In all the years I’ve attended WPPI I’ve always tried to take advantage of show specials while there. I never find spectacular deals on CF cards, but I’ve found some really great deals elsewhere. And with that, I want to announce a one week only special!
Pre-pay for two album designs, and get the third album...
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WPPI Show Special
WPPI and Closure News
Willow Album Design will be at WPPI! I’ll be at the Finao Albums booth each day of the tradeshow if you’d like to meet me, and at various functions and parties from March 6-10.
Also, I’m taking a little vacation after WPPI. I’m not closing, but will be suspending normal turnaround from March 4-21. I’ll still...
Premium Color-Blocked design emphasizes portraits
Miguel Pola sent this design over on the last day of my January album sale! He included a great mix of portraits and I used the 40 page design to emphasize those images.
Stats: 12×12, 103 images, 42 pages, premium design, color-blocked style
Samples, samples, everywhere
One of my favorite things is when a client sends me a folder of images and says something along the lines of, “This is a sample for me. Do whatever you want, wow me!” Earl Christie basically said that, and I love the resulting album design! It also looks like it was a really fun...
Green Label Album Showcases the Images
This album is all about the images! New Jersey photographer Sarah Postma left the design style up to me and I knew immediately it would be a Green Label album. The crisp images shine in this album layout!
Stats: 30 pages, 12×12 album heading to Finao, 67 images, Green Label design
portrait album inspiration
Fresh, clean album design is a perfect match for your portrait albums too! This is a Green Label album design with 34 pages and a cover design.
Images: courtesy Turn Loose the Art
Specialty Pricing for Books with High Page Counts
I’ve had several clients lately ask about design for albums with high page counts. With the growing press technology, more photographers are looking at companies like Couture Book and Iris Book, and this presents a unique pricing format. Books like these are designed to show off no more than one image per page, encouraging a...
Illinois Color-Blocked Album Design
Last week I received a gorgeous set of images from Heidi Peters Photography. I love how her processing really matches the style of the wedding, and was happy to incorporate colors from their fall-themed wedding into the album design.
Stats: 12×12, 30 pages, Color-Blocked design, 61 images
How to Handle a Lot of Formals
Sometimes, a client really wants a lot of formals in their album. As a photographer of weddings, you know they are an important part of the day not only to please the parents, but to gather up these groups for history. I think it’s best to mix them in with other portraits and details to...
The January Design Sale
For the rest of the month, I am offering a great sale to help you start the new year off right!
Your first album is 25% off the normal album price, and every album after that is 40% off the normal album price. All additional spreads beyond the included 30 pages will also receive these same...
Green Label Wedding Album Design for Nightingale
Christina at Nightingale Photography sent over this beautiful San Francisco wedding for designing.
Happy Holidays Schedule!
I hope your December is off to a wonderful start!
Willow Album Design will be closed from December 23-January 2. This means we won’t be answering emails, uploading orders, or designing. If you’re not able to submit revisions about a week before that, don’t worry! I’ll be rested and ready to work up a storm starting...
Color-Blocked Wedding Album with Black Accents
Erik Matey finally sent a design into me, and I’m so glad he did! We chose a color-blocked design with black accents. This book is bound for inkjet printing, and I know the colors will pop right off the page!
Stats: 14×11, 34 pages, premium Color-Blocked design, 75 images
The cover:
Central Park Wedding Album
Another beautiful album from Sarah Postma– I love the sparse cleanliness and crisp lines of this book!
Stats: Green Label design, 10×10 album, 85 images and 34 pages
New Green Label Design
Mark Gardner sent over a set of images to create an album for this beautiful bride! We chose a Green Label album design for this wedding to keep the focus on the images.
Stats: 13.5×9, 65 images, premium Green Label wedding album design
Holiday Deadlines
I’m getting lots of emails with album binder holiday deadlines in these days for delivery by December 24.
November 20 – Zookbinders
November 22 – Finao ONE
November 23 – Leather Craftsmen
December 4 – Vision Art
December 6 – Finao Elements
Vintage Spring Organic Wedding Album Design
Lindsey Beckwith sent over this wedding a couple weeks ago, complete with beautiful vintage tones and spring green accents. It’s an organic album design that really meshes well with the design elements.
Stats: 30 pages, 84 images, 10×10 album, organic wedding album design
Since this will be a Vision Art album, I also designed the cover for...
Hot New Green Label Wedding Album Design!
Miguel Pola just sent in these images, and let me tell you… I am so in love with this album! If it were mine, I’d be sending it in twice so I could have a sample, too! I think this clean and modern design style appeals to many clients as well as wedding photographers.
Stats: 40...
Holiday Schedule for Willow Album Design
I always do my best to design all albums within the 5 business day/1 week guideline, and as the holiday season approaches I will continue to honor that commitment to all current clients. So, any client who has already sent an album my way– there will be no change for you! I feel this is...
Sail away with this Green Label design!
These beautiful images come courtesy of Zofia Photography, who asked me to design a Zook sample for her.
Stats: 30 pages, 54 images, 10×10 book, Green Label design
