I made a comment on Twitter the other day about how it saddens me when I receive comments on album designs asking me to fill in all of the white spaces with pictures. Apparently this hit a chord with a bunch of people and my friend & fellow photographer Seshu asked me to guest blog on Tiffinbox about this very subject. So please go over and have a read if this interests you as a photographer or as a buyer of photography.
So now I want to talk to you, my clients...past, present and future to address an issue that can tend to arise during the album design process. Here's how it usually goes. You make your image selections that you would like to see go into your wedding album and I put together a proof design for you based on what I feel is the best layout for the images
Posted In: CLIENT EDUCATION, PHOTOGRAPHERS, WEDDING ALBUMS, WEDDINGS.
Tags: Musee by Queensberry, negative space, Queensberry wedding albums, Tiffinbox, wedding album design
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My lovely friend Nole over at Oh So Beautiful Paper was kind enough to share my new Musee Album by Queensberry over on her blog today, be sure to go check it out here. Nole and I share a love of delicious tactile experiences and were what I like to call "wedding contemporaries". She is also from my hometown DC and we recently got to share a train ride down from NYC after the Martha Stewart Weddings bloggers' night out party.
This week I was also added to The Wedding Chicks' preferred wedding vendors list. I decided to go with a listing in Palm Springs even though I don't actually live there. I have been booking a lot of weddings there lately and I am just obsessed with Palm Springs style and all things mid-century modern. It's like visual candy for me and so inspiring. Plus it's the perfect weekend getaway
Posted In: WEDDING ALBUMS, WEDDINGS.
Tags: Oh So Beautiful Paper, Palm Springs Wedding Photographer, Queensberry Musee Album, The Wedding Chicks
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In March of this year I attended the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) Convention in Las Vegas for the 8th year in a row. Every year I get to hang with some of the best photographers in the world, take classes, go to lots of parties, get some inspiration and of course attend the trade show to visit all of the companies who help me to produce incredible products for my clients.
I discovered Queensberry albums way back in 2003, my first year at WPPI and have been using them ever since. Queensberry is based in New Zealand and their attention to detail and level of craftsmanship of their albums is always notable. However, in 2010 they really managed to outdo themselves when they unveiled a brand new line of albums which they call Musee. I was absolutely blown away by how exquisite these albums are, they are sort of
Posted In: WEDDING ALBUMS, WEDDINGS.
Tags: Musee Album, Queensberry wedding albums, white matted wedding album
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I feel like I have been in high wedding season all year, well since February at least. When I lived on the east coast, I worked really, really hard between April and June, got a little time off in the summer and then hussled again from September through November. Well now that I work very regularly on both coasts, wedding season never does seem to end. But hey, it keeps me on my toes. In additional to shooting lots and lots of wedding these days, I'm also designing and producing lots and lots of wedding albums. So why not share them here, right?
A little while back I delivered this 10" flush-mount album by Leather Craftsmen to a really lovely couple who were married at one of my all time favorite Los Angeles wedding venues, Marvimon. I suggested the Japanese book cloth cover in taupe because it reminded me of Perry's
Posted In: WEDDING ALBUMS, WEDDINGS.
Tags: flush mount wedding album, leather craftsmen album, los angeles wedding photographer, Marvimon, Marvimon weddings, unique los angeles wedding venues
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Like I said...it's album season. But some of you might not know that we don't just produce wedding albums. Ever heard of an engagement album? Here's one we did for Cherie and Matt, some of my awesome wedding clients who are getting married at the end of this month. We even left some space around the images for guests to sign at the wedding in lieu of a traditional guest book.
This adorable 8"x8" leather-bound, flush-mount book was made for me by the awesome people over at Leather Craftsmen. The leather is just so creamy to the touch and we finished it off by having the couple's first names embossed with gold in a modern typeface. Can't wait to show it off at their wedding!
Posted In: ENGAGEMENTS, WEDDING ALBUMS.
Tags: guest book, leather craftsmen, wedding sign-in book
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