There is a level of fun you derive from EDM music festivals that you cannot get anywhere else, and sometimes you only wish the moment could last forever.
The good thing is you can capture the moments in pictures to relieve them every time you look at them.
Today’s ease of taking photos allows adventure lovers to capture tons of photos for the memory, but the problem is the photos can disappear as fast as they come as you clear your gadgets to create room for others. If you intend to make your memories last longer, creating an adventure photo album is a great idea, and this guide can help you do it right from the get-go.
Start With Curating Your Photos
Focus On Telling a Story
Intentionality is key when creating pictures that eventually go to a festival album. Among the most important things in album creation is telling a story. So, focus on capturing moments that tell a story even as you take other random photos.
Key moments in your documentation should include your journey, stops, arrival, highlights of the festival (the dancing), emotions, and farewells. Use different approaches to capturing the moments; for example, have some close-ups for personal and friends, and performers’ pictures and wide angles for the audience and the general atmosphere.
Focus On Quality
Smartphone camera technology has made tremendous strides in the last few years, but if you can, have a quality camera for the best quality pictures. Also, camera images allow better image manipulation without affecting their quality, ensuring you end up with the most realistic photos of the event.
There is more to quality images than the devices used to capture them; other aspects, such as lighting angles, framing, etc., are also critical, so avoid the rush of taking photos to ensure you get the best. You may also want to look up festival photography skills tips online beforehand.
Crafting the Album
Pick a Theme
Your album must reflect the spirit of the festival. For EDM festivals, you want to go for colors, fonts, imagery, art, and costumes that exude the spirit of the festival. The layout you choose for your pictures is also critical.
If it’s your first time crafting a festival photo album, you may want to consider borrowing ideas from online resources and discussion forums. Whether you want to create a unique family photo album or an album for any other purpose, there is always a resource that leverages preset templates that can help you do just that.
You do not have to limit yourself to what someone else has created. Feel free to make your album personal. So, while you can borrow ideas, you can always customize your album to fit your preferences and tastes.
Digital or Physical
For the longest time, photo albums have been physical, but technology has changed all that, allowing for an option between physical and digital albums. Digital albums exist digitally in the cloud or on a device, allowing the viewer to look at the pictures from a screen. It is different from saving photos on a device, and you may need to get the help of a professional album creator to create the best digital album.
But there is something unique about physical albums that makes them excellent conversation starters and is the reason they have not lost their place even with technological advancements. Most online album creators offer both options, and it’s a good idea to have both to cater to all preferences, considering you may want to share your experience with others.
Add a Personal Touch
Having a service provider create an album for you can mean it could be devoid of your personality, so consider going for a provider that allows you to make some personal input to make it more relatable to you and the people closest to you.
For example, you could want to include some handwritten notes, which would mean leaving some blank places for that, adding quotes and lyrics to songs, and having a section for highlights of your experience. For digital albums, you can include soundtracks from your favorite sounds from the festival. It is your masterpiece, and anything else you need to add is okay if it makes you happy.
Wrapping Up
There, you have it: a bunch of kicking ideas for pulling together a stellar photo album of your epic festival shenanigans. Remember, though, don’t just dump all your snaps in there and call it a day.
Be picky! Cherry-pick the top-notch shots that really spin the yarn of your adventure—the laughs, the cheers, even those “oops” moments.
