How much are you loving our new etched varnished covers by Graphi Studio? We just got our first 2 books with the new covers and they are amazing! They come in several different colors, and you can have anything you want etched into them to make them personal and unique. Look at the detail on the last one… it’s absolutely amazing! LOVING THEM!!

Back in the summer we did an inspiration shoot with Shannon over at Southall Eden. It’s time to start thinking about your spring/summer weddings so we thought we’d share the storybook album we put together for her. We love how it turned out! If you don’t have a venue yet, we highly recommend Southall Eden! It’s one of our fave venues Shannon did all the decor’ and print material for this shoot… she’s awesome and very crafty! Kara Gaylor did the hair and makeup… she is amazing too! Check her out at www.karagaylor.com

Jen and I always get the same question about how does someone pick their photographer.  What do you ask…what is important to know?  So here you have it…Selecting the perfect photographer for your occasion!  Here are a few simple tips to making your day or session GREAT!

1.  Find the style or type of photography you are drawn to.  Is it traditional, classic, photojournalistic or the old school look?  Is it images that are bold, colorful and saturated or just a simple black and white that is more dramatic?

2.  Schedule a consultation to find your perfect match.  Whether you meet with 10 photographers or just 1, you need to make sure you are ultimately comfortable with them!  Nobody wants to spend the day or session with someone that you are unsure about…client or photographer!

3.  Look at more of their work including albums, prints, and other products.  Make sure that the quality is what you are expecting from them.

4.  Ask about their photographic accomplishments.  You would be amazed by what you might not know about your potential photographer!

5.  When you hire your photographer, keep in touch with them over the weeks or months leading up to your event.  Have meetings, talk via email or go have coffee to chat.  Clients are NOT just clients…they are friends!  Everyone loves to be in the loop and this helps builds your new friendship.  More than likely if your experience is great, you will be working together again in the future.

When we sit down at our consults this is usually what we find out about you!  What style you like, end product expectations and mostly if we all get along There is a photographer for everyone so don’t be afraid to find them!

This is one of our 9×9 storybooks with a POLISHED metal cover (soooo cool!), and metallic pages. We LOVE it!

We get so many inquiries about our services, but most of all, brides want to know… Do we do storybook albums? YES! We DO! And they are fabulous if you ask us Ann and I both do all the design of the albums (No templates!!), and then we send them off to GraphiStudio which is an album company based in Italy. These books are amazing! The quality is so great, and all of our books come back looking so beautiful, they even surprise us! It’s one thing to love your book when we send it to you in digital form, but when you have the book in your hands… speechless! They come in all different shapes including Square, Horizontal, and Vertical, and sizes start out at 6×8 for parent albums and go all the way up to 16×20 for your master book. Paper styles include Metallic (our FAVE), Photographic, and Canvas. The covers for these books are amazing as well! Most of our brides pick the Metal cover (it’s soooo nice), but we have all kinds ranging from Leather, to Crystal, and everything in between Here are a few photos of our most popular style. This is a 9×9 square, metal cover  book with metallic pages. This album is sure to impress and look awesome in your home for all your guests to oooh and aaah over  Let us know what you think!