A good layout should look awesome and make sense. It grabs attention, helps people follow along, and doesn’t distract from what you're trying to say. Here are some tips to keep your photo game strong:

PICK A STAR PHOTO

Choose one photo to be the main focus. This will be your dominant photo and it should be your best shot and way bigger than the others (like 2.5 times bigger).

WATCH THE EDGES

If your photo goes all the way to the edge of the page (called a “bleed”), make sure it sticks out just a bit past the edge so it doesn’t get chopped off. Keep important stuff like faces or text a little inside the edge.

WHERE ARE THEY LOOKING?

Try to place photos so people in them are looking at the reader or across the middle of the page. You can flip photos if needed, but don’t flip anything with words or logos...it’ll look weird.

DON'T SQUISH IT

Never stretch a photo to make it fit. You can resize it but keep the same shape. It’s better to tweak your layout to match the photo than to mess up the photo to match the layout.

MIX IT UP

Use different photo sizes to keep things interesting. Repeat the shape of your main photo somewhere else, then switch it up with a few smaller ones.

SIZE SMART

Don’t blow up your photos too much...stick to 125% max. If it looks blurry or pixelated, swap it out or change the layout.

KEEP IT CONSISTENT

Margins (the space between stuff) should be the same across your whole page or book. If you’re overlapping photos, do it the same way every time so it looks clean.