Designing a Photo Book

46mIntermediate2013-05-29

Authors

Nigel French

Graphic Designer, Author, Artist, Trainer

Course details

Photo books are a great way to display and preserve your memories, and services like iBooks and Blurb make it easy and affordable to create professional quality bound books. But your design choices are what make them special. Join designer Nigel French as he covers the basics of planning and building a photo book, reviews the qualities of good photo books, and examines the design principles at work in their creation—regardless of the software used. This course provides both inspiration and practical techniques for creating your photo book.

Learning objectives
Making a flat plan and determining a schedule
Choosing and sequencing your images
Cropping images for maximum impacts
Adjusting tone and color
Printing duotones
Adding text
Designing the cover
Comparing types of books

Skills covered

Photography PrintingProjectPhotography

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Planning the Photo Book

02 - Planning your photo book
03 - Looking at photo book services
04 - Choosing your tools
05 - Types of photo books
06 - Researching photo books
07 - Collaborating on photo books
08 - Making a flat plan and determining a schedule
09 - Choosing and sequencing your images

2. The Page as a Canvas

10 - Setting the page size and orientation
11 - Understanding the elements of a page
12 - Working with a layout grid
13 - Looking at background colors, images, and textures

3. Arranging Images on the Page

14 - Cropping images for maximum impact
15 - Adjusting tone and color
16 - Sharpening your photos
17 - Printing duotones
18 - When and how to use a bleed
19 - Creating a cross-over
20 - Adding frames and borders
21 - Breaking the grid
22 - Adding text
23 - Choosing type
24 - Designing the cover

Conclusion

25 - Next steps