When it comes to designing printed photo books, particularly when it's a new medium for you, one of the best things that you can do is to explore the advantages and benefits on your own.

Before you create a printed photo book as an album that you can provide to your clients, before you focus on selecting the right wedding photos to create an photo book for your clients, explore the layout possibilities on your own. Before you look at designing printed photo books that you intend to sell - whether for profit or because you are looking into the opportunity to donate your work to a local charity - make sure that you are familiar with book design.

Go ahead and look at one of your hobbies. Focus on using family photos or the best shots from a great vacation just to get a feel for what the layout process is going to take, to develop a sense of where page bleeds are and how to account for margins.

By taking the time to create a photo book for yourself, you'll learn a lot about what options are there for you. By taking the time to get a feel for what you're doing, you'll find that it's a lot easier to design photo books that your clients will love.