in Germany. Not sure about the books as I didn't see any option to exclude 'optimizing' from the shop where I ordered it. I only hope they won't do it.

01-06-2008	#15 (permalink)
nadams way into it Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: St.Paul area Posts: 217	I used Shutterfly for a book that I did for my husband of pics of just him and our 6 yr old daughter from the last 6 years. I LOVED how it turned out, and it is very easy, and can become addicting. The paper quality is very good and I like that you actually look through a hard covered bound book, and you can put your own words in it. They have travel background paper and many other options to choose from.

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