| Photo books are an excellent way to store and | | | | can be ordered and shipped to family and friends. |
| celebrate photographs and memories of your travels. | | | | When organizing your travel photos for your photo |
| If you are like many travelers, you will likely take | | | | book, several things will help you cut down the time |
| many more photographs than you can easily store or | | | | spent on organization, and will also keep your project |
| sort. With the popularity of digital cameras, the | | | | unified. Before you begin, consider doing a "first cut" |
| tendency to snap photos of everything in sight is | | | | of favourite photos. If you were traveling with a |
| even greater. Often, photographs are left in files on | | | | group, or with friends or family members, have each |
| the computer, and seldom enjoyed. Online photo | | | | person create a folder on the computer containing |
| books allow you to transfer images directly from | | | | their favourite photographs. You can then compile a |
| digital media or computer files, meaning that your | | | | new folder containing everyone's favourite |
| best photos can go directly into book format. You | | | | photographs from the trip; this will reduce the |
| can then order as many copies as you want. | | | | amount of time spent searching for images or making |
| Another benefit of online photo books is that you | | | | editing decisions as you work on the photo book |
| can organize the book as you go, pulling images from | | | | itself. |
| various files without needing to sort through boxes, | | | | Once you get to work on the book layout, consider |
| albums, or files full of prints, as you would need to | | | | organizing some pages by theme and subject matter, |
| do for a traditional scrapbook or photo album project. | | | | instead of only placing images in the order they were |
| In addition, you can choose only the best files from | | | | taken during the trip. While many people organize |
| your trip, meaning you can cut down on the number | | | | their travel photographs chronologically, feel free to |
| of duplicate images that often show up on albums | | | | do a page or two of overall highlights, or images that |
| featuring vacation or travel photos. Since you will be | | | | were repeated several times during the trip. Some |
| sorting and editing your photos ahead of time, the | | | | examples might include a collage of favourite photos |
| finished photo book will be a condensed and edited | | | | of the travelers themselves, images of monuments, |
| version of your favourite images, which can then be | | | | landmarks, sunsets, or particularly striking landscapes. |
| stored, displayed, and easily shared. | | | | While your online photo book is a record of your trip, |
| Making copies of photo books is incredibly easy: | | | | it can include personalized touches, humorous layouts, |
| simply order extra copies from the company | | | | and images that stood out for good reason-or for no |
| providing the online photo book service. If your own | | | | reason at all. Your photo book should reflect and |
| project is fairly large, consider making a smaller book | | | | celebrate you and your adventures, and does not |
| containing the highlights of your trip. A small format | | | | necessarily have to be a photo-journalistic record of |
| such as a 5" x 7" soft cover book is affordable, and | | | | your travels. |