Custom Travel Photo Books

That depends on both your personal style preferences and how you’d like your travel memories showcased.

The Signature Lay-flat Photo Book is ideal if you prefer a bolder design and is great for displaying lots of scenic images that can fill the page. The Deluxe Coffee Table Book is perfect if you like a more classic, understated and elegant look with a material cover. If you have a larger collection of photos and/or want to include written memories, anecdotes and other storytelling elements alongside then the Travel Journal is the best option.

If you’re unsure which photo book is right for you, I’d be happy to recommend the most suitable option based on your trip, your photos and what you’d like the finished book to look like.

Yes, absolutely. You can either choose the photos yourself or send me your full collection and I’ll help curate the final selection.

Many clients prefer to hand everything over and let me narrow down the strongest images, but if there are any favourite photos or “must-have” moments you’d like included, simply let me know and I’ll make sure they’re incorporated into the design.

You’ll also have the opportunity to review the first draft and request any changes. Often it’s much easier to decide which photos work best once you can see them together within the layouts.

The pages and suggested number of photos included in the packages are intended as a starting point rather than a set limit. All of the photo books can be expanded with additional pages if you’d like to include more photos, and I can advise on the best option based on the size of your collection.

As a general guide, I typically recommend around 4-6 photos per double-page spread, although this can vary depending on the style of images and the look you’re hoping to achieve.

If you have a particularly large collection, I can also help narrow down the selection. Equally, if you have fewer photos, the number pages can also be reduced to suit your needs. If you have a smaller number of photos, I may also recommend the Signature Lay-flat Photo Book, as the thicker lay-flat pages give the book more presence even with fewer pages.

Yes, all of my photo books are fully designed on a blank canvas, so you can include written memories, dates, locations, maps, scanned tickets and other travel memorabilia alongside your photographs.

Whilst these elements can be incorporated into any of the photo books, the Travel Journal is particularly well suited to this style of storytelling and is ideal if you’d like to include more written content throughout the book.

I can work with photographs from phones, cameras and other digital devices, and most common file formats are suitable. If you’re unsure whether your photos will work, feel free to get in touch and I’d be happy to advise.

For the best results, I recommend using the highest resolution versions of your images wherever possible. Whilst I can carry out basic cropping, colour correction and image enhancement, photo books can only be as good as the images supplied, so heavily blurred, pixelated or very low-resolution photographs are generally best avoided.

If you have a mixture of image formats or aren’t sure how to access the original files, I’m more than happy to help guide you through the process.

Yes, absolutely. Multi-destination trips work particularly well in a photo book and can be organised into clear sections for each location using destination headers, maps, dates or other design elements.

If your trip includes a large number of photos, you can add extra pages to ensure you cover each destination properly. The Deluxe Coffee Table Book also offers optional vellum page inserts, which can be used to create elegant dividers between locations or stages of your journey.

Every photo book is designed from scratch, so the layout and structure can be tailored to suit the different stages of your trip, whether that’s a city and beach combination, a fly-drive holiday with several stops, or a longer itinerary featuring multiple locations.

No, you certainly don’t need to spend hours putting everything into an exact order. Part of my role is to sort through your photos and curate them into a cohesive story.

However, particularly if your trip included multiple destinations, or you want things in a specific order, it’s always helpful if you can provide some guidance on how you want things structured. That could literally be just grouping photos into folders, labelling them in order or providing a few notes with dates and locations etc

But all this is something we can discuss once we commence your photo book project and I will guide you through the process as we go along.

The timescale can vary depending on the size and complexity of your project, as well as how quickly feedback and design approvals are returned.

As a general guide, most travel photo books are completed within 4-8 weeks from the start of the design process. This includes photo curation, design, amendments and printing. The Signature Lay-flat Photo Book will often sit towards the shorter end of this timescale, whilst the Travel Journal is typically towards the longer end due to the additional pages and storytelling elements often included.

If you’re working towards a particular date or would like your photo book for a specific occasion, just let me know and I’ll be happy to advise on timescales before you book.