In a fit of vanity, I ordered an 8”x10” book of my own photography the other day:

Here’s a photo I took of a photo of me taking a photo of me and Karl in the mirror. And on the left, musical gatherings.

shades of Wolfgang Tillmans?

The book has 28 pages and came from Apple’s iPhoto book service. It was way too expensive and the printing isn’t great. The paper is thin and slick like a magazine. So while I probably won’t order another, something about the glamor of it preventing me from returning this one.

Apple needs to improve the quality and lower the price of this service. But they also need to make iMixes for photos, so I can point you to a version of this book on sale at the iPhoto Store, and in a few days you can have my art on your coffee table. If you’re my mom, that is.