Adding Captions and Stories to Your Photobook

A photo album isn't just a gift for you and your family and friends. It is a way to relive distant memories, begin new ones, and share a few laughs. Captivate your loved ones by converting your album into a photo book with captions and stories.

If you need help with what to write in a photo album or the best photo album captions, we have you covered.

What to Write in A Photo Album: Captions and Stories

Photo albums encapsulate your most treasured moments. However, without context, these photos – are just photos. The best part of having a photo album is flipping through the pages and reexperiencing your favorite moments with your family and friends. Take them along the journey by adding a caption or story to each image.

If you're writing a story, add details about the people in each image. To add more context, describe the event, notable moments, and your feelings about the day.

If you're unsure of how to caption your photo album or photobook, here are a few ideas:

• Sentimental Statements: Add a heartwarming message about the people in your images. Love quotes, graduation captions, anniversary quotes, or wedding quotes are all wonderful choices.
• Funny Quotes: Invoke a few laughs by adding a side-splitting quip to your pages. The best sources for funny captions are joke books and social media search results. You might even think of a few yourself.
• Quotes to Create a Theme: Give your photo album a theme. Divide your album into chapters by adding divider pages. On each divider page, write a caption that summarizes the theme. Experiment with different seasonal quotes, dog quotes, or friendship captions.

Remember, there is no wrong way to caption your photos. Make them as unique as you want, or use a popular one as a starting point.

Best Captions for Photo Albums

The best captions for photo albums perfectly describe the spirit of the moment. These are a few popular captions to consider adding to your photo album project.

Marriage Captions and Anniversary Quotes

Summarizing how you feel about your sweetheart is hard. If you're looking for the perfect words, use one of the following Anniversary and marriage quotes as a starting point.

• "There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage." – Martin Luther
• "I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life." – Rita Rudner
• "Every heart sings a song, incomplete until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet." – Plato
• "The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." – Rumi
• "I love you; seriously, I really do. I can't imagine what my life would be without you by my side. Happy Anniversary to us."
• "I love that you are a kid at heart. So let's build a fort in the living room, pop some popcorn, and read books next to each other tonight!"
• "You captured my heart the first moment we met. I love you, and I am glad to celebrate us on our (15th) Anniversary."

Vacation Captions

Relive your best travel moments with the perfect quote. Try these travel captions for starters.

• "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." — Robert Orben
• "Take vacations, go as many places as you can. You can always make money, but you can't always make memories."
• "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." — Helen Keller
• "In the end, kids won't remember that fancy toy you bought them. They will remember the time you spent with them." — Kevin Heath

Graduation Captions

Graduation day is one of the happiest moments you'll experience in life. Share these innermost feelings with your loved ones by captioning each moment. Here are three example graduation quotes to get you started.

• "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." — Muhammad Ali
• "Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world." — Nelson Mandela
• "If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people." —Leonardo DiCaprio

Funny Captions

There are multiple ways to add personality to your photo album. One way is to inject a little humor. Here is a small collection of funny captions to get you started.

• "I'm surprised you graduated." -My parents
• "My favorite person to call...500x a day."
• "Reality called. I hung up."
• "My favorite subject in school was recess."

Photo Album Caption Tips

At this point, you've probably thought of a few additional captions to add to your photo album. To make the most of your captions, consider the following tips:

• Include additional details if your book is an heirloom gift.
• Don't use inside jokes if you want others to "get" the humor.
• Create custom stickers that match the theme of your caption by uploading a .png image to Mixbook.
• Upload a 4429 x 4499 pixels image to use as a custom background. If you don't have any backgrounds to use, try a quick Google search for "high-definition background images."

If you're captioning photos in multiple photo albums, sort your photos. This way, you don't use the same one twice or skip any.

Best Titles for Photo Albums

Introduce your photo book with a unique title. Go with your heart on this one; the sky is the limit. Choose a title that conveys humor, appreciation, romance, or excitement. Pull from song lyrics, poems, or books if you’re stuck for ideas.

The following ideas are the most popular, though you can use them as a starting point to create your unique title.

Year In Review Photo Book Titles

The year is full of surprises, and each memory is just as precious as the last. Capture your year in review from beginning to end with these awesome titles.

• “The Good Life”
• “Times Flies When You’re Having Fun”
• “A Collection of Treasured Memories 20xx”
• “Has It Been a Year Already?”
• “365 Days of Awesomeness”

New Baby Photo Book Titles

From the day you make the announcement to the day you finally meet them, the excitement is almost too much to contain. Each day spent with your baby is an opportunity to bond with them and develop memories you’ll value for a lifetime.

Now, you can keep track of these treasured memories and share them with others in a baby photo album. Try these baby photo album titles to get you started.

• “Baby’s First Year”
• “And Then There Were Three”
• “First Steps”
• “Our Family Memories”
• “Our Buddle of Joy”

Comedic Photo Book Titles

Some moments are just too funny to forget. Inject some humor into your photo book by adding a funny title on the front. If you’re stumped for ideas, here are a few titles to caption your side-splitting shots.

• “About Last Night”
• “You Had to Be There”
• “A Year Full of Laughs”
• “Lights, Camera, Action”
• “We’ll Get It Right Next Time”

Heartfelt Photo Book Titles

When you look into each other’s eyes, words cannot explain the spark between you. That indescribable feeling of warmth, belonging, and joy all at the same time – it’s hard to put into words.

Pictures help to illustrate these moments, and captions are there to bring others into your love story – but a title sets the theme. Here are a few for you to enjoy.

• “Our Special Moments”
• “The Most Beautiful Thing About Life is Living it With You”
• “Doing Life Together”
• “Heart to Heart, Soul to Soul”
• “Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue…”

The last title in the above list is part of a theme. To create this theme, add a caption under each photo to complete the title, "Roses are red violets are blue..."

Get Inspired

A picture is worth a thousand words, but without a caption, it only illustrates a fraction of the moment.

Now that you have the best photo album captions for your project, it's time to get started! Visit our Inspiration page for editor tips and tricks, templates, and more.