New Family Album

Check out my latest family album.  I am LOVING this!  How I wish I could go back in time and have my own family memories documented in an album like this.    But going forward, I will definitely be putting these together for my own family.  And looking into Christmas options for the grandparents because I think that capturing these moments in time are so important.  At least for me, as my memory is never as strong at holding onto what I want to remember without tangible reminders.

With this album, I used two different images for the front and back of the album and created a solid spine with the family members names down it.  For my last wedding album, I used just one image that wrapped around the entire cover from front to back.  I like having different options, as well as being able to customize an album to make it completely unique for each family or couple.  I also like how neatly wrapped the cover is coming into the interior of the album.

Unlike the photo albums that I grew up with that were restricted to using only the Kodak prints from the local parking lot lab under a sheet of celophane that would ultimately stick to and ruin the photos, I LOVE so many things about these albums and designing them.  I can change the size of the photograph to be as little or as large as I want it to be.   I can crop it from the original rectangle into a square.  I love that I can tell stories with only the photographs I took, making the album a timeless keepsake that won't be dated by fonts or slang.  I LOVE that these photographs are printed on thick archival quality paper that guarantees these won't fade or deteriorate in the next century.  (What I wouldn't give to see photographs of my parents, grandparents and great grandparents that aren't faded, torn or yellowed!)

I love how flat these albums lay!

And they don't lay flat just when they're opened in the middle, but also when it's on the first or last page.  This is a brand new album and I don't have anything touching or holding the edges to keep it flat.  It behaves right from the start.  I love that I can sit down, put this album on my lap and open it to just stare without having to hold it open.

I love that in designing these albums, I can flip photographs around.  Line them up and match their sizes.  Create an awesome spread that isn't overwhelming in knowing where to look.  The focus is on what's important.  The ones who are loved the most by the person holding the album.

I love that photographs can go right off the edge of the page, as well as right through the middle of the album with barely a crease.

Or that one photograph can cover an entire spread.  Can you tell I'm excited about these albums and being able to offer them in my product line?  I wish you could reach through your monitor and hold and touch this album.  The quality is absolutely phenomenal from cover to cover.

And on that note, I am out of here and headed to warmer temps in the Southernmost part of Florida for a photography weekend.  Warm temps and ocean breezes are just what I need right now as I kick this little bout with bronchitis.  I can't wait to share my photos with you next week of what I see over this long weekend!