So, a couple of weeks ago, we went on a much
needed vacation to Mexico.
My husband works two jobs and is working all of
the time. The only way to get him to rest, is to go out of town. This
time it involved an airplane and a beach.
I love vacationing, but I do not love coming
home to make an album of our memories. So many photos to pick through and edit.
So many stories and details to report. Such a short turn around as friends and
family want to see pics right away.
I am so terrible at doing vacation albums, that
our last 5 vacations still are in jpeg format...but not this time!
This time I took a different approach. The nice
lady that I work with has created several albums as Apple books and they have
all turned out fabulous. After much consideration, I decided to take on that
format. It seemed manageable and all I had to do was take my camera and laptop
with me to Mexico.
Each night as we wound down in our hotel room,
I sat and downloaded, then edited the photos of the day and slid them right into my chosen
template in the Apple book, all through iPhoto. This kept me on top of the photos each day so I
didn't have to sort through hundreds when I arrived home. I chose a simple
template with primarily spaces for photos and then designed it so I'd have a
few white spaces to write in the stories later.
I did my final edit on the airplane home and a
day or two later...I hit PRINT.
I sent the order electronically to Apple on a Thursday and it arrived in my mailbox on the following Tuesday! That night, I simply added a few stickers and words to note the highlights of our trip. It was that easy. This method also allowed me to get a little scrapbooky, which I didn't want to give up entirely.
I was super impressed with the quality of the whole experience, from the colouring of the photos to the quality of the paper to the quick turnaround and shipping of the final product. It even arrived all neatly packaged, making it feel like Christmas arrived early this year!
For the first time ever, I have a photo book of my trip only a few weeks after returning home that I can share with family and friends when they ask, How was your trip?
Have you done an electronic book of any kind? I would love to hear about your experience, whether through Apple, Shutterfly, Blurb, or any other of the many companies out there.