A Photo Book of Memories: The Creative Solution

This is why a photo book could be your lifeboat: they are cheap, convenient and, most importantly, can be fully customized to tell a captivating story.

The marvels of varied organization

Whether you want to organize your photos in a chronological order or you have some theme in mind, a photo book gives you plenty of opportunities to tell a story illustrated by your pictures. Unlike photo albums, which are ideal for portfolios or a spread of two pictures per page, images in photo books can be arranged in any way you like. This is often aided by the layouts and styles that photo book companies offer. In fact, just by choosing a different layout and setting up a customized or preset theme you have already succeeded in telling something to the readers.

Photos: the spirits of your book

Granted, it is an incredible challenge to pick the right pictures to be included in a photo book, but to make things easier try to keep in mind the idiom ‘less is more’. In the context of creating a photo book, this means you shouldn’t overcrowd the pages of your book with pictures, regardless of whether the online book editor allows you to do so or not.

However, you can do virtually anything with your photos to enhance their quality: try out the different adjustment features of the photo book builder or, if they are unavailable, use stickers and other funny extras. You can also go for third-party image editing programs like Photoshop, Gimp and so on to fine tune your pictures. Speaking of which, do not be afraid to play around with the different modes on your camera, too: try them out and sooner or later you will find the ideal settings for capturing those joyful memories.

Appearance of the book

This is a feature that is entirely up to you – provided that you make convenience your number one priority. Do not forget to take into consideration the reasons you are making your photo book and who will receive the book. The most ideal choice for your photo book is likely to be a square or landscape book with dimensions no bigger than 8×8 or 8.5×11.

As for the cover and other extras – such as embellishments, quality of papers and the like – anything goes, so long as it is within good taste: modern photo book printers are capable of creating wonderful products even if you go for the cheapest options.

Texting, texting

Many people are still skeptical about including text in a book that mostly consists of photos, but if used correctly it can help you in your storytelling. As with the pictures, the key rule for inserting text is: less is more. These short texts can be anything from a simple description to a quote from a family member or even from a famous person – though that is a little cliched. Just be sure that the text you are using to describe the photo matches with the picture.