So I used more pictures from my time in Yosemite to create this spread. I liked the green-ish tone that a few of the pictures have, so I’m leaning toward that color. I think that a soft, blue-green is a nice almost neutral color that adds depth and variety. I like the idea of having white pages because I like the cleanliness of it. I might switch to a light gray, or even a cream.
Sarah Bell 
Sarah,
Cool pictures! I like the choice of the white background, it really keeps the focus on the images. The text is a little hard to read, maybe play around with the colors or put it on the white background. Good job so far!
Check out my blog: https://reannajonesdesign.wordpress.com/
I also really enjoyed this guy’s design as well: https://coadreddesigns.wordpress.com/
Here is a cool article on photobook design: http://www.momento.com.au/pages/The_Perfect_Photobook
Good use of the rule of thirds. I also like how you used white space on the first page so that it adds contrast to your images. Great landscape picture!
Look at Iris’ book: https://irisaguila.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/blog-2-visual-focus-photobook-design/comment-page-1/#comment-33
Sarah,
I really liked that you had a banner. You may want to keep some space between that banner and the large picture because in an actual book you’d need gutter space. I like the white space as well.
Take a look at what Michael did.
https://mrasbandportfolio.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/two-page-spread-for-photobook/comment-page-1/#comment-1