And it keeps up with that premium book look. Either way, that was a pleasant surprise. IвЂ™m not sure if I expected the photobook to be shrink-wrapped and stored in a matte white photobook box. Little did I expect such a large box! IвЂ™ve included my takeaway coffee for size comparison. As I was at work when the package was delivered, I popped by the post office to pick up the package on the weekend. As the pages are thicker, itвЂ™s also great for books that will be handled often or something that you feel should have a more premium feel to it such as wedding or family albums.Дelivery & packaging. The layflat book is a great option for travel photography where you want to show case landscapes or panoramic scenes that stretch across two pages. For layflat books, your only option is the hardcover image wrap with matte finish.

Lastly you can choose from glossy softcover, hardcover image wrap with matte finish or hardcover dust jacket with a glossy jacket.

They also offer 6 different paper types including a thicker layflat paper.

They offer 6 sizes from mini square books all the way to large landscape books.

What does Blurb offer? After some discussion in the Fuji X Aus Facebook community regarding what companies people have tried to make their photobooks and what people thought about Blurb Books, I decided to give it a go with Blurb. It could be your portfolio of images to show clients. But you can really make a photobook to showcase anything.

In my eyes, they are great for travel adventures, weddings and family story albums. Why photobooks? My main interest in photo books is to tell a story. Since then they have expanded into not just photo books, but wall prints, cook books, travel books, magazines. Point and shoot cameras and DSLRs started to get into the hands of everyday people. It was at the precipice of the explosion of consumer digital photography. They have been around since 2006, founded by a photographer who wanted to make making photobooks simple and affordable. This blog post is not associated with Blurb in any way.ДЄ bit about Blurb Books. So my views are really just off my personal experience of making a photobook. IвЂ™m no expert in printing or photo books, having only made my second photo book recently. When I received and unravelled my photobook, it struck me that it might be interesting and fun to write about my process of making the photobook via Lightroom, my review of the Blurb Book publishing processes and what I think about the final product I just received. I ordered it in May and it took around 3 weeks for it to be printed and shipped to Perth. Then putting them into a nice sequence of events that tells a story. I spent a lot of time editing and curating images. It was a big photographic project for me that took me a couple of months to work on during my downtime. It also вЂњforcedвЂќ me to pick key photos to edit from my very large backlog of travel photos from the last 3 years. I decided creating a 3 year anniversary photobook as a gift would be the perfect reason to finally make a photobook.

This year I finally found the time (a silverlining of the unprecedent lockdown in 2020) and the story to tell. Lightroom has had the book module that integrates with Blurb Books for a long time and itвЂ™s always been on the back of my mind to try it out. Since then IвЂ™ve been meaning to make another photobook but havenвЂ™t found the time, motivation or the right story to tell. It was a small square softcover book that I put together after my first trip to Melbourne with friends. The last book I made was over a decade ago using Photobook Australia. ItвЂ™s been a long time since I made a photo book. Blurb is a online publishing platform that allows anyone to create, self-publish, share and sell their own prints, wall art, books and ebooks.

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