Back in November I established a partnership with a custom album supplier that creates amazingly stylish and high quality products. One of the products that I now offer is a complete session album that includes the final selections from each portrait session (this usually ends up being the 30 best images from the day). With around 30 different unique cover materials to choose from, hot contemporary colors and beautiful styling, it will be hard to not pull this album out and start bragging about your beautiful portraits every chance you get.
Each of my clients that has ordered one of these albums love looking through the swatches of all of the cover material options and loves how this 5×5 album fits in their purse so they can keep it with them wherever they go. These also make great gifts. I recently had a client order one for herself and one for each of the grandmothers. They love them.
Right now, these albums are offered a la carte but I am considering offering them standard with each session. The first few studio samples I had put together were snatched up so I was putting together a few more sample albums today. What do you think?
oh, definitely standard! one of my biggest wedding regrets is that my photos are sitting in boxes because i don’t scrapbook. i wish my photographer had something like this standard so it could be sitting on my coffee table. :O)
Thanks, Shawna. I was thinking the same thing. It sounds like you and I are in the same boat regarding the boxes of photos. I want better for my clients and these albums are definitely better.
I agree 100% with Shawna. My wedding photographer handed me a box of photos and I was left on my own to create my own album. Seven years later, they are STILL in the box with the exception of a few 4×6 images in a frame.
The albums are beautiful and it’s a nice way to let your clients know that you really care about them and their event. I think it will also inspire them to contact you for other memorable events they want to cherish.