That’s a good thing.
Digital cameras, whether they are your phone or an actual camera, doesn’t need film now which makes it easier and cheaper to take as many photos as you want!
That’s a good thing.
There are many ways nowadays to save those photos in an economical way.
That’s a good thing but also a bad thing.
When it comes to saving money, most of the time we overlook one aspect: quality. You want to make a good photobook that will last for a long time but you don’t want to break the bank. You want to make a photobook that you can pass down to your children and you don’t want it to fall apart in 3 years of heavy use. One could make all the photobooks one wants, only to have them waste away in a few years.
That would be a bad thing.
So you have to think twice at the price and ask around to see what people think the quality is like. You could walk into your local CVS or Walgreen’s or even Costco and print out photos or make a photobook right there. But the quality is not going to be good. You could call up a local hand bookbinder and printer and have them do it for you and it will last you 100+ years but you might have to take a second mortgage out on the house!
The Happy Medium
There are companies out there now that allow you to make photobooks that will stand the test of time and the test of the budget. Some provide more guidance than others. For example, Blurb provides great software that gives you a great layout with page numbers and plenty of margins. They also provide you with a preview so you can see what your book would look like. With LuLu, another self publishing/photobook company, they allow you to upload your photobook that you’ve already made on your computer. Making a photobook with SnapFish works well since your photos are already on SnapFish but the quality is not the greatest. Dabblebooks has provided a great idea on “lite” photobooks which are 20 or so pages that you can fill with however many photos you want. The price is fixed and very affordable and they are of good size.
Research and Relish
Just like buying that new kitchen appliance or item that you need, in these economic times we have to do our research. Same thing with photobooks. Do your research, find the best quality at the price you think is right. And when the box comes in the mail, sit back and relish your creation of memories.
