# A year of family photos in one album

> Twelve months of family photos in one printed 300 × 300 mm layflat photo book: the year in order, the keepers picked, every spread yours to approve.

Source: https://makealbum.com/photo-book/family-year-in-review · MakeAlbum, Lisbon, Portugal

Upload the year from both phones. MakeAlbum drops the repeats and the blur, keeps each event together in the order of the year, picks the frames worth printing and lays out a 300 × 300 mm layflat hardcover of up to 80 pages for you to approve.

## The yearbook that never gets made

A year of family photos is a few thousand frames across two or three phones: school runs, birthdays, a holiday, the same sofa in every season. The idea of an annual book is a good one. The evening it would take to choose the photos is why it rarely happens.

MakeAlbum does the first pass for you. The year is clustered by time and event, the duplicates from two parents photographing the same cake are merged, and the strongest frames are chosen to fill the page count you pick.

## How it works

1. **Upload the year** — Export the year from each phone and upload it all: JPEG, HEIC / HEIF, PNG, WebP, AVIF, up to 50 MB each and up to 500 photos per album. Add a brief with the children's names and the year's big events.
2. **Month by month, event by event** — Capture time puts the year in order, and a cluster of photos on one day stays together as an event of its own. Blurred and repeated frames are set aside, and the album title is drafted from your brief.
3. **Edit, approve, order** — Rename the album, swap in the frames that matter to you, pick the cover and the page count. Approve, and the book is printed as a 300 × 300 mm layflat hardcover and shipped to you with tracking.

## What you get

- A 300 × 300 mm layflat hardcover, 26–80 interior pages, €199–€349, shipping included.
- From 26 to 80 pages, every page in between priced on a straight line.
- Duplicates are detected across both parents' phones.
- Photos are stored privately in EU object storage, never used to train AI, and deleted 90 days after the book ships.

## FAQ

### How many photos should I upload for a whole year?

50–200 per album works best and the limit is 500. If the year is much bigger than that, pick the months or events that matter and upload those; the filter handles the rest.

### Can I make one every year?

Yes. Each album is a separate order with no subscription. Start a new album whenever you like; the previous books stay in your account.

### Who sees my children's photos?

Only you and, if you choose Done-for-you, the MakeAlbum team building your album. Photos are stored privately in EU object storage, never sold, shared or used to train AI, and deleted 90 days after your order ships or as soon as you delete the album.