What Biographia looks like: double page spread
We choose the best quality photographs although sometimes a particularly newsworthy photograph cries out for inclusion despite its low resolution. Here, the top right photograph uses Photoshop technology to reproduce the effect of a wide-angled lens.
What Biographia looks like: full page photographs
This photograph shows my brother (right) and a friend playing backgammon shortly after finishing their descent from Mount Kilimanjaro. The picture's newsworthiness demands full page treatment.
What Biographia looks like: page one introduction
Every book opens with a page summary of what makes the subject of the biography so special. There will also be a picture of the loved one at the top of the page. My brother's characteristically smiling face creates an aura for the whole book.
What Biographia looks like: a magazine style approach 1
I produced a biography for my mother on her 80th birthday. Here is part of an account about my beloved father who died in 1981. This article was written by my niece. The magazine approach enables us to include such pieces interspersed with the main narrative.
What Biographia looks like: a magazine approach 2
In the same biography, I included several summaries of storylines from the Archers, my mother's favourite radio programme. In all Biographia biographies, we aim to reflect similar interests of the people we're writing about.
