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I specialise in photographing moments of tenderness so I tend not to do posed portraiture and instead prefer to work unobtrusively at family gatherings

Thursday, November 4, 2010

An example of one of my christening books

An enquiry from a prospective client today made me to realise I should have images of books I have designed on my website. Whilst there is nothing like seeing one of my books to appreciate their quality, a photo is better than a description on the phone.


To the cover of one of my christening books, these can be leather, silk or in the photo below, buckram and I can also include a debossed photo on the front cover.


A good idea for the inside front page is to include the christening invitation.




Images on pages can fill the page to leave no border.



Or a single image can be laid out with a generous border



Two images can look terrific.




It can be fun having a 'lead' image with smaller images to the left.




Smaller images can also be placed to the right of the 'lead' image.



Or the smaller images can be below the 'lead' image.





In summary, when I design my books, I consider whether images 'belong' together, their significance and if there is sufficient difference between the pages to make them visually interesting to the viewer.