We've had the pleasure of designing albums for Kaitlyn Phipps for 4 years now. And it's such a pleasure working with her and her beautiful images! Kaitlyn is based in the beautiful state of Virginia and guys -- this southern wedding we get to share with you today was SO FULL OF JOY!! I dare you to look through this album design without smiling ear to ear! 
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads:

To see the design in its entirety, click through the slideshow: 
 

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Design by: Andrea (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

 
 
Well this blog post marks a couple of firsts!! This is the first design we were honored to create for Lucy Struve -- an Austin-based wedding photographer with over 150 weddings under her belt. AND this is the first time a photographer has sent us a VIDEO of the finished album for us to share on the blog! Videos are such a fun medium for showing off albums, donchathink?  
 
And this WEDDING!!!! The ceremony took place in downtown Fort Worth at Robert Karr Chapel and the reception brought the guests to the STAGE of Bass Performance Hall. That's right! They set up all the reception tables on the stage of a huge theater! We just love the vibe of this wedding! It looks so fun!  
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this design:

To see the full design, click through the slideshow: 
 

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Design by: Andrea (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

We have had the pleasure of designing albums for Scott Clark Photo for 6 years now, and they just keep getting better! Scott is a California-based photographer but he travels worldwide photographing some of the most gorgeous weddings! This one took place at the grand Natirar Mansion in New Jersey and we are currently picking our jaws off the floor it's just so beautiful!!  
 
In addition to ordering this album design for the couple, Scott also ordered two separate parent album designs for this wedding. But rather than spend money on three separate design orders, Scott wisely used the 2nd option for designing parent albums that we share in this blog post and employed his unused revision rounds from the couples' album to make revisions for the parent albums. Scott ended up using a total of 4 rounds of revision to create 3 separate designs and rather than paying for three separate orders at $8/spread (total would have been $480, he paid for one order and one additional round of revisions (three are included in each design) for a total of $210. That's a $270 savings! And each 20-spread design cost just $70! Kind of brilliant.  
 
Ok! On to the beautiful design....these are just a few of our favorite spreads:

To view the design in its entirety, click through the slideshow:  
 

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Design by: Andrea (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

These might be the most beautifully styled wedding album images we've ever received from a photographer! Mobile, Alabama-based photographer Elizabeth Gelineau outdid herself when she photographed this beautiful 10x10 Redtree album and blessed us with images of the finished product! We have a blog post in the works where Elizabeth is going to be sharing about her process for photographing albums and we can't wait to share it with you!  
 
But today, we wanted to show you this stunning design that we had the pleasure of creating for Elizabeth. One thing we've realized over YEARS of working with photographers on creating albums that showcase their work, is that oftentimes it takes some time for photographers to hone in on their album design style preferences. Just as photographers refine their shooting and editing style over time, album design style preferences are no different! Recently Elizabeth included this note on her order form, letting us know more about her preferences:  
 
"I think I have finally figured out the album design look I like. I think what I'm wanting is an in-between of my first few album designs (which were classic) and the album designs I've ordered recently (which were simple). I do love when the initial spread sets the sense of place or features a photo of the bride and groom. If one will fill the whole first spread, I love that look! I also love the look of one large photo filling two thirds of the first spread and then a smaller photo being on the spread as well. I also love when one or two spreads are all black and white images (this is not a must have, but if there are a combination of black and white images that fit well into one spread, I am ok with an all B and W spread). I like the spacing between images to be narrow on an album. I love when the page of details/getting ready has a film strip of all vertical images where possible. I also love when there is one spread that has one full bleed photo (if there is a photo that is suitable for this) at the beginning, end or middle of the album (usually a bride and groom portrait, but doesn't have to be). I like some margin to be around the layout of photos from the edge of the page to where the photos begin, but I don't want the photos to be super small on the page." 
 
These types of very specific preferences are super-helpful to us in nailing the initial design on the first try. We always keep these types of preferences on each photographers' profile so that we're sure to follow them and reference them for EVERY SINGLE ALBUM we design going forward. But like I mentioned above, most photographers take some time to get to a place where they are able to know and communicate their design preferences. And that's ok too! We just love being a part of the process! 
 
Take a look at some of our favorite spreads from this design to see how Elizabeth's preferences translated into finished album-design form. We are in LOVE with the result!!

And here is the full album design! 
 

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Design by: Andrea (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

Every time we see a new order come through from Niki Marie Photography, we know we are in for a treat! But this wedding has our hearts aflutter for so many reasons! First of all, the clients flew Niki out from Detroit to Los Angeles to photograph their wedding. It took place oceanside at the beautiful Bel-Air Bay Club and Niki KILLED sunset photos on the beach! And then to top it off, the client wanted to include ALL 232 IMAGES SHE SELECTED in the album. Niki didn't even give us a spread limit -- she just told us to design "as many spreads as needed" and the design ended up being 40 spreads! 
 
So yeah, all of the above is pretty much heaven for an album designer! haha! Niki had this album printed through KISS with a black leather cover and silver debossing and we were so thrilled that she sent us images! Here are some of our favorite spreads:

To see the full 40-spread design, click through the slideshow: 
 

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Design by: Andrea (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill