Curating a year of moments into sixty pages: the editor's rules

Rules of selection

1. 1One moment per month, minimum. The year should have a rhythm.
2. 2Weight by reactions, then correct for quiet. The most-loved moments go in; then add two quiet ones nobody reacted to but that show the child thinking.
3. 3Faces and hands in balance. Half the photos should be hands mid-something.
4. 4One friend photo per term.
5. 5Process over performance. The rehearsal, not just the concert.
6. 6Nothing the family wouldn't want. They approve the spread.

Layout

• Chapter pages per month with a title in the hand-lettered style.
• One large photo per spread; two or three small.
• Teacher's caption under the large photo, verbatim.
• Whitespace. A book that breathes is read slowly.

Oyku does this automatically, then lets the family adjust. A setting doing it by hand should budget an hour per child — which is why most don't, and why we built it.