Capture an Event

Chapters of Life can assist you in writing your life story, or help capture the memories from a specific event or time in your life—such as your wedding, a graduation, a once-in-a-lifetime vacation or a war experience.

Here are examples of some of the events or chapters we can capture in book form:

• Weddings: We can attend the ceremony and shoot our own photos of the wedding and reception, then put those photos into a keepsake memory book to grace your coffee table or those of your parents. Or, with permission from the photographers, we’ll take your photos and captions, putting them together in book form.

• Letters home: If you have a loved one’s letters, we can type those into the computer, scan some samples and edit them into a keepsake memory book intertwined with photos to illustrate the topics discussed in the letters.

• Graduation: We can take photos of a graduate’s childhood and combine them with caption information and stories from their past. We can also leave space on each page where people attending the graduation party can write their own memories in their own hand. The photo album scrapbooks become precious keepsakes the graduates can take with them when they leave home.

• Vacation: We can take your snapshots from a vacation and put them together in a photo scrapbook accompanied by caption information or journal entries so that the precious memories of that once-in-a-lifetime trip remain vivid.

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What to Expect

We will meet with you to discuss the event you wish captured and determine how to proceed from there. You decide which photos, letters or memorabilia we use as well as how many we use. We take extra care with your precious items and transport them in a fire-safe container to ensure security.

We can interview you to capture the memories of your vacation or wedding or child’s growing up years, then transcribe those tapes and edit the information. We will put together a draft of the text accompanying the photos, and then give you as much time as you’d like to review the draft and make additions, deletions or corrections.

When all corrections are made, we will print, bind and deliver the number of copies desired. Clients also receive the audiocassette tapes.

Read more about our process for creating a memory book and review our FAQs.

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Options

We will work with you to discuss all options, such as whether you want the interviews conducted on audiocassette or videotaped, whether you want to write the text or you prefer us to do it. We will also discuss with you whether you want the books hardbound or coil-bound, the number of copies desired and all other technical details. We also will discuss paper to be used, dimensions of the book and any other questions you may have.

Most books contain anywhere from 50 to 250 photos, depending on what the client desires. They are printed on acid-free 32-pound paper trimmed in a predetermined size—5- by 8-inch, 6- by 9-inch, 7- by 10-inch, 8½- by 11-inch—whatever size the client prefers. The books can be hand-bound or case-bound using quality endpapers.

Payments are accepted in four separate installments, provided at different stages throughout the interviewing, editing and book production.

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Getting Started

If you want us to attend and document an event with photos and/or on videotape, call us in advance to make arrangements.

If you would like us to use someone else’s photos, please obtain written permission from the photographers to use those photos in this keepsake book.

Before meeting with us, sort through the photos, letters or memorabilia you’d like captured in a book so you have an idea how extensive the project might be.

Samples

Go to the Event memory books sample page.

We create personal memoirs and corporate histories, too. Learn more about Julie Zander, or contact us to find out how you can have your special event captured to remember forever.

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