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Ever since William was born I have been trying to take more pictures. Before he came along my husband and I were not much for photos. ( There are literally years missing from our life.) It’s not that we had anything against taking pictures, it’s just that we would never think to bring a camera, or if we did remember to bring it, the battery would be dying, or some other lame excuse. Now I’m making it a point to document our lives a bit more. (This blog serves that purpose also.)
Well now that I’m taking more pictures, I figured it’s also time to display them somehow. Since our home is still under construction, I don’t really have the option of a photo wall just yet, but in the mean time I have been looking into designing and printing photo books.
Today I was super excited to receive one of my photo books in the mail. This one is of my baby shower. (This was when I first really decided to take more pictures.)
I compiled this photo book on a site called BLURB. I read about it on a blog that I follow and decided to try it out.
I think that it came out pretty nice.
Front Cover
Back Cover
For the front and back covers I used photos of our nursery.
I really like the quality of the binding. I purchased my book in hardcover, and I am not disappointed. The quality of the actual print is good too. Some of my photos didn’t print as sharp as I would like them, however I believe that is because they were very low resolution to begin with. A few of them were even taken with a cell phone camera. (Hey I said I would take more photos I never specified with what! :)) I designed another book with our engagement pictures, which were taken by a professional photographer. They are higher resolution so I believe they should print better. From there I will decide if I want to spent the big bucks to make an album with all our wedding photos.
It looks pretty cute displayed on a table too!
Has anyone else tried making photo books? If so, which program did you use, and how did you like it??
-Elza-
1st-time Mom 