Our most epic family trip yet called for an equally epic photo book.
In October of 2014 we made our way to South America, visiting both Argentina and Chile. Our time spent in Patagonia in the national park Torres del Paine was the true highlight of our trip. The beautiful colors and stunning landscapes of this region take center stage in this premium 10×10 layflat album printed on high quality photo paper.
I quickly settled into a rhythm while making this book: a favorite photo from the day paired with summarizing words to open each day. Beneath the text, I added four square photos that didn’t find homes in the daily stories that followed.
Most nights at dinner I polled everyone for their favorites from the day and then sprinkled those gems throughout the book. These are the details I will never remember if we don’t document them in the moment.
Those cute hats that found their way into many of our photos? They came from this sweet woman we met in El Calafate. We enjoyed her so much we went back to visit her a second time. The people you meet along the way are such an integral part of travel, and while it is not always comfortable to photograph them, I’m always glad when I work up the courage to ask for their permission and do it.
When you travel 30 hours to get someplace there are bound to be plenty of “Getting There” shots. Grouping them all onto one page made sense here as well as including a few other pages throughout the book that document our time on the road.
The moment we arrived at Hotel Explora in Patagonia I fell in love. Quite possibly the most beautiful place I have ever seen. The hotel perfectly reflected the natural beauty surrounding it, and I sprinkled more than a few hotel environment pages into the days covering our time there.
From the chaura berries found along all of the trails we hiked, to the guest book farewell notes, detail shots such as these rounded out our travel story and immediately take me back to those amazing family travel memories.
And when your completed book arrives in the mail the same week as a Patagonia catalog with a very similar cover, you know there is some special magic wrapped up in the whole experience.
