Design a photo book from your holiday photos

Impressions for posterity.
Frame your holiday memories.

It doesn’t matter whether you are surrounded by nature or in a city centre, travel makes you happy, is educational and broadens your horizons. So it’s no wonder that people like to preserve these travel experiences and memories for ever. With your own photo book, you can frame these memories perfectly. Whether it’s a holiday journal dedicated to one trip or an annual travel journal, your creativity will know no bounds. Make use of our wide variety of production and binding options, to design your highly personalised travel journal. Here are a few helpful tips to get your started and ensure you can create your design with minimal effort.

Preparation ensures the best result

Before you design the layout of your photo book, it’s best to presort your photos. We advise you to organise your photos in chronological order As this is the best way of ensuring that you don’t accidently leave out any important places or significant moments. If you are very ambitious, you can even consider in advance how you would like to organise your photos and create a grid with repeating elements, different page designs such as double pages, or collages, bulletin boards and introduction pages. However, you can also do this at your leisure after your trip using the Bookfactory software or the online editor.

The heading is key

Subheadings provide additional structure and help you (perhaps even years later) to arrange the photos in a better way. Have you already shared your travel experiences with your friends on social media using Facebook or Instagram for example? If so, you can copy the comments into your design to make your photobook even more vibrant.

The inclusion of travel details and humorous quotes helps to turn your book into your highly personal story, which you will enjoy remembering time and again.

Choice of layout, format and product

We offer a wide range of options to personalise your photo book and every individual product has its own particular advantages.

Large landscape and panoramic photos look particularly good in lay-flat books, where one photo can be placed over an entire double page. The Bookfactory photo books suitable for this are:

(Photo book Economy also has lay-flat pages but features a spiral binding which may spoilt the effect of panoramic photos).

To see the photos in a good size, we recommend the DIN-A4-format which offers the additional advantage of fitting neatly on a shelf. However, DIN A5 is a very handy size which you can easily carry around with you to show friends and family.

The particular feel of the product emphasises the value of your photo book. Depending on which book you opt for, you can choose from a range of different paper types, each of which has its own special characteristics. All the relevant information can be found in the details for each photo book section.

Your choice of paper, whether matt or glossy, reflects your personal taste and contributes to the overall impression of your photo book. Matte paper ensures naturally bright colours, while glossy paper gives an elegant effect, but is a bit more susceptible to finger marks.

Individual images and souvenirs can be highlighted using our design elements

Would you like draw particular attention to individual photos or sections? You can highlight these by adding masks and frames. You can also create a particular mood through your choice of background colour. You can choose this to go with the colours in your photos in order to create a beautifully coordinated design.

If you have been on a tour, you can include map sections and landmarks to make the route destinations more instantly recognisable. You can use clip art images to create backgrounds where you can attach souvenirs from your trip, such as entrance or travel tickets. These make your photo book even more interesting and ensure that your travel experiences are recorded for posterity in a uniquely vibrant way.