How it works
From a camera roll to a bound issue.
Most of the work is ours. Yours is a conversation at the start and a look at the proof near the end. Here is the whole of it, in order.
1. You tell us about the trip
Not a form. You talk with our intake editor — a conversation that asks where you went, who came, and what you want remembered, and follows up when an answer deserves it. It saves what it learns as you go, so you can watch the issue take shape beside the chat.
By the end, the conversation knows how big the trip was and tells you which size fits — Gallery, Journal or Feature — with both prices. You choose the Print or Digital edition and pay. Nothing is charged before then.
How much do you have to tell us?
As much or as little as you like. The rule is simple: the more you tell us, the more specific the magazine can be, because we only write from what you give us and what the photographs show. Pick a level at the start.
| Level | You give us | You get | Sizes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surprise me | Your photographs, where you went, the dates, who came. | A magazine led by the pictures. Any words stay general — the place, the dates, what the photographs show — because we never invent details. | Gallery, or a Journal with general text. Not a Feature. |
| Guide me | The basics, plus the three things you want remembered, how each name is spelled, and a line someone actually said. | Captions and a long read written from your own words. A pull quote. A contributors page. | Any size. |
| Tell it all | All of that, and the day-by-day: where you stayed, what you carried, the route, the weather. | The full issue — itinerary, lodging, packing, map and weather pages, each one built from something that really happened. | Any size, and the only way to a full Feature. |
2. You send the photographs
After payment you get an upload link. Send everything you’d consider; we do the choosing. Hundreds of large files is the usual case, not a problem.
3. We design, write and sequence
We lay the issue out from our master template — cover, contributors, the long read, itinerary, pull quote, the stat grid, and the rest — and delete any page we don’t have real material for. We never fill a page with something that didn’t happen. If a detail is missing, the page goes, not the truth.
4. A person reads it, end to end
This is the promise, and the reason we exist: every issue is read end to end by a person before it goes to press. Every name is checked against the spelling you gave us. Dates are checked against the day count. Place names are checked. Nothing is sent to the printer, or handed to you, on the strength of a machine alone.
5. It arrives, or you take it from here
Print edition: we order the print and it comes to your door. You get one round of revisions before it prints. Extra copies are $45 each.
Digital edition: we hand you the finished Canva file. You can edit anything, for as long as you like, and order prints straight from Canva at roughly $25 a copy. A free Canva account is required. Once you start editing, the final proofread becomes yours.
What we need from you
- Your email, first. It’s how we find your conversation again.
- Where you went and the dates.
- A title for the trip (41 characters at most; we can suggest one).
- Who came, with each name spelled the way they’d write it on a card.
- Unless you chose “surprise me”: three things you want remembered. This is the heart of the issue.
- Optionally: one line someone actually said, a colour or three, who the issue is for.
- Your photographs, after payment.
Turnaround
[turnaround — Alexander to confirm]
Print specifications
- Binding
- Perfect bound
- Paper
- 150–200 gsm
- Pages
- 24–204 possible; issues run 24–32 (Gallery), 40–56 (Journal) or 64–80 (Feature)
- Printer
- Printed via Canva
- Size
- [trim size — Alexander to confirm]
Ready when you are.
The conversation saves as you go. Close the tab and it’s still here.