![]() If you’re making a book for someone else, think about who they are and what they love throughout the bookmaking process. This will probably come naturally for the grad who’s self-publishing their own graduation book. So if they’re heading off to art school, a look back at their student’s journey from crayons to oil paints can really hit home-and the book itself can include artistic flourishes to carry the theme. Beyond the theme, the book’s layout and content can reflect the interests and passions of the graduate. ![]() One thing that’s great about making a personalized graduation book is that you can truly personalize it. Building a graduation photo book around the grad’s circle of friends and their exploits is a great reminder of how important these bonds are-and can even serve to strengthen and preserve the friendships as they move on to new endeavors. They were there for the carpools, the sleepovers, the road trips, and maybe a breakup or two. The grad isn’t the only person graduating, and their friends likely played a bigger part in their formative years than any academic subject or sport. If extracurriculars like sports, band, or theater were central to the grad’s time in school, a custom graduation book is a good idea for a theme that can do those pursuits way more justice than any one-size-fits-all yearbook. Some students forge their most important memories (and huge parts of their identity) on the field, volunteering, performing-the list goes on. Graduation isn’t all about a successful string of report cards. From first-days-of-school, to blue ribbons, to the successful driving test, if you’ve got photos of moments that make you proud, now’s the perfect time to bring them all together. A graduation photo album that chronicles those wins makes for a great way to recognize and encourage the grad’s hard work and encourage them going forward. Graduation is a big achievement, and it can’t happen without a lot of other achievements along the way. A good event photographer is everywhere-but do make sure to be present in the moment yourself, and respect the wishes of more shy subjects. And aim to collect a nice mix of posed and candid moments. Seek out and snap plenty of shots of the friends, family members, and teachers in the crowd. Find a good angle for the diploma handoff. If you’re making a graduation day book out of the whole affair, you’ll want to take more. Naturally, you’ll take a lot of pictures of the big day. But if those highlights are hard to narrow down, and you really want to go big, Blurb offers large book formats with hundreds of pages to rival any textbook. Remember, you don’t have to include everything-a short-but-sweet graduation book can hit the highlights, and it’s a great route to take if you intend to print lots of copies to share. ![]() Most of today’s graduates grew up in a world where there was always a camera within reach, so you may find that you’ve got a virtual mountain of photos to choose from. Whatever approach you’re taking, make sure the photos you select are high-quality and high-res enough for print. Depending on how deep your theme runs, this could mean just scrolling through your phone’s camera roll or digging through old memory cards and reaching out to your network of friends and loved ones to assemble the ultimate anthology. If your graduation photo book is more of a retrospective, your biggest (and most fun!) task will be collecting the photos you’ll use to tell the story. You don’t have to be a professional photographer to find, frame, and capture great shots, but it can’t hurt to learn a bit about how to take better photos in preparation for the big day. Have an idea of what you want to include in your book, and keep that in mind while you’re shooting. We’ve got enough graduation photo book ideas to fill a spiral-bound notebook here, but one easy way to narrow things down is to decide whether it’ll be a book about graduation day (and/or the parties), or a look back at the student’s year (or years) in school.įor the former, you’ll want to make sure you take enough great photos to properly document the event, including all of the most important faces and moments. ![]()
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