Once I had finished editing all the photos I added them all to one folder using filters to pick out the best ones from each shoot. This allowed me to then select all the photos using the arrow key and clicking on the ones I wanted. Having done this I then selected the book option at the top of the page.

I then could select the book settings I wanted, I tried both landscape and portrait, both worked for certain images but portrait worked better for more. It also gave it a photo album feel which is a nice link to it’s basis on family history. I chose a hardcover image wrap as it prints the photo onto the covers. Alongside choosing the premium lustre paper, I have focused on what will be the best for my photos and enhance the narrative.

First few Pages Draft

Cover draft, I tried different photos on the covers of the book, however I found many related too much to the individual shoot it came from. I tried this photo and thought it fitted well. Having the main subject in the photo out of focus reduces the specific of the photoshoot while having the car in focus allows for a vague idea on the books content to be interpreted. The technical elements of the image also work well, having a black and white shot with a cropped frame and many details creates an interesting but not too complex cover.

This page of the book is where I would like to add some archive photos. By adding the photo with ‘Edith’ written on the car as that is what the car is nick named so it adds a personal touch to then compare it to the archive photos of a different car. I have added the two ford badges from the current car to add context and like the two cars together, with them being a similar style and the same brand.

These are the next few pages, still using the combination of shoots I have created a story that flows onto the next page.

I have left this page blank as the previous two pages are full so it allows the viewer a minute to understand the photos before getting a simpler, contextual photo. I have created a comparison between old and new, the new being the three dog photos and the movement in the images adding life back to the car and then contrasting it with a simple black and white shot of half of the car, showing its age.

On this page I wanted to show the images presented together as the one on the top right is a closer look at the details from the photo below it. I also wanted to keep the dust heart featured in the book as it links shoots together.

To then make the transition to the next part of the story I used a tryptic of three low contrast black and white images with lots of sunlight on page 17 then contrasting the bold high contrast badge image of the next car on page 18. I have used the badge of the car as a subheading, suggesting the latest part of the narrative.

The next few pages I added photos of the Westfield, leaving spaces for where archive photos would best benefit the story. This photoshoot didn’t have any people in it so I didn’t give it many pages as I didn’t want the book to become to monotonous.

This part of the book is important as it is the bike I heard the most about growing up alongside the fords. It was brought in India and then ridden back to Jersey. I would like to put some text in mentioning this but I need to add the archive photos first as it might make it too busy. I have also, towards the end I have hinted towards the next section in the end of these photos as there are more modern bikes in the background, foreground.

The next section of the book then goes onto my bike, the one I brought influenced by the family history of motorsport and my own passion for the sport. Again these photos didn’t have people in them as I wanted to focus on the stark contrast between bikes due to their age, the previous photos being about a 1999 bike and these ones being a 2017 bike.

This section of the book, the final section is important as it creates a conclusion for the book. The first photo is me on my bike, as shown in the previous pages of the book and then the last page is my father on my bike. I wanted to show it this way as it is a cyclical pattern of my parents love for motorsport and them sharing it with me, to me being able to share it back to them in my own way, sharing my bikes and car with them, training together. I chose to use these as full page spreads as I wanted the images to be prominent, I also made sure to place the subject slightly to the right as its a double page spread the book will have a crease in the middle and I wanted to make sure the subject wasn’t lost in it.

Final Layout

This final layout shows the book as a whole rather than page by page. This displays the colours, patterns and story telling skills I have used in creating this book. The flow of the book is old to new so older cars are the first half of the book. The newer bikes are the second half. I have used double page spreads for important photos or points within the story, connecting old to modern. Also using multiple photos on pages to highlight and group small details so they don’t get lost within the book. Within each section of the book there are blank slots for me to put archive photos into, this is an important part; for the book is based upon seeing these photos and hearing the stories with them, as a child. I ended up using many black and white photos, including the cover. I didn’t end up using a title instead choosing a photo that sums up the story without text. Encouraging the viewer to study to book and the photos within. Overall my book is inspired by the story the photos produce and the research I have done on photo books, looking at the styles I like. Experimenting with what benefitted the narrative of the book.