Canon 40D * EF-50mm f/1.8 II * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/3.2
I spent a good portion of my December scanning slides from my dad's youth that were taken in the early 60's. He hasn't seen them in years so I wanted to get them in a format where he could look and share with family and friends easily. I decided a photo book would be the best solution. I I tried several online photo book sites and ended up using Apple's iPhoto photo book software. I'm very happy with the quality of the book. The book is a hardcover, the pictures are crisp and the paper is high quality. The software was very easy to use, I wish it gave me a bit more control for cropping and resizing photos, the hardest part of the process for me was figuring out where to place the photos on the pages.
The book came in a self contained box with Apple's logo on it. I've included a few samples below of the book. I'm planning on putting together more books and using other services. If you have a recommendation on a site feel free to leave a comment.
Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0
Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0
Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 100 * 1/200 second * f/4.0
6 comments:
I'm glad you were able to create such a keepsake for your dad. I have scanned thousands upon thousands of slides from my dad and granddad, but have yet to do anything with them. A series of books is also my goal.
We recently created a book using Blurb, but I have to say I was unimpressed with the quality. That said, I saw another book printed by blurb the other day and it was better than ours. I may give them another try with more prep work on the photos as their pricing was better.
As for layouts, the spread you show here looks great. If you feel restricted on a future book, consider using the single image layout on a page and preparing the page in Photoshop with multiple images/text as one image to place within the software.
Wow, this is amazing. I'd love to do something like this too. Did you have to do a lot of repair work, or were the slides in good shape?
@ Stephen S "Did you have to do a lot of repair work, or were the slides in good shape?"
Stephen, Besides the basic color correction and cropping I did have to spend quite a bit of time taking out black spots and making sure the slides were clean from lint, fingerprints etc. before they were scanned.
I created a photobook using My Publisher last Christmas and was pleased with the quality. I created a book for my parents and one for the parents of my wife. They now sit as coffee table books at their homes (pictures were of the grandkids taken by me). It was one of the smarter things I ever did.
My family has little in the way of photographs from earlier days. Seeing this makes me want to dig up those treasures and put them in a format the family can enjoy. I bet scanning the slides was a long job...
The result is priceless!
I've been scanning negatives for a while and I'm just not pleased with the outcome. What hardware/software and resolution settings are you using? From the photos of the books you made, it looks like you have figured it out pretty well.
Thanks Pete. I'm using a Canon CanoScan 5600F. I'm able to scan 4 slides at once. I scan them at a high resolution as a TIFF. I then import the files in Adobe Lightroom and correct the white balance and exposure etc. The slides that need a little extra work I open in Adobe Photoshop to remove lint spots. I then export the files as jpegs to create the photobook.
Hope that helps
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