St. Louis Landmark Wedding Album Design for Emily Broadbent Photography
The color story in today's featured wedding album design is so strikingly lovely! Just look at the first two spreads featured below and if you're like us, you will instantly be intrigued and drawn in! St. Louis wedding photographer Emily Broadbent styled and photographed all of the pretty details from this wedding oh-so-perfectly and we had a blast laying out her images to tell the story of the day!
We adore working with Emily and have had the pleasure of being her album design company of choice for the past 2 years. She is a savvy business owner and opts to use our Hands-off Service to streamline the design & revision process -- allowing us to communicate directly with her clients. It's our honor to help her get her album design projects over the finish line as smoothly and efficiently as possible!
We couldn't love how this particular design turned out more! Here are a few of our favorite spreads!
We adore working with Emily and have had the pleasure of being her album design company of choice for the past 2 years. She is a savvy business owner and opts to use our Hands-off Service to streamline the design & revision process -- allowing us to communicate directly with her clients. It's our honor to help her get her album design projects over the finish line as smoothly and efficiently as possible!
We couldn't love how this particular design turned out more! Here are a few of our favorite spreads!
To see the design in full, click through the slideshow:
Thank you, Emily, for trusting us to be a part of your team!
Thank you, Emily, for trusting us to be a part of your team!
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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Lowcountry Wedding Album Design for Meghan Baskin Photography
We are SO enamored with California film photographer Meghan Baskin's work! It is nostalgic, emotive and exquisite! We are so excited to share yet another album design we had the honor of creating for one of her clients. This wedding was a destination wedding in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The bride wore three designer gowns throughout the course of the day and the tented reception among the Spanish moss-draped trees looked like something out of a fairy tale!
Meghan opted to use our Hands-off service, allowing us to communicate with her clients throughout the revision process. This streamlined things for Meghan and allowed her to focus on shooting and running her business while at the same time, knowing her clients were well-served.
We couldn't be more thrilled with how this lovely wedding album design turned out! Here are a few of our favorite spreads:
Meghan opted to use our Hands-off service, allowing us to communicate with her clients throughout the revision process. This streamlined things for Meghan and allowed her to focus on shooting and running her business while at the same time, knowing her clients were well-served.
We couldn't be more thrilled with how this lovely wedding album design turned out! Here are a few of our favorite spreads:
To see the design in full, click through the slideshow:
Thank you, Meghan, for trusting us to be a part of your team!
Thank you, Meghan, for trusting us to be a part of your team!
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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Strategies for Designing Parent Albums
above photo by Rebecca Sehn
Last week we talked a little bit about parent albums and the benefits for offering them. In that post, we touched on how offering exact duplicate copies of the bride & groom's album requires very little extra work for photographers because the design work is already done! While that strategy keeps things simple, some clients desire to have the ability to customize their parent albums.
So what is the best approach when your client is asking for alterations to the original design for their parent albums? Today we are going to break down the design/revision strategies successfully used here at Align to help photographers just like you painlessly create multiple album designs for the same wedding...without anyone losing their minds!
Here is a list of how Align can help you maximize your profits with minimal extra work for you, the busy photographer!
1. Duplicate copy
The most direct and simple option is that clients order an exact duplicate copy of the bride and groom's design, typically just in a smaller size that has the same proportions. This would be appropriate when there are NO requests for modifications. Many album printing companies will even allow you to order a smaller album using the exact same design files you uploaded for the large version (i.e. using 12x12-sized layouts to print an 8x8 copy as well). However, if your album company requests separate files for each version, just reach out to your Align designer! Depending on the size you need, we may be able to export the new files immediately or we can use another revision round to resize your design.
2. Take advantage of those unused revisions
Every Align Album Design order includes 3 rounds of revisions in the price. Once the bride & groom's design is approved, you can use any unused revision rounds to allow the parents to submit their changes. As long as you don't use more than 3 revision rounds total, there is no additional charge! But if you need more than that, the cost is $50/round which is still typically less expensive than placing a new album design order.
3. Multiple versions of a single spread
Alternatively, if you know for sure that ONLY ONE spread will be changing between the versions (such as the family portrait spread), we could simply design multiple versions of that one spread from the start (at our usual $8/spread price). For example if you need three versions of a 15 spread album, Align could actually design/bill/deliver 17 spreads total. And then you would place three separate orders with your print company and just switch out which version of the family portrait spread you upload to them.
4. Separate design orders
Some clients like to place separate design orders for each album. This is the best method if any of the following circumstances are in play concerning the albums: they utilize different image collections, they have different dimension ratios, they require different design styles, they won't have many spreads in common, etc. This is also the method to use when you simply want a fresh start after you finish the original design.
As you can see, depending on which approach best fits your workflow/client needs, there is a way to keep the design work simple while still giving your clients exactly what they want. There is nothing quite as satisfying as knowing you have delivered an amazing product and service to your client while paying close attention to their unique requests. At Align, we are more than happy to help you achieve this end goal!
Last week we talked a little bit about parent albums and the benefits for offering them. In that post, we touched on how offering exact duplicate copies of the bride & groom's album requires very little extra work for photographers because the design work is already done! While that strategy keeps things simple, some clients desire to have the ability to customize their parent albums.
So what is the best approach when your client is asking for alterations to the original design for their parent albums? Today we are going to break down the design/revision strategies successfully used here at Align to help photographers just like you painlessly create multiple album designs for the same wedding...without anyone losing their minds!
Here is a list of how Align can help you maximize your profits with minimal extra work for you, the busy photographer!
1. Duplicate copy
The most direct and simple option is that clients order an exact duplicate copy of the bride and groom's design, typically just in a smaller size that has the same proportions. This would be appropriate when there are NO requests for modifications. Many album printing companies will even allow you to order a smaller album using the exact same design files you uploaded for the large version (i.e. using 12x12-sized layouts to print an 8x8 copy as well). However, if your album company requests separate files for each version, just reach out to your Align designer! Depending on the size you need, we may be able to export the new files immediately or we can use another revision round to resize your design.
2. Take advantage of those unused revisions
Every Align Album Design order includes 3 rounds of revisions in the price. Once the bride & groom's design is approved, you can use any unused revision rounds to allow the parents to submit their changes. As long as you don't use more than 3 revision rounds total, there is no additional charge! But if you need more than that, the cost is $50/round which is still typically less expensive than placing a new album design order.
3. Multiple versions of a single spread
Alternatively, if you know for sure that ONLY ONE spread will be changing between the versions (such as the family portrait spread), we could simply design multiple versions of that one spread from the start (at our usual $8/spread price). For example if you need three versions of a 15 spread album, Align could actually design/bill/deliver 17 spreads total. And then you would place three separate orders with your print company and just switch out which version of the family portrait spread you upload to them.
4. Separate design orders
Some clients like to place separate design orders for each album. This is the best method if any of the following circumstances are in play concerning the albums: they utilize different image collections, they have different dimension ratios, they require different design styles, they won't have many spreads in common, etc. This is also the method to use when you simply want a fresh start after you finish the original design.
As you can see, depending on which approach best fits your workflow/client needs, there is a way to keep the design work simple while still giving your clients exactly what they want. There is nothing quite as satisfying as knowing you have delivered an amazing product and service to your client while paying close attention to their unique requests. At Align, we are more than happy to help you achieve this end goal!
We hope you've found these tips helpful!
----------> If you want to give outsourcing a try, click here to find out more about the design styles that Align offers. We have 3 standard design styles but can definitely customize to meet most needs. So don't hesitate to send us examples of designs you like and let us know what your preferences are, and we will design to those specifications. After you take a look at our design styles to find out which one would work best for you, click here to sign up for an account with Align. When you do so, we'll send you a free welcome gift -- our "Top 10 Most Popular Album Companies" Resource List. That way you can find out which album printing & binding companies are the most popular among photographers who use Align, and more importantly, WHY. We'd love to be a part of creating beautiful heirloom albums for your studio and clients!
----------> If you want to give outsourcing a try, click here to find out more about the design styles that Align offers. We have 3 standard design styles but can definitely customize to meet most needs. So don't hesitate to send us examples of designs you like and let us know what your preferences are, and we will design to those specifications. After you take a look at our design styles to find out which one would work best for you, click here to sign up for an account with Align. When you do so, we'll send you a free welcome gift -- our "Top 10 Most Popular Album Companies" Resource List. That way you can find out which album printing & binding companies are the most popular among photographers who use Align, and more importantly, WHY. We'd love to be a part of creating beautiful heirloom albums for your studio and clients!
And exciting news! If you're a photographer who wants to start offering albums without investing hours of guesswork and trial and error -- we have a solution for you! Check out the Album Start-Up Kit and start maximizing your profit today!
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Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Massachusetts Beach Club Wedding Album Design for Morgan O'Neil Photography
The wedding in today's featured album design took place at a beach club in Massachusetts and it was absolutely lovely in every way imaginable. We can't get enough of the soft colors, ocean-front ceremony location and golden hour beach portraits! Baltimore Wedding Photographer Morgan O'Neil really captured this day flawlessly!
We have had the pleasure of working with Morgan and her increasingly gorgeous images for 6 years now and in that time have designed over 50 albums for her clients. You can see some of the other album designs we've created for her here!
This design is a great example of our Classic Design style and how beneficial it is to limit the number of images per spread so that the very best images can shine!
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this beautiful design:
We have had the pleasure of working with Morgan and her increasingly gorgeous images for 6 years now and in that time have designed over 50 albums for her clients. You can see some of the other album designs we've created for her here!
This design is a great example of our Classic Design style and how beneficial it is to limit the number of images per spread so that the very best images can shine!
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this beautiful design:
To see the design in full, click through the slideshow:
Thank you, Morgan, for trusting us to be a part of your team!
Thank you, Morgan, for trusting us to be a part of your team!
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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Venue Sample Album Design for Paige Vaughn Photo
Austin Film Wedding photographer Paige Vaughn is super business savvy! We've been designing albums for her since 2017 and she recently reached out to ask us to design three sample albums for her favorite venue in Austin -- The Arlo. Of course we jumped at the opportunity and today we want to share one of these beautiful designs with you!
Venue sample albums are albums gifted to the venue so they can show them off to couples who are considering booking their wedding there. The top priority of a venue sample album is to show off the venue at its very best. And this album absolutely does just that!
It's so smart of Paige to provide these albums to her venue because it also allows her photography to get in front of her ideal clients -- those who are planning a high-end wedding at one of her favorite venues at which to shoot.
Consider if you were a bride or groom looking through this design... how tempting would it be to simply book your wedding at The Arlo AND hire Paige to photograph it!?
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this stunning venue sample album design:
Venue sample albums are albums gifted to the venue so they can show them off to couples who are considering booking their wedding there. The top priority of a venue sample album is to show off the venue at its very best. And this album absolutely does just that!
It's so smart of Paige to provide these albums to her venue because it also allows her photography to get in front of her ideal clients -- those who are planning a high-end wedding at one of her favorite venues at which to shoot.
Consider if you were a bride or groom looking through this design... how tempting would it be to simply book your wedding at The Arlo AND hire Paige to photograph it!?
Here are a few of our favorite spreads from this stunning venue sample album design:
To see the design in full, click through the slideshow:
Thank you, Paige, for trusting us with your beautiful images!
Thank you, Paige, for trusting us with your beautiful images!
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Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
Design by: Kari (View More) // Design style: Classic (View More) // Blog post written by: Melissa Jill
