I think the search bar should be on the right side because that's where people are used to it being.

I'm sorta iffy on what a digital scrapbook is. I think the above the fold part of the home page should illustrate the pain point and how you solve it.

I like the idea with the slideshow, but I think a video would be better, or at least a slide show where the user decides when it goes to the next slide.

I'm still not really sure what you do that makes making a scrapbook of travels notably easier than it already is.