CHOOSE YOUR PHOTO BOOK
FORMATS AND BINDINGS
Our photo books are available in a variety of sizes and formats. A handy size that you can easily take with you, a large size for on the coffee table or a size that is in between. When the design of the photo book of your chosen format is finished you can choose to get additional copies at a reduced rate.
You can choose from 2 different types of photo books. Photo books with a traditional binding and photo books with lay-flat binding.
Besides the binding, the main difference is that lay-flat photo books are printed on 360-gram silk-gloss photographic paper and photo books with traditional binding are printed on 200-gram thick standard paper.
Between the 2 differtent type of photo books there is also some difference in the number of extra options that can be added, and the number of photos that can be incorporated into the photo book. At the bottom of this page you can read more about the differences and tips on which format and binding is best to choose depending on your needs.
PHOTO BOOKS WITH LAY-FLAT BINDING
Landscape L (approx. 28 x 21 cm)
Portrait L (approx. 21 x 28 cm)
Square XL (approx. 30 x 30 cm)
Landscape XL (approx. 38 x 29 cm)
PHOTO BOOKS WITH TRADITIONAL BINDING
Photo books with a traditional binding have a binding as you would expect from a normal book. When you lay the photo book open, the two facing pages are not completely flat but are slightly convex. Photo books with traditional binding come with 200-gram thick paper.
If you choose a photo book with a standard binding, we will always make sure that no important parts of the photo are disappering in the binding.
The following formats are available:
Square L (21 x 21 cm)
Landscape L (29.7 x 21 cm)
Portrait L (21 x 29.7 cm)
Square XL (30 x 30 cm)
Landscape XL (35 x 29 cm)
If your desired format is not listed, please feel free to contact us to inquire about the possibilities.
LAY-FLAT OR TRADITIONAL?
WHICH BINDING IS BEST TO CHOOSE?
PHOTO BOOK WITH LAY-FLAT BINDING
- Flat pages
- Luxury look
- 360 gram silk gloss photographic paper
- Up to 130 pages
- Gold/silver foil printing possible on the cover
PHOTO BOOK WITH TRADITIONAL BINDING
- Traditional binding – pages are slightly convex as you would expect from a normal book.
- 200 gram thick paper
- Up to 400 (!) pages
- Up to 1300 photos in 1 photo book
- Custom size photo book possible
CHOOSING BINDING BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PHOTOS
The number of photos to be included in the photo book can play a role in deciding whether it’s best to go with a lay-flat binding or traditional binding.
This is because a lay-flat photo book can accommodate fewer photos than a photo book with traditional binding. A lay-flat photo book has up to 106 or 130 pages, depending on the size. A photo book with traditional binding can be expanded up to 400 pages. So if you have a lot of photos and would like to have everything included in 1 photo book then you should choose a photo book with traditional binding. In this article you can read more about the number of photos that fit in 1 book.
There are also a number of extra options that depend on the type of photo book. For example, gold/silver/foil printing can only be chosen on the cover if you choose a lay-flat photo book. This is not possible with a photo book with traditional binding.
If you choose design style Unique or Basic, then a flush binding adds little value. Sure, it’s nice to have a photo book with photographic paper and a lay-flat binding, but with the Unique and Basic design styles, photos will never (with the exception of panoramic photos) be designed over the binding. Thus, a photo is always placed only either on the left or right page and not enlarged across 2 pages. So no important details will disappear in the binding of the photo book.
If you choose design style Modern, Square or Magazine, photos are sometimes dsigned over the binding though. So then, for example, a picture is placed on the left page, but still continues (partially) on the right page. In that case, a lay-flat binding does add value, the entire photo is then displayed and nothing will disappear as a result of the binding. Although a lay-flat binding does look nice with this style it is certainly not a requirement, in fact, I always make sure that no important details (faces and main subjects) are disappearing in the binding. So even with these design styles, you can certainly just opt for a photobook with traditional binding.
