Finding a good photo book company is a difficult process, and what makes it even more daunting is that you really don’t know what you are getting into until you get the final product. For that reason alone, you should be comfortable in knowing that the file you are sending to the supplier is as close as it’s going to get to the final look on press. Blurb does a terrific job at explaining every single step in the production process, to the extent that they even provide an icc profile so you can color correct your images for the final output.

Being from a Graphic Design background, I also loved the fact that I could design my book using InDesign, as opposed to some proprietary software with pre-canned templates. Does it require more work on the photographer’s side? Yes, it does. Do you want to provide your customers with the most faithful color reproduction possible, and a truly customized look? I hope all my fellow photographers do. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of photo album companies out there, but in my humble opinion they are one of the few that give the photographer a very predictable color management workflow for their output.

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