Can Anyone Help Me With This ? Please!

[JonnyV]

My mom and step dad have got back from a USA road trip.

Its my step dads 50th soon and my mom wanted to put the photos together in a book that this website provides:

http://www.onlinephotoservice.co.uk/cewe-photobook-sample-photo-books.html

If you take a look at the 'American south west' example. it looks so profesional.

When i had a go this afternoon it looked very poor compared to the example.

Can anyone help me out (small fee paid) and make up a book using this websites software with photos and text suplied by me ?

Thanks

 

[NathanT]

I had a quick go, and to be honest, its perfectly feasible to make a book as good as the example, the software isn't that bad.... but it will take time.
Its not an afternoon job, its quite an undertaking to get it "right"

You need to get all of the photo's together on a table, see what ones compliment each other or belong to certain "groups" or "states". If your wanting pictures that blend or contrast each other.

An album or a portfolio is a very hard thing to do correctly, my wife is an avid photographer and takes some very very good shots, but even the best photo can look wrong in the wrong place or wrong environment. Its like a story book, its got to flow and keep continuity or it just looks like a load of pictures stuck together.

I'd suggest to keep working on it, its something I would imagine would be very difficult for somebody to do for you remotely. Or even get a rough draft together and maybe post what you have so far and ask for constructive critique or advice.

 

[JonnyV]

Thanks NathanT, for the advice.

I thought i could get it done in a few hours, but ended up with 2 pages that looked like any photo album.

I guess i will take another look at it when i have time.

Thanks