Scrapbooking for Beginners will walk you through the process, step-by-step.Quick Start Guide - Step #1 - Gather Your PhotosScrapbooking Basics
Here is where many beginner scrapbookers may get overwhelmed. No need to be. You’ve heard the joke... “How do you eat an elephant?”... “One bite at time.” The same principle applies if you have a lot of photos. Just sort through a few and pick out some you like that are related. Say up to 5 or 6. That will be your first bite for your scrapbook photo album. I like to think of my scrapbook as opened, where there will be a right and left page layout that would be more pleasing if they match one another - usually the same theme and colors - resulting in a 2-page spread. If you have the most common Scrapbooking Photo Album size, with 12 x 12 inch pages, this will usually accommodate up to about 5 or 6 regular sized (by today’s standards) 4 x 6 inch photos on a two-page layout. The standard size album is probably the best size to use for scrapbooking for beginners, as it will be easier to find products, easier to fit your photos, and easier to accommodate template layouts. I say the max would be 6 or 7 depending on the orientation of the photos. And, you may be able to use more photos if you are willing to crop them. 
Chances are, most of your photos will be horizontal in nature, so you may not be be able to place more than 6 photos on a 2-page spread if they are all horizontal. Scrapbookers call this little problem “horitontal-itis”. We’ve all done it and keep doing it! It's not confined to scrapbooking 101 folks. It's only natural, as that’s the normal position to hold the camera. This is not just a problem with scrapbooking for beginners. Once you get to scrappin’ a few pages, you may remember this when you are taking your photos, and turn your camera to get a few vertical photos to fit into your layouts so they will look great in your scrapbooking photo album. But that's a solution you can work on with your future photos. Keep Going! There will be a tip or two in Step #7 - Fit Your Photos on ways to make your photos work even if they are all horizontal. You can go with any number of photos per page that you can fit on - even only one! If there is only one, you have more room to journal and decorate the rest of the page. We will get to that solution also in Step #7 when we get to layouts. You don't have to confine all the photos for an event to a 2-page spread. When I do multiple 2-page spreads for the same event or photos, I actually find it easier as I can use the same colors, embellishments, and basic layout ideas on the related 2-page double layouts. And now that you've learned that important Scrapbooking for Beginners 101 lesson, don't forget to tell the photographer who is taking photos for you that they need to turn the camera and get some tall, vertical photos. Pre-plan your pages and your beginner scrapbooking learning curve will progress nicely. Progress already from the "Scrapbooking for Beginners" Now that you have Gathered Your Photos ... Go on to Step # 2 - Pick Your Colors - from Scrapbooking for Beginners
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