If you decide to do a bulk run you have to either use that basic setup or start from scratch. This means to reprint, you have to use their app again. I can list 6 Australian companies that provide pretty good free layout software but don’t support PDF to book printing. Problem is the “cheap” ( quality is excellent nowadays) printers aimed at the DIY amateur/enthusiast don’t seem to want to accept PDFs. My initial thought here was to create a PDF, then send that off to a printers. But it helps you think about your image if nothing else. Yes at the moment of image transfer from camera to storage its time consuming. As you sort images which may or may not fit in the current collection you are making, it does not stop you from you tagging as you go. ![]() Photobooks help you out here, forces you to allocate more tags. You never know what you might be searching for so the more tags the merrier. Basic tags come to mind, sunset, waves, sea, beach. So you have a nice image of rolling waves, against a sunset vista. You people have elevated those of us not so financially fortuitous to a position where we too can enjoy creativity. ![]() I would not be doing any of this if it wasn’t for the free flavour of such software and the amazing “cheapness” of equipment nowadays. Thanks so much guys this is an awesome bit of software. I use Darktable (DT) and at the time of writing 2.4 stable has just been released. Hopefully I will learn better ways as I go and will thus update this in time. Really a series of notes for myself on workflow which you may find of interest. You notice this when you try to put them on the same page. How certain locations lead me to a lighter blue hue whilst others a deeper warmer gold when processed. Whilst creating my first landscape collection I personally noticed the difference in how I process clouds for example. When we see these together we notice common traits, trends, persistent problems or even notice how we have matured and refined our skills. With books we assemble a number of images and see them at the same time/space, possibly gathered from across a broad time frame, maybe the same subject matter but from different locations etc. We fix in post processing but remember to get it right in camera next time around. This image was good but I had to brighten the exposure half a stop, nice composition but the horizon wasn’t straight etc. ![]() This self critique phase greatly helps us become better photographers. I have spoken before about the importance of processing your images. Just like heading home and processing your images after a days shoot, creating a photobook at some point is a very important step to being a better photographer.
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