Your album design is complete and in your hands for your review. Now what? What are the next steps?

If you have just received your email stating that your album design is complete and you have a link for viewing it online, congrats! The album design phase is nearing completion. You will need to follow the steps below in providing your edits or photo swaps to me. Most clients have very few edits and find my layouts to be strong (as well as photo selection) and the stories full of emotion while including all the important parts of the day. If you do not have many edits do not worry, that is great! If you need to add pages to your album please contact me to discuss pricing (or refer to your contract).

If you have any questions during this process please feel free to call or email. If you have a balance due it will need to be paid for in full at the time of your approving the layout and design so that the order can be placed with the album supplier. Thank you.

To make edits to the layout:

1. Print out the web pages from the online link provided.

2. Review the printed pages and also the PDF document enclosed in the email you received.

3. Use a pencil with an eraser for easy editing of your own markings.

4. Put X’s through photos you don’t want and write a new photo number next to the spot. Make sure it will fit in the “hole” of that spot though! Very important.

5. If you need a swap a few photos on the page that do not fit into the "holes" or want to add or subtract photos from the page please show me your new page layout by drawing a new one under the current printed page. OR, ask me to re-arrange the page to accommodate your chosen photo replacements in a way I see fit. Please keep these page re-designs to a MINIMUM. Thank you.

6. PLEASE DO NOT PACK THE PAGES FULL OF PHOTOS! Any additional photos you want should be added in the form of PAGE SPREADS and NOT on the actual pages supplied. If you pack the pages full of photos you lose the DESIGN and FEEL of the album. I can not stress this enough. A packed album simply has plain rows of photos all the same sizes. There is no life to it. So please be conservative when adding images or make notation that you need extra page(s) in the album when you submit your edits

7. Write BW next to a photo you want in B&W instead of color, and same applies for COLOR as well.

8. Mail the edits to me at my live/work studio:
10 Exchange Court
Loft 410
Pawtucket, RI 02860
I prefer to have print outs with your markings next to the spots mailed to me rather than working off an excel sheet or word document or email. I am VISUAL and like to see your swaps in relation to the entire page rather than having to read statements like "replace second left top photo with this new photo". It should also be easier for you as well this way.

9. You have only ONE ROUND of edits. Please make sure you address all your swaps and edits and questions in the ONE submission of your print outs. If you have design questions after the first round based on any edits you made we will discuss, but no other changes will be allowed once the layout is approved.

10. Final note: If any photos need color correction (they shouldn’t though) or need straightening that will be done AFTER the layout is approved. Also, the export tool in the software for low resolution proofing will show some items slightly not aligned by a pixel or two, or not touching the edges of the album if they should be. Do not worry, this won’t happen on the final export into PhotoShop where I make the final edits before submitting to my photo lab.

Enjoy reliving the day again!

Your album is going to be fantastic. A little work and effort on our both parts to get the edits done in a timely manner will mean the final product will be in your hands sooner than later :)