Just a couple shots of my favorite spreads that I'm working on for the FREE Picaboo hardcover photo book that is only available through 11:59 PT August 31st (tomorrow). You only pay for shipping which is about $8.99. Considering that the book is normally $39.99, it's a great deal. From tracking all these photo book deals, giving away free hardcover photo books is not the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
How to Make Your Photos Look Better – Edit Your Photos with iPhoto (Updated 2016)
This is Part 3 of my series on making your own digital photo book. Check out the overview of my step-by-step photo book guide with links to each of the individual posts. PLEASE NOTE: As of 2015, Apple has replaced the iPhoto program with Photos - a new photo database that syncs automatically with Apple's iCloud. Also gone from Apple's lineup is Aperture - a post processing … [Read more...]
How To Select and Edit Your Photos for your Photo Book
This is Part 2 of my series on making your own digital photo book. Check out the overview of my step-by-step photo book guide. _______ As with all things, organization and preparation is key. After shooting my photos, I take my camera's memory card and use a USB card reader to upload my photos to my photo organizing software. If you don't have a card reader, I highly … [Read more...]
FREE Photo Book from Walgreens One Day Only 8/25/2010
Walgreens is offering a FREE 4.5 x 6" photo book for Facebook fans of Walgreens' page. It's one day only, Wednesday, August 25, 2010. The purse book is valued at $6.99. You pay for shipping (approx. $2.99) How to get your FREE photo book from Walgreens: 1) Go to Walgreens Facebook Page and Fan or "Like" the Page (while you're at it Fan my PhotoBookGirl Facebook page … [Read more...]
Photo Book Tools: My Digital Camera Gear and Computer Lineup
Skip directly to the section on: My photo book cameras My computer Summary Once upon a time there was something called film. Before we could take photos, we had to buy it in rolls of typically 24 or 36 exposures. We had to load it into the back of the camera making sure to properly thread the perforations so they lined up properly, and pull enough of the film so … [Read more...]
How to Maximize your Savings with Picaboo Groupons and other Picaboo Deals
***New UPDATE: 11/15/2010 - Note that combining your Groupon with any current promo will only work with the $25 for $100 Groupon. Since the time of this original post, Picaboo issued two other versions of their Groupon. If you have the $25 for $75 Groupon or the $35 for $100 Groupon, it cannot be combined with other promos according to Picaboo and Groupon.*** ***New … [Read more...]
The Ultimate How To Make Your Own Digital Photo Book – TOP 20 Posts (Updated 2017)
Check out these PHOTO BOOK DEALS! This post is the first in a series of How to Make Your Own Digital Photo Book (the Photo Book Girl way!) The series will give you a look at how I create the photo books that I use to write reviews for this site. You'll get a look at my personal photo book workflow, my top photo book making tips and yes, learn from my mistakes. The goal is to … [Read more...]
How to Add Text to your Photo Book Plus How to Use Your Own Fonts
For any interested readers, I will be starting a series of posts of how to make your own photo book from start to finish. I'll be getting into more detail and going step-by-step. Feel free to let me know if you have any topics you specifically want me to cover and I'll be sure to add that in the series. ______________ Hi all, I've been getting a lot of good questions … [Read more...]