Happy Halloween!

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Stacey Wiseman, instructor for TPW’s Intro to Photo Book Design workshop, interviewed her friend Pam Cravatt regarding a great idea for what to do with your Halloween photos.  Read on for details!

Happy Halloween!!! 

Tonight is a great night of costumes, candy and frights! How much do your kids love dressing up like their favorite characters from books, comics, or television shows? And maybe the candy too?!?!

But it’s also an amazing time to capture those fantastic moments of childhood. Each year, you get to see your child portray another persona and have an absolute blast going door to door saying (or maybe screaming) the classic: “Trick or Treat!”

What better way to capture this precious moment each year than to transform your ghoulish Halloween photos into a memorable Halloween photo book.

That’s right – Photo books are not solely for documenting your year or vacation. They can also encapsulate your photos from a Holiday. You don’t have to see it as an overwhelming project. It can simply mean taking your favorite Halloween photos and designing a 30-40 page photo book. I guarantee your kids will enjoy having a record of their favorite Halloween costumes, year after year.

My friend and avid photo book designer, Pamela Cravatt is sharing her love of designing a Halloween Photo Book. It’s one of her favorite book types to design.

What makes Halloween special for your family?

My family loves everything about Halloween: the music, scary movies, ghost books, decorating the house, choosing costumes, pumpkin carving and of course, trick or treating.

Besides the costumes, what type of photos do you recommend for a Halloween photo book? 

I think that everyone would like one pose – look at the camera in the costume – shot. But I love the in between moments, putting on the make-up, doing the hair, and the excitement of seeing others dressed up.

About how many photos did you include in your 2013 Halloween photo book?

I included 78 photographs.

What are the stats/details of your book?

It’s a 34-page, hard cover photo book with Pro-line paper printed by Blurb.

What is your favorite layout and describe your thought process behind it.

I love storytelling images and I think this layout does that. The grid layout of the left page shows a happy girl entering the fray and a ghoulish face startles her. The right page is a full page with just the ghoulish face poking through the barn.

What advice would you give someone who wants to make a Halloween (or holiday-specific) photo book?

Make a shot list. While taking the photos, shoot them with different compositions and perspectives. You may find a perfect image to use in a full page spread or several images for a grid layout. That is the beauty of a photo book – you have so many different ways to showcase your images. Of course, print your book! It is so much fun getting it in the mail and seeing your images in print. It’s like Christmas!!!

A very special thank you to Pam for sharing her Halloween photo book. It’s so inspiring to see how others print their photos. It’s such a creative way to preserve those precious Halloween memories! I also want to thank Jones Design Company for the adorable Halloween graphics.

I’d love to hear from you! What is your favorite moment to capture at Halloween? Costumes? Decorations? Low-light trick-or-treating?

Stacey Wiseman

Stacey Wiseman is a happily married momma with two kids living in a small bungalow in central Kentucky. She loves the challenge of capturing her kids’ antics and documents her family adventures in a variety of photo books. She’s the photo book workshop instructor at The Photographer Within, spreading the message about how to transform thousands of photos into a book that’s purposeful, organized, and beautiful.

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