What could be better than a snowy engagement shoot? How about one that also includes A PUPPY!!  
 
We adore Minnesota-based portrait and wedding photographer Brooke Elisabeth and her light and airy style that strives to emulate the romantic look of film. You can see a senior portrait album design we did for her here. 
 
This design came together so seamlessly. Brooke's clients were amazing at providing prompt and detailed feedback which made their album get done faster AND turn out exactly how they wanted it. 
 
Here are some of our favorite spreads from this fun design:

Click through the slideshow to see the design in full: 
 
 
 
Thank you Brooke for allowing us to work with your beautiful images!

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

This was the first album design we had the pleasure of designing for Brooke Elisabeth -- a wedding, engagement, and high school graduating senior photographer based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota -- and we are SMITTEN. Her work is stunning and this senior session album featuring twin girls definitely made the list of our all time favorites! 
 
Brooke did her homework before submitting her first order with us. She browsed through all of our album design blog posts and took note of which designs she liked then specifically requested the designers who did them. As a result, she had very few revisions to the initial design. The extra time spent up front paid off when she got a design that she loved right out of the gate! 
 
And we love it too! Brooke ordered a 10x10 Align Legacy Book with a Metropolitan linen cover and is using it as her sample album. Can you imagine? Every senior who comes through her doors is going to want one! 
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this design:

To see the album design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 

Thank you Brooke for sending us photos of the printed album! It was such a pleasure to work with you!

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

This romantic peachy summer-themed styled shoot was photographed by Las Vegas-based Jaymel Molina at the charming Old Polo Estate, located on 5 acres in the heart of Coachella Valley, just one mile from where the Annual Coachella Fest, Stagecoach, and Desert Trip is held.  
 
And we are DYYYYYING over it! This shoot was also feature on Style Me Pretty. Suffice it to say, it was a dream to work with these images and create this sample album for Jay! 
 
After we finalized this design for him, Jay shared this with us: 
 
"I think the biggest reason why I wanted to outsource the album design process is that I never know what image to use. Most professional labs that offer albums have design software available which make it easy to just drag and drop images, but as a photographer I always want to use the images that I like, not necessarily the ones that actually tell the story of the day. That is why it was important to find an album design company that would help me with this process and save me time." 
 
Brilliant! We love this perspective (obviously!) and were thankful to be brought on board! 
 
Jay was kind enough to send us photos of the printed WHCC album. Here are some of our favorite images/spreads:

To see the full design, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you for allowing us to work with your beautiful images, Jay!

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

This album design was a DREAM to create.  
 
1 -- Stunning images by Oregon and Seattle-based Rick Andrew Baleros of Iron & Rye  
2 -- Rick sent us only his very favorite images and gave us the freedom to select what did and did not fit. 
3 -- Rick GIFTED this album to the client! How sweet!? We loved being a part of that! 
 
Do you offer engagement albums? I feel like they should be more of a thing!  
 
This album was also printed by us as an Align Legacy Book -- 8x8 with thin pages and a linen cover -- and ended up costing Rick less than $100 to print. So super-affordable for an engagement album! 
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this stunning design:

Ahh!! We love it so much!! Click through the slideshow to see the full design! 
 
 
 
Thank you Rick for allowing us to work with your beautiful images!

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Design by: Sarah (View More) // Design style: Simple (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill

Wedding albums are our JAM, but we love when we get the chance to change things up and design other kinds of albums! It's SO much fun to work with images from engagement sessions, styled shoots, newborn photos, family portraits, bar/bat mitzvahs, senior portraits, pet portraits, boudoir sessions, guest books, and more! Our Simple Design Style (which has an average of 2-3 images/spread) is perfect for portrait albums.  
 
So we were giddy when Michele with one L asked us to design an engagement sample album for this stunning mountain engagement session right outside of Vail! And to top it off, the session included a cute pup! Scenic views combined with Michele's insane talent made this design a winner from the start! 
 
Here's a peek at this dreamy engagement album:

Click below to see the design in full! 
 
 
 
If you want to add engagement albums to your offerings, just remember -- you can't sell it if you don't show it! Getting a beautiful sample album that you are proud to show off to clients is KEY! To get started creating your own sample album, click here!

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