Communion season is here and I'm sure you'll want to design a digital album with photos of the best memories. Discover what things you should take into account to design it like a professional.
The first thing you should look at is the print quality.
For such a special day, always choose photographic printing. It is a safe bet that will not fail you. The details of the dress, the colors of the flowers... will be perfect.
Other types of printing, such as digital, are usually cheaper, and good results are achieved, but you will be happy to invest in a day that you will want to remember for a lifetime with the best quality.
Choose the type of paper
If you want to bet on a professional and durable finish, choose an anti-fingerprint paper. You will avoid scratches, fingerprints, scratches and even splashes of water. Your digital album will be kept as the first day.
Once you have chosen the paper and printing, commitment to an easy format to compose.
The horizontal photo album is the most versatile and comfortable. If what you want is to innovate and it's not your first album, try a square format. These formats are the easiest to design and you will avoid headaches that we find with vertical formats.
Plan the photographs well for your photo album
Surely you will want to have a memory of all the guests. Plan it well and take group photos, the more guests in the photo, the better, so you will have them all, in fewer photos.
Surely you have lots of photos in which you are super handsome, and you want to put them all. Choose them well and do not put more than four photos per page. White will create a frame effect that will give it that touch of quality.
white is important too
A trick widely used by professional photographers is to put a photo in the middle of the page, occupying the same proportion of white as the photo. You will get all eyes fixed on that photo you want to remember.
There are digital albums with clip arts or children's backgrounds, or even first communion. Run away from the drawings.A good professional would never use them. We tend to fill in the gaps and put extra elements, so if you are not an expert, you will probably end up abusing them by making a design that is too informal.
Another idea is to compose black and white pages, highlighting that photo that has you in love, it will be spectacular!
Remember, that the protagonist is the child, and something super important "LESS IS MORE”. Try using a full-page closeup photo. Her look will draw attention and he or she will feel like the king or queen.
Do not forget to put name and date, it will be something that you will want to remember for a lifetime. choose a font that reads well. You can choose a more classic font that will never go out of style, like Georgia (in italics works very well) or a more modern one, or even one with a childish touch... that depends on everyone's taste, but above all, remember. No matter how beautiful it is, if it is not read, it is useless!
Choose a digital album to frame the photos. First you can prepare the photos in programs like Photoshop to correct lights or color problems, but leave the framing and effects to be edited in the program itself where you design the digital album. This way you won't have wasted time changing photo sizes in a separate program, so that they don't fit with the page layout later.
Finally, pay special attention aligning the photos wellThose little details are what make the difference.