About 95% of the albums we design here at Align are wedding albums. But occasionally we get to design engagement shoot albums, family portrait albums, boudoir albums, bar or bat mitzvah albums and today we want to share with you a favorite senior portrait album that we recently designed for Idaho based photographer Looyenga Photography!  
 
We have had the pleasure of working on over 150 album designs with Brent over the last 8 years. He is a fabulous human to work with and also takes stunning photos that really show off the location every time. Brent shared this with us about Shelby's shoot and the subsequent album process: 
 
Shelby contacted me because she was coming into my area and wanted her senior photos in a place that was wildly different from where she lived. After talking through locations, we ended up settling on a small state park that has an incredible dock, mountains, forest and fall colors. We ended up with a beautiful day, and while it was freezing (mid 20's, if I remember correctly) Shelby was a champ. It went smoothly, was a lot of fun, and ended up turning out really well. I had a blast with her, and I was very excited to see how the album came together. Align took some of my favorites, but also used a lot of the photos that I hadn't set aside (because I asked them to) to fill in the holes I wouldn't know were there. The album features such a great flow, and Shelby told me that she absolutely loves it! 
 
This was such a fun one to work on! Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this exceptional design. Notice what a great job Brent did taking a variety of images and poses in each location, allowing each spread to be cohesive yet super-interesting:

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Brent, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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We have been working with Charleston based destination wedding photographer Dana Cubbage for a decade now! It is seriously such an honor to be trusted by so many photographers for such a substantial length of time! It is so humbling, truly. In that time we have designed over 50 albums for Dana's clients and it has been so fun to see her photography develop and just become more and more mesmerizing as the years go by. She has mastered her craft!  
 
Check out just how lovely the second spread of this album design is! What a beautiful color story it tells. Each detail was so thoughtfully styled and framed: 

This wedding looks like it must have been a blast to photograph! Here are a few more of our favorite spreads:

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Dana, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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

Pennsylvania wedding photographer Meghan Baskin's work is quintessentially gorgeous. We feel so honored to be a part of her team for over a year and a half now, laying out her stunning photos in a way that shows them off to their fullest in album form.  
 
For today's featured album design, Meghan supplied us with 61 photos and asked us to create a design with approximately 13 spreads using the best images to tell the story of the day. She ordered our Hands-off Service that allows her to be taken out of the process as a "middle-man" and we communicated directly with her clients as her "in-house album designer." Sometimes album designs can be a lengthy process of back-and-forth revisions, but in this particular case, Meghan's clients approved the design with NO REVISIONS and the whole project was completed from start to finish in 5 days flat! We love it when that happens! 
 
This wedding took place on over 200 acres of the historic Sylvan Ridge Farm in Pennsylvania and the grounds looked so lush and beautiful on this wedding day! Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this stunning design: 

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Meghan, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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

We've had the pleasure of designing albums for the husband and wife duo of Everyday Forever Weddings based out of Southern California for 4 years now! We work directly with their clients as their "in-house album designer" to finalize design revisions. Ernie & Fiona always choose to upgrade to our "Hands-off Service" so they don't have to be the middle-man throughout the revision process. This definitely makes things go more smoothly and takes a lot of work off their plate!  
 
This particular design was approved with ZERO revisions -- the clients loved the initial design as-is, which is always incredible! 
 
We love how Ernie & Fiona composed the image we selected to use full-bleed on the first spread of the design. It places the subject just off-center which allows for the subject not to be impacted by the gutter. This design turned out so beautifully and we are so excited to share it with you today! Here are a few of our favorite spreads:

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Ernie & Fiona, for trusting us to be a part of your team! We are so honored!

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Ninety percent of the designs we do for photographers are wedding albums. But we also do album designs for alllllll sorts of different occasions -- parties, trips, bar & bat mitzvahs, maternity sessions, newborn sessions, senior portraits, and engagement sessions -- to name a few! 
 
Today's featured album design showcases a snowy destination engagement shoot that Detroit-based wedding photographer Niki Marie did for her clients out in the mountains of Colorado! The snow-covered trees and foggy air created such a stunning, clean backdrop to this couples' love. Niki always does the best job connecting with her clients and making them look their absolute best and we are once again blown away by her incredible work!  
 
For this album, we used our SIMPLE design style which utilizes no more than 4 images per spread. This design style is perfect for engagement and portrait albums! 
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this magical snowy destination engagement album:

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Niki, for trusting us to be a part of your team!

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