Advice on Printing for Portfolio and Personal Scrapbook

[Sistereinstein]

Hello Everyone - Today I am scouting for friendly advice, as I am taking the plunge and printing my photos for the purpose of compiling a portfolio and a personal scrapbook (2 separate books).

Thank you in advance!

[wulf]

What kind of advice are you looking for? Have you already got printer and paper or are you right at the start?

Wulf

[Sistereinstein]

Originally Posted by wulf

What kind of advice are you looking for? Have you already got printer and paper or are you right at the start?

Wulf

I left it open ended on purpose, because I was looking for some direction as to what has been successful for others.

I think I have a good mix of images for a scrapbook, but for a portfolio, my concern was how I was going to organize them. Again, not specific enough. Perhaps I am not as ready as I had hoped (?).

I'm curious as to why a digital photographer would print their own. While I understand the concept, but it just seems really expensive. Remember, I am a beginner!

[stephanie lyn]

What kind of scrapbooking do you want to do? Ive been scrapbooking since i was 6, im 25 now, and 3 years ago I got sucked into digital scrapbooking. Less time consuming and not as messy! Creative memories has an awesome program called storybook creator. Its expensive but its definitely worth it, Im very detailed when it comes to my scrapbooks and they have everything you could imagine. If you want just a basic scrapbook try picaboo.com, less detailed and less expensive depending on the type of covers (leather, fabric or hard cover) as far as a portfolio, when i worked at sears portrait studio, they helped me put one together and it was a basic 3 ring binder and i had each section tabbed off ( maternity, family, weddings, engagement, kids, infants...etc) I have found that most pros have their portfolios online on their website. Im just an amateur, i do it for fun not money and i use kodak.com to print out my prints and never once had a problem.