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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: Dave Gurtcheff on March 19, 2008, 05:42:16 pm

Title: Press printed Photo Book Suggestions
Post by: Dave Gurtcheff on March 19, 2008, 05:42:16 pm

Hi all:
I am attending a dear friend's daughter's wedding in early April. I am not the hired pro photographer. I plan on bringing my camera, keeping out of the pro's way, and shooting available light candids, concentrating on the family. I want to give the bride and her folks a press printed bound book. I have done this before, but was not happy with whomever I used at the time, as the templates were all "fixed" in size and cropping. I'm looking to drag & drop, crop, and resize using the vendor's software. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.  
Dave Gurtcheff
Beach Haven, NJ
www.modernpictorials.com

Title: Press printed Photo Book Suggestions
Post by: KeithR on March 19, 2008, 06:01:44 pm

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Hi all:
I am attending a dear friend's daughter's wedding in early April. I am not the hired pro photographer. I plan on bringing my camera, keeping out of the pro's way, and shooting available light candids, concentrating on the family. I want to give the bride and her folks a press printed bound book. I have done this before, but was not happy with whomever I used at the time, as the templates were all "fixed" in size and cropping. I'm looking to drag & drop, crop, and resize using the vendor's software. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.  
Dave Gurtcheff
Beach Haven, NJ
www.modernpictorials.com
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This has been discussed here on LL recently, so I would suggest a search of the site. There are a number of options available. One of which is Blurb. I have yet to use them, but have read good things about them.

Title: Press printed Photo Book Suggestions
Post by: neil on March 20, 2008, 08:11:17 pm

I've done lots of http://blurb.com (http://blurb.com) books - they're good but not great.  The http://mpix.com (http://mpix.com) book I just got was something a bit nicer - mostly the cover is nicer and they have different paper options, such as pearl.

Title: Press printed Photo Book Suggestions
Post by: Dave Gurtcheff on March 20, 2008, 10:14:51 pm

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I've done lots of http://blurb.com (http://blurb.com) books - they're good but not great.  The http://mpix.com (http://mpix.com) book I just got was something a bit nicer - mostly the cover is nicer and they have different paper options, such as pearl.
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Thanks both. I will check out your suggestions.
Dave