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I've been looking for a physical portfolio book for my photographys and to all my efforts none of the photography stores in my town have any. Most are closed, some just don't sell them anymore. I checked out amazon but I couldn't find anything at all. Is there any photography store anyone suggests online that I could try? I'm going to keep googling and looking.. but it's getting very frustrating....
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Old 02-12-2010, 03:13 PM
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Default Light Impressions source of mats, frames and presentation material

Try these guys Light Impressions source of mats, frames and presentation material: Archival Supplies | Storage Boxes | Albums
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Try an art store if you still want to look IRL.
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If you or anyone you know has an Apple Mac then iPhoto books are excellent quality. I recently did a portfolio myself and even I was surprised at how good it was.
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Make your own photo book with Blurb
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I have to side with Mitch on that one - I just got a book done by Blurb, and it's so good, I don't even like letting other people touch it! I'm joking there, but it really is a good quality book.

I've tried several different places, and the results have been mainly good, but the Blurb book just has an edge, and their software (because I'm not quite smart enough to design my own books and upload them as PDFs) is definitely the most flexible and intuitive version, with the widest range of picture and text templates that I've used.

And no, I'm not on commission from Blurb. ;-)

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