If you like to do extensive research before you do business with a company online then you’re going to love the article published this week by Jason Dunn at Digital Home Thoughts before you make your first photo book. This epic review The Great Photo Book Round-Up Review: Who Makes the Best Photo Books compares online experience, print, covers, paper, overall quality and value of several top photo book publishers including Inkubook.

If you’re thinking about making a photo book but haven’t made up your mind which company to use, you’ll be glad you took the time to read and watch (yes, there are videos as well) this one. Check it out! 

With permission from her talented Franklin, TN-based photographer Evin Photography, the Budget Savvy Bride used several gorgeous photos from her engagement shoot to create a custom-designed wedding guest book on Inkubook. The finished book was amazing. This bride-to-be definitely has style. She opted for a non-lined design allowing her guests to write messages freely throughout the book.  Flip through her Inkubook photo book widget below to get some ideas for your own wedding guest book or pass it along to a friend on Facebook or MySpace who might be getting married this year. Just click the “Get Widget” button and follow the directions.

Autofill, Baby.

Or, in the same time that it takes you to read a short comic, you could have your own autofill book.

Every once in a while, you find a great resource in an unexpected place. That is exactly what happened when I stumbled upon the Amazon Digital Photography Blog.

First, a bit of back story.

When we first started Inkubook, the first book I wanted to do was a cookbook, but this presented me with all kinds of dilemmas. Not least among my concerns was how on earth do you make the food you cook at home look as delicious as and beautiful as those in cookbooks written by top chefs. I made a note to do some research and went about the work of building the site with which to build the cookbook.

Having been in publishing for some time, I try my best to keep up with the comings and goings at Amazon and check their Amazon Daily blog regularly for inspiration and the latest news. Imagine my surprise when I come across a post called Play With Your Food! on their site that was all about photographing food. Rather than focusing on the voodoo that is “food styling” that all to often includes very little food, the post provided a few dead on tips that would make any food look beautiful and scrumptious.

Being altogether pleased, I continued to follow the blog and have found it consistently useful. Of particular interest to readers of this blog will be the post on Photography tip: Shooting for Photobooks. The blog is authored by Ryan Brenizer who is a professional wedding photographer, and not an Amazon employee. The content is a mix of product reviews, photography techniques, and tips and tricks, all of which should be valuable to the amateur photographer. I have already found myself employing a number of the techniques relayed in the blog and have been very pleased with the results.

If you are looking to expand your repertoire of photography techniques and your knowledge of the latest gear, the Amazon Digital Photography blog is a great place to start.