Photo Books

Once upon a time there was only one way to enjoy looking at photographs – by printing them out. Of course things have changed and now it’s far less common to print your photos as it is to keep them digitally.

Personally I don’t print my photos other than to enlarge them for wall hanging. I find photo albums to be time consuming and messy to make, and I rarely look at them again. Most photos are printed from print kiosks that output less than satisfactory prints, and the prints themselves usually stay in their folders and get thrown into a drawer.

As much as I love presenting my images online – after all, how can you find a bigger audience for your photos than on the internet, accessible by the majority of the modern world – there is still no replacement for a printed image. Photographs beautifully printed and presented impact you in a way that no digital image currently can. So the best way to present large numbers of images, particularly from an important event is to print them in a Photo Book.

One of my favourite products so far is my “Images of Asia” travel calendar for 2009.

There are any number of online Photo Book services out there, but only two I recommend and use. A basic service for simple products such as travel books is Albumprinter. For premium results I am a big wrap for Momento. I have a Pro account at Momento, allowing me access to rates and products not available to the general public, and I use this service to create amazing wedding albums, family portrait books and calendars. These books can live on a coffee table or pride of place on display in a family room. People will enjoy picking your book up and exploring your photos, rather than them never seeing the light of day in shoeboxes.

If you’d like a timeless and beautiful memory of any event I have or will be photographing for you, consider adding a Momento product to your shopping list.

Check out some examples of some of my Momento Photo Books.