About photo to PDF
Camera JPEGs can store the sensor image sideways or mirrored and use an EXIF tag to say how it should be displayed. With Honour JPEG EXIF orientation enabled, this tool applies all eight standard orientations to image placement, including mirror variants, while retaining the original compressed JPEG stream. Turning it off uses the stored orientation. A missing tag leaves placement unchanged; malformed or unsupported tags are ignored with a warning. The toggle applies to JPEG EXIF, not orientation metadata in every image format. Image orientation and paper orientation are separate: this page defaults to A4 with a small margin, and Auto orientation on a fixed paper size still means portrait. Select Landscape explicitly if you need landscape paper. Alternatively, Auto page size follows the oriented image dimensions, adding your margins. That can create very large pages for camera-scale images, so fixed paper is often more practical for printing. Review the converted PDF rather than assuming an upload thumbnail demonstrates the EXIF toggle’s result.
How to photo to PDF
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Add your photos
Drop images straight from a camera roll or an SD-card folder. Mixed portrait and landscape shots are fine.
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Choose EXIF handling
Leave JPEG EXIF orientation on to apply rotation and mirror tags, or turn it off for stored orientation. Check the converted PDF; upload thumbnails are not proof of the toggle’s effect.
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Choose paper shape and margin
Use A4 or Letter for fixed paper. Auto orientation keeps fixed paper portrait, so choose Landscape explicitly when needed. Auto page size instead follows each oriented image’s dimensions plus margins.
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Convert and review
Press Convert to PDF, check the page orientation and any EXIF warnings, then save the album.
What this tool does
- Optional JPEG EXIF orientation 1–8, including rotation and mirrored variants
- Auto pages follow oriented image dimensions; fixed paper has explicit portrait or landscape selection
- Sensible defaults for camera-scale dimensions rather than multi-foot pages
- JPEG photo data embedded without re-encoding — no added generation loss
- A small default margin so photos are framed rather than bleeding off the edge
Limitations worth knowing
Every PDF tool has constraints. Stating them plainly is more useful than discovering them halfway through your work.
- EXIF handling applies to JPEGs only. Missing tags keep stored orientation; malformed or unsupported tags are ignored with a warning. A valid but incorrect tag can still orient a photo wrongly; compare output with the toggle off.
- The PDF is at least as large as the sum of your photos — embedding cannot shrink them. Use Compress PDF if you need a smaller file to email.
- No photo editing: exposure, cropping and straightening must be done before conversion.
- Auto orientation does not switch fixed paper between portrait and landscape. Select Landscape yourself, or use Auto page size for dimensions based on each oriented image.
- Batches of high-resolution photos are limited by browser tab memory; work in groups of a few dozen for very large images.
How your file is handled
This tool runs entirely inside this browser tab. When you choose a file, your browser reads it from your own disk and hands the bytes to JavaScript running on this page — no network request carries your document anywhere. You can confirm that yourself: open your browser’s developer tools, switch to the Network panel, and run the tool. You will see no upload.
Nothing is stored after the fact. Closing or reloading this tab discards the file, the result and everything derived from them, because none of it ever left your machine. Read how local processing works.
Questions about photo to PDF
Why do my photos come out rotated in other converters?
One possible cause is ignoring the JPEG EXIF orientation tag. With the toggle on, this tool applies all eight standard orientation values, including mirrored variants, through PDF placement while preserving the JPEG stream. Missing tags leave stored orientation unchanged; malformed or unsupported values generate a warning.
Should I use A4 or Auto page size for photos?
A4 or Letter almost always. Auto gives each page the photo’s own pixel dimensions, and a 6000-pixel-wide photo becomes a page over 80 inches wide — valid PDF, but not something you can print.
Are my photos re-compressed?
No. JPEG data is embedded exactly as it exists in the file, so the photo in the PDF is pixel-identical to the one on your camera.
Can I mix portrait and landscape photos in one PDF?
Yes, but paper shape is a separate choice. Auto page size follows each oriented image’s dimensions plus margins. On A4 or another fixed size, Auto orientation keeps portrait for every page; choose Landscape explicitly for landscape paper. Mixed image shapes can still leave white space on fixed paper.
Are my photos uploaded to be processed?
No. Reading the EXIF data, computing page geometry and writing the PDF all happen in this tab. Personal photos never leave your device.
Tools that pair with this one
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- Images to PDFDrop a mixed pile of JPG, PNG, WebP and BMP files and get one coherent PDF.
- Compress PDFMake a PDF smaller by re-encoding its images and cleaning up its internals.
- Rotate PDFTurn sideways or upside-down pages the right way up, permanently.
- PDF to JPGRender each page of a PDF as a JPG image, at the resolution you pick.
- Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into a single document, in the order you choose.