Have you ever found the perfect background for a book page, calendar or collage poster, but the colors in the background were just a bit too vibrant against your photos? Well, here’s a neat trick to add translucency to your backgrounds so that your photos “pop” on the page. Add your photos, captions and desired background to your book or calendar [...]

{Applause, curtain rises…} Hello and welcome to the PicaBlog – Picaboo’s new blog where you’ll find trends, tips, designs and ideas to get your creative juices flowing. We’ll also feature new Picaboo products and designers, and showcase some of our customers’ amazing projects. We hope you’ll join the conversation, too. Our contributors include members of [...]

When taking a picture or laying out a page, one of the most important things to keep in mind is balance and symmetry. Balance is one of the principles of visual art – the set of guidelines that are to be considered when assessing the impact of artwork – it is particularly important for photo [...]

There’s something professional-looking about portraits that have the subject matter in clear focus while the background of the photo is blurred or “soft”. This effect makes the subject matter stand-out, and attracts all of the viewers attention to the detail of the people or objects in your photograph. Below is a photo taken of my [...]

Over the years, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of photo books that have incredible photos on the front cover. Here at Picaboo, we’ve been known to take the cover photo of our own books and print an enlargement to hang on our walls. NO MORE! So, with requests from customers (and bribes from some on [...]