2025年6月24日（火）、午前9時ごろに起きた。夕方、病院へ行った。昨日とは違う病院だ。
日中、家にフォトブックが届いた。この本は私の自作で、バンクーバーで撮った写真を載せた。あるウェブサイトで写真を配置し、印刷・製本を企業に注文した。
印刷の仕上がりは、満足いく出来だった。20冊作るのにかかった値段は合計で約2万円。今回私が注文した会社は、初回利用者に対して半額値引きしてくれたので、この金額で済んだ。
私がフォトブックを作ろうと思い立ったのは、以前の散歩がきっかけだ。というのも今月、恩田川沿いを歩いていた際、ある男性に偶然会って、彼の自作の写真集を見せてもらった。カワセミやエナガといった鳥、そのほかには天体の写真を一冊にまとめていた。私は感心するとともに、自分でも同じようなことができると思った。
On Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, I got up around 9:00 a.m. and went to a clinic in the evening, which was different from the clinic I had visited yesterday.
During the day, I received a box of photobooks at my home. The book consists of pictures I took in Vancouver over the past year. I laid them out in the book using a website produced by a company and then ordered it to be printed.
After receiving my books in person today, I’m satisfied with the print quality. It cost about 20,000 yen to make 20 books. One of the reasons it was so affordable is that the company I ordered from offers a 50% discount for first-time customers. Each book has 52 pages, and the paper size is A5.
The reason I decided to do this was that I was inspired by a man I came across while walking along the Onda River earlier this month. He had created a photobook that included pictures of birds, such as kingfishers and long-tailed tits, as well as stars. I admired his work, and it made me realize that I could also make my own collection.