The digital camera is one of the top reasons to switch to a photo book from a traditional photo album.
Once you have discarded your old camera for a convenient new digital one you most probably have realized that taking, viewing and sharing pictures have a whole new meaning now.
With traditional cameras people used to load a film, click pictures then carefully develop the negatives and finally print the photos on a sheet of paper.
These photographs are inserted into albums with plastic cover pouches or covers for each photo.
Not only is this whole process time consuming and cumbersome, there is a real danger of photographs deteriorating with age.
As a child I remember redoing the albums every vacation to prevent the plastic from sticking to the photo and damaging them.
A photo book is a great alternative and can prevent several of these problems.
With the photo book you basically print photos taken on your digital camera and organize, set backgrounds, accompanying text etc before printing it out on sheets of your choice to be bound into a coffee table like book that you can store and share with others.
The possibility of having your photos printed onto book size paper gives them a longer life and ease of use.
In traditional photo albums you hardly have any provision for adding notes or comments with photos.
When it comes to rare occasions like a wedding or baby shower many of us are just dying to scribble down things with our photos to remind us of memorable incidents and moments.
Instead of spoiling your photos by scribbling all over them or writing things behind them where no one would actually see them, adding these on the page you print your photo for the photo book would be a great idea.
If you find the shift from a traditional album to a photo book too drastic then perhaps you can work with some of the photo sharing services like Flickr and Shutterfly that help you organize and share your photos online.
Once you've got the hang of it you will automatically begin experimenting with the book style albums.
If you feel that the occasion is too big for you to handle all the photos properly then you may also consider hiring the services of a professional photo book maker.
They will help you organize photographing the event, pick out important photos and give suggestions and tips on background, color combination's, paper texture, binding ideas and deliver a finished product without you having to worry about the photography at your event.