So often as photographers we shoot and shoot and shoot images, doing nothing more with them other than viewing them online, on our computers or on our remote devices. While I understand that printing hundreds of images from your favorite photo sessions can be cost prohibitive, there are options out there that allow you to print your collections of images in a meaningful way and one of them is in a photobook.
I have personally published numerous art-related portfolio books, photobooks and even blog books using some of the amazing direct-to-print publishers available on the internet. Today it is easier than ever to take your precious photos, compile, design and print a gorgeous coffee table book with them. Publishing is now not necessarily about a print-run of thousands of books, it can be about one-off coffee or limited edition table books and that means that the sky is the limit when it comes to sharing your art and photography with the world. Shown are a few examples of the books I’ve published in the last 3-4 years…
My lifestyle portrait session clients more often than not purchase digital images from me as part their portrait sessions and while I do offer photographic printing services to my clients,they often prefer to print their images at their convenience and by local photo-printers. More and more I am encouraging my clients to consider photobooks as an option for there image collections. Why? you ask… Well the reason is two-fold:
- The client / lifestyle session gets printed in its entirety, in one comprehensive package and because they are bound in book form, the images are never lost or misplaced!
- They make incredible gifts for family members such as grandparents and distant relatives. Plus they are great ‘brag’ books to have on your coffee table of bookshelf when people come to visit you at your home.
How do you have a coffee table book made from your portrait session? The process for taking your lifestyle photo session images from the digital realm to a printed coffee table book is relatively simple and pain-free when you have a photographer-graphic designer like me in your corner ;^) Here is what you need to do:
- Book your lifestyle portrait session with me and I will capture your precious memories on digital film
- We review and process your selected images based on the lifestyle package you select
- I provide you with your final images either as high resolution downloadable files, or on DVD
- For an additional fee, I design a unique, customized photobook of your session that becomes a keepsake and photographic history book of your lifestyle session.
The available sizes of books are 7×7 | 8×10 portrait | 8×10 landscape | 12×12 large square | 13×11 large landscape - Prices start as low as $30 for a press-printed book and vary based on size and hard vs. soft cover options.
- All books, once published, are available for purchase online by your family and friends at no additional cost to you.
If you are interested in booking a lifestyle portrait session and taking your images to the next level with a beautifully designed coffee table book of your visual memories, please contact me today! I’d love to work with you.
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