Photolane by Zoomin, creating a photobook

A little while ago we were approached by a company wanting us to do a product review on a new app for creating a photobook from your mobile phone. Sounds like a simple brilliant idea. Take a few happy snaps, open up the app, select the photos, press the “create now” button, then within a week a beautiful hard covered photo book arrives by courier.

Sounds too good to be true? Well that was my experience.

Okay, so you say you haven’t got any nice photos on your phone as you use your camera for your best shots? Not a problem, do what I did. Simply upload your photos to your phone, then with the magic of technology, upload them to Photolane via the app. The app is very easy to use and allows you to create a photobook by choosing a few different themes and select up to 40 photos. Once you’ve selected your photos you are taken to a secure payment portal to complete the transaction. That really is all there is to creating a photobook.

Now sit back and wait. It won’t be long they said. And it wasn’t. During the short wait we were notified several times as to the progress via text and email.

Just imagine you’ve just had the birth of child in the family, out comes the smart phone, selfies with baby, selfies with the mother and a few posed shots with the family. In our case we had some beautiful photos from our trip to Europe in 2013 which included a Mediterranean cruise. We had been discussing various methods to showcase our memories which included the beautiful cities of Paris, Vienna, Venice and more. We had thought of doing a montage on a photo canvas or a few picture frames scattered across the wall.

All great methods, but very restricting as we couldn’t easily show friends and family. What we needed was a photobook, something that was easily carried or even had the ability to be shown online by the means of a link. So when we realised how easy it would be, creating a photobook was a no brainer.

And that’s exactly what Photolane by Zoomin offers. You can now turn your priceless memories into a quality 8”x 8” satin matte hard covered 32 page photobook, with a link to the online version. The best part is creating a photobook without needing a degree in publishing or taking out a second mortgage.

The photobook arrived by courier in specially designed packaging offering complete protection to the contents. Once opened, the packaging revealed a white package wrapped in clear cellophane. Within the cellophane wrapper was the photobook in a beautifully presented white custom printed sleeve. Included with the sleeve was a discount coupon for our next photobook, which is something we will be making use of. Maybe it’s time to do something with our wedding photos. An excellent gift idea.

Use the above links to view our photobook and download the App to order your own photobook where you can save 50% by entering the discount code AHIMS.

We were provided a code for creating a complimentary photobook but our review is based on our honest and truthful sentiments.

Have you converted any of your travel photos to a photo book? Is this something you would consider now especially now you know how easy it is?

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