Memory Books & Season Books
You’ll want to remember more than the score.
The look on their face after a big play. The teammates who became friends. That last walk off the field. Give those moments a place on your bookshelf, where you can come back to them together.
A season goes by fast. A book lets you slow it down.
You spend a season watching from the stands, finding your athlete in the crowd and cheering for the whole team. Then the schedule comes down, the uniform gets put away, and everyone moves on to what’s next.
I photograph those seasons because I know how much happens between the first game and the last. A book brings the photographs together so you can see the story again, from the big moments to the small ones you might have missed. I offer two ways to tell it.
Their own story
Custom Memory Book
$350
Some moments belong especially to your family. A Memory Book follows your athlete or performer through the season, with their teammates and the people who made it matter.
I design each book individually, choosing roughly 75–80 photographs for 40 pages of custom artwork. A cover featuring your athlete makes it theirs before you even open it. Inside, thick cardstock pages lay flat so a photograph can carry across the spread.
Have a newspaper clipping, an award or a message you want them to keep? We can work those into the design, too. This is the book for the family who wants to remember what this season meant to their child.
The season you shared
Season Book
$275
You knew the schedule by heart and looked forward to watching this team every week. The Season Book brings everyone back together, from the plays that changed a game to the celebrations afterward.
I select around 75 or more photographs for a hardcover book with at least 30 pages and a collage cover. Everyone ordering that team’s book receives the same design: a shared record of the season for players, families, coaches and fans.
It’s a thoughtful thank-you for a coach, a way to remember a championship run, or simply a book about a team you loved watching. Season Books are available for teams and seasons where I have enough photographs to tell the story.
Which book feels right for you?
| What’s inside | Custom Memory Book | Season Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $350 | $275 |
| The story | Your athlete or performer, with their team | The whole team’s season |
| Size | 10 × 10 inches | 10 × 10 inches |
| Pages | At least 40 | At least 30 |
| Photographs | Roughly 85-100 | Around 75 or more |
| Cover | Custom hardcover featuring your athlete | Hardcover with a team collage |
| Design | Created individually for your family | Same design for everyone ordering that team’s book |
| Personal touches | Custom artwork; room for your clippings, awards and messages | Selected team photographs and season highlights |
| A good fit for | A personal keepsake of your child’s season | Players, families, coaches and fans of the team |
Start with a conversation.
Tell me the school, team and season you have in mind, along with your athlete’s name if you’re interested in a custom Memory Book. I’ll check the photographs I have and help you choose a book.
For a Memory Book, we’ll talk about the moments and personal touches you’d like to include. For a Season Book, I’ll let you know what’s available for your team. We’ll also go over timing and delivery before you order.
Thinking about an earlier season? Ask me. There may already be a book available, or enough photographs to create one.
A book worth coming back to
One day, you’ll open it together.
They’ll point out a teammate. You’ll remember that game. Let’s give you a book full of those conversations.
Pat Shrader · Blue Ridge Expressions