4 Features to Look for in a Professional Photo Book
- What is a Professional Photo Book?
- 4 (or more) Features to Look For
- How to Order Your Professional Photo Book
- Recommended Photography Gear
- High-quality materials
- User input for printing decisions (e.g., whether or not color correction is applied)
- Thicker pages and better paper
- I'm also looking for that WOW factor.
Professional photo books can be designed for any type of photography client in any photographic style. And when you partner with Saal Digital, which has a Professional Line of photo books that are a unique take on traditional photo books, you have the opportunity to give your clients something truly impressive.
Some of the special features of these professional photo books are sure to elicit a “Wow!” from you and your clients alike. That’s just what you want from your client!
Follow along with me as I detail what makes the Saal Digital Professional Line Photo Books so special.
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What Is a Professional Photo Book?
A professional photo book should be a level or two above the regular and budget photo books you can select from online printing companies. Just as a high-end printer can deliver metal, acrylic, and fine art paper prints that stand out, so should a professional photo book stand out.
Generally speaking, there will be a lot more hands-on involvement from a photo tech or a printing artisan than merely letting the programs make the decisions. That’s how we define handcrafted in the digital age. It’s not that an enlarger and easel are used, but the results are the same. You can tell the difference when something is professional and high-end. That’s exactly what Saal Digital delivers!
4 (or more) Features to Look For
If I’m laying out the extra money and a little longer wait time for a professional photo book, I want it to live up to the billing. Some things I look for are:
In the video above, get an explanation of professional photo books from the Saal Digital professionals.
Extra Thick Pages
Using special papers and pages adds a lot to the visual impact of a high-quality professional photo book.
The books from Saal Digital have pages that look and feel extra special. Extra thick pages don’t bend or fold over like regular thin pages do. Add in the lay-flat binding design, and you’ve got visual appeal that’s unmatched.
When presenting your clients with a gorgeous photo book, the tactile experience is extremely important. With thick pages in your professional photo book, you give your clients just that!
Handmade Professional Photo Books
What does handmade mean in today’s digital imaging society? Photographic automation has become incredibly sophisticated, especially in regard to exposure and color. But, just as with the automation in our cameras, the automation in printing programs is only as good as the programming.
Sometimes, a process requires user intervention, even to the point of fully manually inputting values and applications. For printing, it goes beyond computer interfacing - it also involves physical manipulation of materials to come up with the final product.
Saal Digital uses highly trained and very talented artisans to produce the best product possible out of the highest quality materials. And it shows! When you hold a well-made photo book in your hands, you can tell - without even looking at it - if it’s a well-crafted item or if it was poorly thrown together.
Thanks to the combination of great materials and dedicated, well-trained artisans, Saal Digital ensures that your clients get the best possible photo book for their images.
Unique Acrylic Cover
This is the WOW factor I was talking about earlier…
An acrylic cover with my photo embedded is an awesome sight. It will be with your fine art images, too! The front cover image is bound with a leatherette back cover and spine bound in a lay-flat design that only adds to the visual appeal.
On your phone, tablet, or computer monitor, the acrylic cover looks amazing, doesn’t it? Holding one for yourself is how you really get to take it all in. It’s more than mere visuals - the heft of the book, the thick pages, and the depth of color in the cover all add up to an amazing experience.
Order a book of your favorite images to see for yourself. Take advantage of Saal Digital’s initial order coupon discounts to do so. After you finish being in awe of your work displayed so beautifully, use this first book as a selling tool to show your clients what they can get. It’s a win-win!
Customized Professional Photo Books
After all of the work I put into creating and post-processing the perfect image file, I want the resulting prints and photo books made from that file to be exactly what I had in mind. That requires that I, the user, have the opportunity to add input and either guide certain tech/artisan decisions or turn off the printing company input in various operations.
Other customizing choices involve paper finishes, matting, metal printing, acrylic prints, frames, cropping, size options, and so on. So, how do we do all of this when we’re ready to order? As I explain below, Saal Digital makes it easy!
How to Order Your Professional Photo Book
Saal Digital has excellent tutorials on its various product offerings. Below is a detailed guide on how to create a photo book using Saal Digital’s design software:
At the end of the day, Saal Digital not only offers superb products, but they also make it easy on you to build those products, order them, and get them to your clients quickly. It’s the combination of products and services that you want in a professional printing partner.
Try out my friends at Saal Digital today - you won’t be disappointed!
