Become a new client! Fill out the new client worksheet here. I will verify you are a professional photographer at this step.

I ask for your preferred album binding companies so I know the specs you’ll require and about how many albums you make a year to project my workload. I ask for your address for security reasons and also so you can get my awesome Christmas card every year.

I also ask how you heard about me. Since you also probably have that information on your photography site’s contact form, you’ll know the importance of this. Please don’t say “internet!”

If you’re exporting from a program such as Lightroom, export your jpegs at a quality level of 75-85. If you’re saving them as jpegs in Photoshop, save them at a level 9 or 10 jpeg. PLEASE only send me jpegs and never raw or photoshop files!

To organize your images, please first ensure your images are in a chronological order. I can organize the images by time stamp if they don’t have consistent file names, but they must be in some sort of order. If your files all have different names and are not in chronological order, I could easily miss an image in the design. However, keep the image names that your client sees, or we may have a problem during the revision stage (example: your client wants me to replace a picture with IMG_4682.jpg and you sent me images named file001.jpg, file002.jpg, etc.). In general, it’s a good idea to have a consistent file naming structure regardless.

If you’re sending both “must have” images and “maybe” images, please separate them. The easiest way to do this is to label them different colors in bridge (for example, blue is must have). You can also do this by putting the images into different folders. Please remember, there is a $50 surcharge if you have more than 3 images/page on average.

Within 7 business days, I will send you an email with your instructions on how to view your album design. There are very important instructions on how to make and request revisions, and any requests that don’t comply with those instructions may not be changed. These instructions are to ensure the speedy delivery of your revised album design.

After you request revisions, I’ll make the changes and send you the new proof within 7 business days. If you’re using the one included round of revisions, now is the time to verify I correctly made your revision requests. If you purchased additional rounds of revisions, you can repeat these steps as necessary. When the album design is ready and to your liking, you’ll hit the green “approve” button.

If you chose the InDesign option, I’ll upload your ID document and a PDF of your album design to your ftp account. If you chose the Photoshop option, I’ll upload your layered PSD documents to your ftp account. For more information on these options, please view the pricing page.

If you prefer a disc sent to you with the final files rather than downloading them, you must make a special request. There is no charge. I mail discs out once a week, on Friday.