This post provides some photo book project theme inspiration from the creative team.
Photo Book Project Theme Inspiration
Miki Krueger
This will be my fourth year participating in the annual photo book project.
The first two years, I followed a Christmas theme:
- Christmases of the Past
- The 12 Days of Christmas
Last year, I took a different approach to the project.
- My daughter gave my husband a box of 73 ‘things to do’ for his birthday.
- I documented every adventure and activity we did throughout the year.
- It was really a fun project, and we love looking back at all the ‘stuff’ we did!
This year, I will document our family’s National Park visits over the years
- We have visited many and plan on visiting more.
- I have single pages of our trips, but would like a cohesive documentation of all the parks we have seen, thus far.
- My focus will be gathering hundreds of photos from the last 40 years and organizing them in a collection of stories and memories.
Trish Hoskins
The photo book project has been a part of my December many times, but last year I really grasped the value of this experience.
- The concept of creating a piece for each of the 25 days is a challenge that develops habit and consistency.
- The commitment encourages you to ‘show up’ to your artistry each day, and all the pages just seem to come alive.
- The end goal of a completed book or collection of pages enables me to enjoy the ‘fruits of my labour’.
A couple of projects I am considering:
- Locate December photos from past years and do a walk down ‘memory lane’.
- Revisit forgotten, ‘lost’ photos, then use them to create some artistry.
- Select a random photo and pair it with a memory for 25 days.
Viv Halliwell
A photo book project is the most fun and quick way to capture memories!
- With a template system and some extra supplies, you can be as artsy as you like.
- And by the end of the process, you have a finished collection of layouts that can be printed and looked at again and again.
- Last year, I documented National Trust properties I have visited.
Preserve some particularly fantastic holidays that my family and I took between 2000 and 2012 in the USA and Europe.
- Some early photographs were taken with our first digital cameras.
- Template collections will help me with cohesive digital scrapbook page designs.
- I may have to create multiple projects with all the photos.
- The goal is to be creative with different template collections and digital supplies.
Next year, I plan to celebrate a significant birthday as a photo book project theme.
Joan Robillard
Most of my photos and scrapbooking pages are unseen in digital format.
- I like the idea of having some of them printed books.
- This enables me to share artistry with friends and family who come to visit.
- My first project was centered around a special summer with my sister.
- I have also created an album about my family, with a double-page spread dedicated to a different person.
- As well as sharing collections of my favorite photos.
This year, my project will be about my favorite places.
- I repeatedly photograph the same places through the seasons.
- A photo book showcasing the best snapshots would be lovely to have on a shelf.
- I can then enjoy them whenever I like 🙂
Your project does NOT have to be about people and/or about the holidays.
- You can create projects about the places and things you love.
- This is your project, and it can be anything you want it to be.
Nancy Adams
I will create a vacation project to organize my photos and share them with friends.
- Vacation photos tend to provide a variety of images and topics for the page designs.
- I love the idea of completing a photobook project.