A little while back I posted about the lesser known album company that I use, Memory Link. Here are the albums and the layouts that I had posted. I recently got an e-mail from them:
“Hello Richard, How are you doing today? I wanted to ask you that because your images and designs are so awesome the owner wanted to know if we could use your images in our Memory Link show samples and of course we will add your studio name in each show album produced. We would greatly be honored if we could but it is up to you so please let me know if it is okay.”
How awesome is this?!?!? I talked to them over the phone to see if they would have any of my albums at WPPI in a little more than a week, but probably not. They need some time to print new books. We’ll see! I’ll look for them while I’m there.
Of course I can’t take all the credit. Some of my albums this year were either fully done or partially done by my friend Krystal at Krystyle Designs. Kudos to you too Krystal!
A few posts back I posted what the exterior of my albums look like. Now it’s time for the layouts on the inside. This past year we had the most amount of albums my album designer, who’s also a personal friend, and I have had to design. In fact, we are down to our last few. I was recently talking to a videographer friend of mine about how long it takes to design an album. Usually from choosing the images to final design it’s anywhere from 5-10 hours, depending on the size of the album. I know for my albums they tend to take about 8 hours of design time… I’m picky about how they turn out and put a lot of thought into them. I really have no reason why I haven’t l blogged about them, so here they are!
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Wow, Wow and Wow……Rich these are beautiful albums. Brian and I were speechless as we went through them. We can’t wait to see what you do for our wedding day! You have a unique talent and great eye!
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Every day at 1:30 (like clockwork) I hear the UPS truck coming around the parking lot here. There are days he delivers to my door and days like today he beeps and pulls up to my garage. Besides the last minute deliveries for Christmas orders, he had 6 albums for me! One of them I’m keeping for a studio demo.
I use a little known album company called Album ML, formally known as Memory Link. There’s a lot of album companies out there, and I do use a few others, but Album ML has been so consistent, puts out such a great product, and they are so easy to deal with. I thought I would take a few shots of what came in today.
These are the 3 main album covers that my clients like to order. The middle one is a clear acrylic with a designed image under it. It really makes the colors pop and gives me a lot of freedom to do what we want with the cover. The back left is all black leather with a custom cut out. The back right is a piece of metal with a color image printed down the side.
Here’s a close up of the acrylic.
Another acrylic with a different design.
Yet another acrylic with another different design
It’s a good thick piece of really clear acrylic.
A nice smooth piece of metal. I like it better than the brushed look.
Here’s the black leather with a custom sized cutout and the clients names and date imprinted into the leather.
Their bindings are really nice and lay flat. The pages are three layers each. The white, black, and white is a single thick page. I think it looks nice when you’re looking at the album sitting out. I’ve only had one person gild the edges so they are completely black.
Here’s a close up of the binding. It’s just a bump across the seam.
Album ML just released a new presentation box that’s so much better than they used to have. It’s a good sturdy black leather-like box with stitching.
The stitching around the box.
The magnetic flap.
The inside is lined with a velvet like material.
To my clients seeing their album here, they will be mailed out on Saturday! You should have them by Christmas.
these are all beautiful. thanks for sharing. it’s nice to see a finished product with a colleague’s images in it. I had no idea they had changed their name. Thanks for the tip!
[...] little while back I posted about the lesser known album company that I use, Memory Link. Here are the albums and the layouts that I had posted. I recently got an e-mail from [...]
1.10.2009
Wow, Wow and Wow……Rich these are beautiful albums. Brian and I were speechless as we went through them. We can’t wait to see what you do for our wedding day! You have a unique talent and great eye!
1.12.2009
Love the posting!! I am always so proud of you when I see your amazing work! Keep it up! Love you–Kelley
2.05.2009
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