Designing the cover of your photo book can be a fun or frustrating task. After putting so much effort into the photos, the cover can make or break your photo book.  We all aim to choose a title that describes what the book is about as well as conveys the sentiment and tone of the photo book as a whole. Many photographers put a lot of effort into picking a title as creative and clever as their photographs. If you’re looking to jazz up the cover of your photo book then here are a few tips to keep in mind:

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1. A picture is worth a thousand words? Indeed! But not when it leaves the viewer clueless. Choose a great cover photo which summarises your photobook but also consider including a catchy caption to add something to the photo that is not apparent rather than letting only the picture do the talking. A good tip is to try and answer at least two of these four questions in your cover:

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

2. Keep it simple:  Do not cram too much information on your cover. Your cover picture should not be too busy and your caption should be ideally no more than 6 words. Keeping a title short means that people are more likely to read it and view your photobook.

3. Choosing your cover picture: When you choose a cover picture you not only want to make sure that it shows off the skill and beauty of the photos inside but that it accurately explains something about what the whole photo book is about. Doing this can make the job of thinking up a title even easier.  The image shouldn’t just be a good picture it should demonstrate the quality and subject of the contents of your photo book.

4. Make a statement with your cover: The image on your cover has the power of drawing people to the photobook whether it is a coffee table book or a photobook published on KoodibooK.com. Colours generally draw people. Close up pictures also make great cover pictures.  To make a truly outstanding cover, be creative with the colours, borders and frames.

5. Creative captions: Journalists usually reel readers in through their misleading captions. This is not to say you should do the same but a witty, fun and creative twist to your title that describes the content of your photobook will make your photo book look even more interesting. That said, do not complicate things! While the mystery of cryptic titles can be fun for those who understand it, they are most appreciated only in private books. A good tip is to use a lyric of a song or a famous saying as your caption.

There you are! 5 attention grabbing photo book tips to consider when creating your next photo book.

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Good news!  You can now sell your KoodibooKs at a price you choose.  So not only will you have fun creating your photo books but you now have the opportunity to profit from them if you want to. If you have created a KoodibooK which you would like to share with the world then why not sell it at the KoodibooK Library? You will make a profit for every purchase of the book.  It just does not get any better than this.

The process is really simple too. Find out more here.  Create and sell your KoodibooKs today!

At KoodibooK we are passionate about photography. We provide an easy and quick way to organise photos into high quality photobooks  which are excellent personalised gifts or coffee table books

I’m sure we can all relate to seeing one too many Facebook photos that puzzle us.  We discovered an article that associates types of  Facebook profile photos with different personality types (although I am yet to come across an upside down profile picture-this apparently depicts quirkiness).  There is also a  flow chart which shows every type of Facebook profile photo. Can you find your profile photo on there? Mine is a self portrait in an exotic location on the beach! I’m not entirely sure about ‘exotic’ but that is probably 99% accurate.

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At KoodibooK we are passionate about photography. We provide an easy and quick way to organise photos into high quality photobooks  which are excellent personalised gifts or coffee table books.