In reply to Ram MkiV:
> Essentially just need to layout photos, text, images, etc. on A5 sheets and be able to export as pdf or even jpeg. (vector formats prob overkill)
That's not really the domain of a graphics package; more like simple page layout tool, unless you hope to create pretty 'images' in the tool, as opposed to simple line drawings.
LibreOffice Draw would do all that.