Here at Align, we're big advocates of communicating your personal design preferences to your designer. While we have 3 base design styles you can choose from on your album design order form, we're happy to customize to your tastes! But here's a tip -- your preferences don't need to be brand new ideas you come up with from scratch! Feel free to pull inspiration from other designs you've seen in the Featured Album Designs category of this blog, from Pinterest or Google searches, or from photographers you admire! We frequently have photographers tell us they want a "Katelyn James Style" album design! They've seen Katelyn's albums at one of her workshops or on her website and they know that's the elegant style they want to present to their own clients! 
 
Today we're excited to feature this gorgeous winery wedding's album design we created for Katelyn James, a talented wedding photographer and educator based in Virginia. It's a great example of her preferred style that falls partway in between our Simple and our Classic base styles (generally 4 or less images per spread except for the ceremony and reception). She gravitates towards filmstrip-like layouts that are more horizontal in nature, so you'll notice that we rarely have images bleed off the tops/bottoms of the pages. We use extra thin spacing between images and ample white space on the spreads in order to give the design a light and airy feel. 
 
If you want to check out more of Katelyn's album designs, check out her profile in our Client Advocate section! But first, enjoy some of our favorite spreads from this lovely design!

Here's the full album design! Go ahead and flip through using the slideshow below! 
 

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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Simple (View More) // Blog post written by: Denise

Hey guys, hey guys, guess what!! Today marks the first appearance of a REAL Align Legacy Book on our blog! Not that the sample albums we photographed ourselves weren't real, but it's a BIG DEAL knowing this album ordered by Ashley Maton of Bow Tie Collaborative is going to be in the hands of the bride and groom featured in its pages! We're excited to show this baby off! 
 
What is an Align Legacy Book? Glad you asked! Here at Align, we have been providing album design services to hundreds of photographers for more than 5 years. But starting this spring, we began offering our own in-house line of printed heirloom albums too! See this page for all the details. For the last couple months, we've been thrilled to see how many photographers have jumped at the opportunity to have an all-in-one design + printing service. We love making photographers' lives easier!

And when we get this kind of feedback from our clients!? LIVES MADE: 
 
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"I LOVE Align Legacy Books! The quality is superb and the quick turn around time was an added bonus! My client is in awe of her wedding album from Align!  
 
The thickness of the pages is perfect! The pages are thick and sturdy, but still lay flat and are bound together beautifully. I was really impressed with the quality of the leather the Legacy Book provided. Real genuine leather really adds to the value of the book. The book just screams high-end and top notch quality in the materials used. The printing on the pages is superb. The colors are true to life and the printing quality is truly unmatched.  
 
The customer service with Align is amazing. Questions are answered promptly and ordering my first book was a flawless process! I will definitely be ordering from Align again in the future." --Ashley Maton, Photographer, Bow Tie Collaborative

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Awww, Ashley, you're making us blush! Thank you! 
 
Below are some photographs Ashley took of her 10x10 Align Legacy Book. The cover is our "Fresh Brew" distressed leather with a cameo window. The interior contains 15 spreads on our thick paper featuring a sweet Virginia plantation wedding that Ashley captured so beautifully! Take a look!

And to view the full album design, click through below! 
 

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

Any day we see Sharon Elizabeth's name pop up on our order list is a good day! Not only do we know her photography is going to be beautiful to work with, but her joy-filled emails are bound to make us smile! Sharon is a Virginia-based wedding and women's beauty photographer who has perfected an efficient album workflow and shares her passion for albums with her clients and her fellow photographers. For more from Sharon, check out her Align Client Advocate profile. 
 
The album design we're sharing today is from a lovely Virginia wedding Sharon photographed at the West Manor Estate that was filled with tons of stunning florals and details. Below are some images Sharon sent us of the finished Leather Craftsmen folded edition album with a Japanese book cloth cover. So pretty!!!

For the full album design, click through the slideshow below: 
 

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

Lookie lookie! We have a super pretty album design to share with you today! This sweet wedding took place at The Barn at Gibbet Hill in northern Massachusetts and was photographed by the talented Deborah Zoe. We feel so lucky to have contributed the design for this beautiful heirloom album. 
 
When it comes to knowing and sharing the importance of albums, Deb is a pro!! She previously shared her wisdom on Align's blog in this post about educating your clients about the value of albums. She also does an amazing job of sharing her albums on her website and blog. A quick glance at her Products section and you'll be swooning over all the album goodness!  
 
Today we're thrilled to share some photos Deb sent us of this Madera 10x10 album with a Calf Leather Light Brown cover. Enjoy scrolling!

To see the full album design, click through the slideshow below! 
 

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Design by: Michelle (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Denise

Wow, what a picturesque wedding! We are blown away by today's featured album design that includes Austyn Elizabeth's photographs of a romantic wedding at Della Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park, Colorado. Mountains and trees and streams, oh my!  
 
Austyn is a wedding photographer based in San Luis Obispo, CA and we absolutely love working with her and her exceptional images! We also love the blurb about albums she shares with her clients on her website: 

"You love your images. I love them too. You want to be able to look back on all of them, years down the road, and remember exactly who you were at this moment in time. I know the feeling. That's why we offer albums to preserve your most cherished memories for a lifetime. Imagine having your favorite images at your fingertips, elegantly preserved in a linen-covered, hardbound, fine art album. Our albums are instant heirlooms that we plan for you to enjoy for so many years to come."

 
Amen to that! Now here are some of our favorite spreads from this album design:

To see the full design in its entirety, click through the slideshow below! 
 

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