Snodgrass Photography Blog

With all the photo book programs out there, users should be sure to choose one that suits their particular needs. Jason Dunn's article “The Great Photo book Round-up” from the DigitalHomeThoughts web site, has some good pointers. Jason rates the blurb.com service as “average to excellent.”

Blurb.com is a good choice when you want to:

• insert more than 50 pages in the book
• combine photos with more text than you can fit into a caption
• be able to create your own custom layouts
• limit costs to a reasonable price (neither highest nor lowest)
• rely on fast turnaround
• know that as a beginner, you will be able to get online help.

What you need to start working with blurb.com

1. A camera that allows computer downloads.
2. An updated web browser (Explorer, Firefox or Safari)
3. A photo editor beyond what iPhoto provides—it must be capable of resizing your photos from say 3000 X 2000 pixels down to 300 X 200. Photos must be either 8-bit .jpg or .png format, in RGB colour and at 150 to 300 dpi (dots per inch).
4. An image viewer and enhancer program. About 30 free image viewers are available online—go to About.com and query <image management>. I use PhotoStudio from SoftArc--it came as a freebie when I bought a scanner, and I find it easier to use than Photoshop.

All of the above sounds highly technical. When I did my first book I had no idea what any of the above meant. Watch the Blurb tutorial videos before you start. Then, give yourself a day, or 2-3 evenings, for this.

Some of the stuff won’t mean much to you until you start working on your book, but then it will click and you can go back and rewatch the videos.

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