Oregon and Seattle-based photographer Rick Andrew Baleros of Iron & Rye has a real knack for connecting with both his clients AND nature when it comes to his photography. We are so drawn into his style that feels so authentic and full of personality. We've been working with Rick and his clients on their album designs and printing for 4 years now and today we are so excited to be able to share yet another one of his stunning designs!  
 
The fun thing about this wedding album design is that we ALSO got to design this couple's engagement album! You can see it here! Rick gifted his clients their engagement album -- isn't that an incredible idea?! What a great way to nurture a love for albums in your clients!  
 
There is so much to love about this album design, but rather than continuing to gush over it, we thought we'd show you a few of our favorite spreads so you can see what we mean:

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

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

This is too fun! Michigan-based photographer Kayla Bouren recently ordered a guest book album design from us using some fabulous engagement photos she took! We love this idea! We designed the spreads to include plenty of white space around them so that guests could sign notes to the couple as they arrived at their wedding! How fun would it be to see all of these beautiful photos of your friends as you were showing up to their wedding!?  
 
We not only designed this album, but printed it as well! You can find out more about our Align Legacy Books by clicking here! 
 
Kayla did an amazing job taking a variety of photos in each location during this engagement shoot and really allowing her clients' personalities to shine! Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this fun guest book album design: 
 

To see the design in full, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Thank you, Kayla, 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

Most of the albums we design are wedding albums. But we also do a fair amount of albums for other occasions including: engagement shoots, high school seniors, family portraits, newborns, bar and bat mitzvahs, birthday parties, and personal travels. 
 
Today's featured album design is for high school senior portrait photographer Pleasant Vonnoh who is based out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We've been designing albums for Pleasant and her clients for 5 years now, and we adore her work and approach!  
 
Pleasant recently shared this with us: 
 
"Almost all of my clients purchase an album so I love using Align for the design process. It makes my life so much easier. I try to shoot a variety of outfits, locations, and expressions/poses to ensure that the album will be fun and exciting to flip through, instead of feeling like you are looking at the same photo on each page." 
 
That's absolutely what stood out to us about her images throughout this design and why we think it turned out so well! All of the variety in outfits, locations and poses really make this senior album a stand-out! We love to keep each spread cohesive by grouping images taken with the same outfit and location, but as you flip through the design, there is something new and fun on each page. And clearly Pleasant has an amazing talent for putting her clients at ease and getting their personalities to shine through! 
 
Pleasant was kind enough to send us an image of the finished printed album (above). This is a ProDPI 11x14 album with their single fusion cover. Stunning! 
 
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this design:

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

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

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

We are DYING over this fun wilderness adventure engagement session in the hills of New Jersey captured by Tori Kelner! Tori's clients chose to relive their first camping trip together for their shoot and it turned out SO GOOD!! 
 
Tori loved this session so much that she decided to create a sample album to show off to other clients and hopefully inspire them to memorialize their engagement shoots in album form! GENIUS! 
 
Tori is super-smart and she also serves as one of our Client Advocates (these two things are likely related). Click here to see a video where she share a little bit about her album process! 
 
Tori was so kind to send us some photos of the finished Miller's album. Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this design:

To see the full design, click through the slideshow: 
 
 
 
Ahh! Thank you for sending these photos and allowing us to work with you, Tori! Such a pleasure!

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