In our last What’s in the Box (see the preceding post below) we reviewed a beautiful engagement book produced by Image Capsule, an album provider located in San Jose, California. Robin talked often with the Image Capsule folks at WPPI, impressed by their products and claims, especially their boast of only a 3-day turnaround. Well, Robin found herself needing that fast turnaround and gave them a try. Ordered on a Wednesday, the final book was in her hands the following Wednesday. Include time to ship and that is very fast! More importantly, the quality of materials, exceptional printing, and sturdy binding are outstanding for a book in this price range.
The design for this album is also beautiful – created for Robin’s own wedding client featuring images from their engagement session. We often use low opacity images as backgrounds in these designs, both engagement books and guestbooks, accented by bright colors and graphic lines. The combination makes for a very appealing presentation, and a great way for others to see your creativity at the wedding.
Beautiful printing, 3 day turnaround, extreme durability (anybody see the water test?), and one of the thinnest gutters in the industry are a few of the eye-catching features Image Capsule presented this year at WPPI in Las Vegas. Well, DoodleDo just had to have a sample for What’s in the Box. So if you’ve been curious about Image Capsule, check out the review.
Image Capsule produces exceptional quality products at incredible prices! Overall: Album Quality: Print Quality: Customer Service: Packaging:
Our design clients are very familiar with the form we use to begin a new design. Photographer Lisa Fitts asked DoodleDo to “keep it very clean and simple” while noting her preference for a black and white theme with light graphics. The Design & Preferences Form gives each of you the opportunity to indicate all the critical foundational information we need to come up with a good concept. It also allows for additional comments, such as Lisa’s, to aid us in providing a first draft that will meet your expectations, as well as your client’s expectations. This not only saves time but often cuts down on revisions. In fact, used well and in dialogue with your own client, it can eliminate revisions altogether.
If you have signed onto our Email List and completed an Account Application, then you should have the link to our online Design Form. Use this for each and every design you want us to create for you. We encourage you to provide as much information you feel necessary to communicate your own ideas. And be sure to include the client! Ask if they have any ideas or special requests regarding the design. Feel free to send them to our Design pages to view samples for reference, then indicate your likes, and even dislikes, on the Form. These practices will help a great deal in achieving a satisfying first draft with little or no revisions.
A detailed Design Order & Preferences Form, referencing the design samples here on the website, and providing a folder of Must Have images will help us meet everyone’s expectations right from the start. In an upcoming post we will discuss this very important Must Have image collection, and some ways to use it to your advantage.
Click the thumbnail to view Lisa’s very clean and simple design!
Isn’t it a great feeling knowing that Spring is just around the corner? Warming weather, longer days, more sunshine and outdoor fun. And for many of you, the start of shooting season! Are albums an important part of your 2009 package options and sales plan?
A good collection of sample albums available for viewing is critical for maximizing on their awesome potential for increased profits, and often the profits are significant. Most of the pro album companies offer discounts on a sample, and during the month of March DoodleDo is creating sample album designs at 10% off, along with free submission to your album company of choice.
To take advantage of our Spring-Ahead sample design sale, be sure to write “Sample” in the Special Offer Code window of the Design Order & Preferences Form. Once the final design is approved, we will need your album ordering information to submit your files to the album company. That’s about it!
We create quite a number of sample album designs. This one for photographer Rupert Whiteley is all about simplicity and abundant empty space to allow the beautiful images stand on their own.
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