Off the deep end with page design?

[mercphoto]

Started designing a photo book of my 2010 racing images and I may have gone off the deep end. :O But I have gone a bit stir-crazy, not being able to get any new images for this year.

I recently got an account with Italian book vendor Graphi Studio where I quickly realized the only product of theirs I could afford was their Senior Book line. It looks interesting. 8x8 or 8x12 (vertical), up to 30 pages, lay-flat binding, photo wrap hardcover, and these are not press-printed. Matte photo paper standard, with upgrades to gloss and metallic.

I've never used a template system for layout so I gave their software a spin. After designing a book for our baby girl in a very short period of time better than I've ever done on my own I decided to grab some track photos and give it a spin. The baby book looks great, and I hope to order a copy in the next week or so, with delivery about 4 weeks after that. Not sure I'll order this racing book but it was fun to try their software out. Not sure this really "works" with this type of photos but it was a fun exercise in learning their software.

C&C welcome and thanks for looking.

Full gallery of pages, starting with the cover: Mercury Photography - Graphi Studio Sample

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[tukaniray]

Nice. I really like your 2nd and 4th layout.

The first to me, looks to plain and the 3rd just looks unfinished.

Will you be doing a 10 page book or more? Great idea by the way.

-Ray-

[lhdvies]

The first one does it best for me.

[mercphoto]

Thanks guys. The plan thus far is a 30 page 8x12 (vertical) "Senior Book" from Graphi Studio. Probably on metallic photo paper. Don't know when though. Working on an 8x8 baby book, which has priority over cars. :)

[tukaniray]

I like the feel and look that metallic paper gives to photos.

-Ray-

[sheribeari]

I also like 2 and 4

[mercphoto]

Thanks guys! New twist to the 2 and 4 that people are liking. I think its more keeping with the theme.

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