Capture & Craft: Designing Your First Home-Made Photo Zine

In this detailed tutorial, I’m taking you through the captivating journey of creating your own handmade photo zine right from the comfort of your home. Whether you’re a photography enthusiast looking to showcase your work or simply seeking a unique way to preserve your memories, this guide is for you. I’ll cover every step of the process, from selecting the perfect photographs, to choosing the right paper and materials, layout design, printing tips, and finally, binding your photo zine. You’ll learn not only the technical aspects but also tips on how to infuse your personal style and story into your zine. By the end of this video, you’ll have all the knowledge and inspiration you need to create a beautiful, personalized photo zine that you can hold, share, and treasure. Grab your photos, and let’s get started on this creative adventure together!

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Gear List
📷 Sony ZV-1:

[jerrrdy]

Anyone else on YT would be selling the template on their ‘passive income’ website via subscription lol. You are punk as fehk for offering the template for free while teaching the process of creating a zine.

This is a true ‘Art with No Ego.’ Selfless, inspiring and accessible to all. You are planting seeds of creativity and art. Thank you for this 👊

[StephenWhitakerImages]

Nice! Highly recommend picking up a bone folder for creasing, scoring, and even folding in the staples.

[vxbdiiy]

Many elements of this process would benefit from the insights of a bookmaker from binding to edge trimming. You're so close to such an amazing end product!

[jonathanhumphries]

That’s fantastic, Wesley. I want to do that and then introduce it to my photography club later in the year. It should work out much cheaper than the similar zine I made last year ($65 from a well-known book creation app and printer in the States, half of which was postage!). 👏👏📚 😍📷😎

[ChrisDN]

A suggestion for you. Because surely you're trimming in to the rounded corners with this order, and it
would be worse the closer you get to the middle pages.
So I'd say, get your folds, staple, cut off the excess, THEN round the corners.
It could even be a quicker process because you're not having to keep rotating the full page to clip them.

[Photoserotonin]

Thank you so much! You've made what I've felt could be a terrifying experience a calming and smooth one 🙏🏻 I love the transparent cover.

[matthewwilson]

Great video, love making zines by illustration or photo but its fun to make a readable item that other people can have

[violabender]

Thank you so much for providing the template! Looking forward to designing my first zine!

[scttmagoon]

This looks great. Seems easy enough for very small zines. Thanks for sharing.

[peterroberts]

Excellent! Many thanks for sharing your zine process.

[WhateverTravis]

What a great video! I always enjoy The art of photography's channel when he talks about zines and have really wanted to try to make one of my own. Your way is a fun, attainable way to start out making your own. I'm definitely going to give it a try in the near future! Thanks again for sharing your process with us and for the template as well!

[zymanndias]

Hey! amazing video! thnak you so much for this. do you have any direct links to the paper? I am not able to find it on the staples site here in the US.

[monicasmart]

Great video, thank you! Suggestion: You could purchase a scoring tool (around $15) and score your pages for easy folding :)

[bkrish]

Great video! Very informative. Thank you for sharing your process.

[rockporttwentyseven]

TY so much for this and for the template. I've been wanting to make a zine.

[vinguarinovg]

Very nice video. Thank you!
May I ask what you used for a printer?

[Redefining_average]

Hello! When using this paper do you have any issues printing on both sides? Designing my zine right now. Thank you for the video

[trippwilsonphoto]

I may have missed it, but what have you found is a good paper?

[Dimasphotographer]

Thanks for the template!!! LOVE Is it difficult to create a Magazine size? 8.63 × 11.25 inches ???

[melroydsilva]

Great video. How many pages is this zine?