My photo books came in...

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Todd.Hanz

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I've been shooting some family portraits for the last couple of weeks, all taken on film with a Rolleiflex and Pen FT to go into a photo book for X-mas gifts. I finished them on Sunday night and they were shipped to me Monday.

I used "My Publisher" ( http://www.mypublisher.com/ ) it was easy and the reults were fantastic. I have done several others in the past, LuLu and iPhoto with mixed results. BW always seems to have a color cast and the shadows were blocked, This book looks almost perfect, shadows are very acceptable, better by far than anything I have tried in the past. The BW are truly BW, no perceptable color casts in any light.

I ordered the Leather bound version with picture Window, I personalized them by putting a different family pic on each cover, otherwise the book is the same. The leather is very supple with a very nice grain and stitching. All in all I'll use them again.

Fast Service and easy upload!

Todd
 

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Ooh, those like nice Todd. I'm supposed to have some cheap ones arrive from Kodak Monday for gifts, and I'm kinda concerned (all black and white).

Can I just re-order yours with the great photos you took and give them as presents instead? :)
 
Look at that Pen-FT shot... wow, that's a good black and white printing.
Did you have to adjust the pictures so it won't be printed too dark?

What kind of color-management profile did you use in your picture?
 
shadowfox said:
Look at that Pen-FT shot... wow, that's a good black and white printing.
Did you have to adjust the pictures so it won't be printed too dark?

What kind of color-management profile did you use in your picture?
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I uploaded them as greyscale, I found out later that they want you to make them adobe RGB, it seems not to matter.
 
MikeL said:
Ooh, those like nice Todd. I'm supposed to have some cheap ones arrive from Kodak Monday for gifts, and I'm kinda concerned (all black and white).

Can I just re-order yours with the great photos you took and give them as presents instead? :)
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I've seen some Kodak books and they are nice.

Todd
 
I've been keeping up on your shots on flickr todd. They look great! I am almost ready to send my stuff from Poland off. All black and white as well. I was going to use blurb, but maybe I will give these guys a try instead!
 
Do you use MyPublisher on a Mac or PC? I ask because I was going to make photobooks myself and had seen a friend who used MyPublisher. I use a Mac, so I downloaded the client, set up the book and sent the file off. I got a message backt that my file was corrupted. I went through several rounds of recompliling, resending, etc before I finally gave up. Any tips you might have for MyPublisher? I like their software better than what I ended up with (Shutterfly) but I couldn't get it to work.

Thanks,
Chris
 
chrispiper said:
Do you use MyPublisher on a Mac or PC? I ask because I was going to make photobooks myself and had seen a friend who used MyPublisher. I use a Mac, so I downloaded the client, set up the book and sent the file off. I got a message backt that my file was corrupted. I went through several rounds of recompliling, resending, etc before I finally gave up. Any tips you might have for MyPublisher? I like their software better than what I ended up with (Shutterfly) but I couldn't get it to work.

Thanks,
Chris
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I used a Mac. I downloaded the Mac client and used it. My only problem was Internet Explorer was my default browser and it wouldn't allow me to upload. I fixed the issue by opening Safari and making it my default browser. I also made all my images 300 dpi instead of the recomended 180 dpi. Good Luck

Todd
 
Todd,

I've been following your series on Flickr. Knowing the quality of your work, if you are that satisfied with MyPublisher then it must be good. I've used iPhoto before (hacking the plist to get true 300dpi) and although they turned out good, I was never truly satisfied. I think I'll give MyPublisher a try.
 
ErikFive said:
That looks really nice from what I can see. How much did they cost?
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65 bucks and change, includes leather and 2nd shipping. I paid the same for the iPhoto books and this is one is by far a nicer presentation.

Todd
 
Todd, the book looks great. I downloaded the software, made a book, and I'm about ready to pull the trigger. What weight is the paper that the photos are printed on?

I too have tried iPhoto books once, and the pages were hit and miss, although my mother-in-law, for whom I made the book, was completely thrilled with it.
 
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Looks great, Todd! I'll have to look at the MyPublisher books. I'm laying out a Blurb book right now, but your reproductions seem to look very nice.

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jja said:
Todd, the book looks great. I downloaded the software, made a book, and I'm about ready to pull the trigger. What weight is the paper that the photos are printed on?

I too have tried iPhoto books once, and the pages were hit and miss, although my mother-in-law, for whom I made the book, was completely thrilled with it.
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The paper is similar in weight to the photobooks I've bought,"Avedon in the American West", etc. Excellent quality, you'll be impressed.

Todd
 
RayPA said:
Looks great, Todd! I'll have to look at the MyPublisher books. I'm laying out a Blurb book right now, but your reproductions seem to look very nice.

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You'll love it Ray!
 
Great work! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the tip, Todd. I'll take a look at My publisher (I hope they ship to France).
Well, I have a stupid question: what picture size is required for the press? I mean in pixels. When I scan my neg with the Epson 4490, I usually set on 1200 pxl, sometimes 2400. I read that publisher accept 15x21 cm (convert in inches) at 300 dpi, but I have no idea how to set my scanner in order to get that resolution.
Hope I don't hijack the thread, otherwise ignore my question.
Best,
Marc
 
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