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Nov 03, 2008 14:15 |  #1

So, how do you present your images?
I'm considering these 3 options:
Coffee Table Book (8x10 or larger)
Flush Mount Album (8x10 or larger)
Self Stick Album (8x10)
I'd like to have the customer leave and remember my presentation..... which one of these would you suggest? Any other suggestions?
I'm happy with the images I have and have booked many weddings, but am tired of showing my work with an album holding 5x7 prints.

one more question.... where do you meet potential clients if you do not as of yet have a studio? (some may recommend going to their home's/location... I'm not to comfortable with the idea)....


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I have a couple portfolios by Itoya (kinda like these: http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …folio_Advantage​_Book.html (external link))

Sample album as well.

I typically just will meet people at Starbucks or something like that. I don't have a studio and don't know if I will ever. I don't really like doing studio portraiture and prefer on-location, natural light shoots.


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Nov 05, 2008 09:13 |  #3

Coffee Table Book (8x10 or larger)
Flush Mount Album (8x10 or larger)
Self Stick Album (8x10)

I don't do weddings but bigger is better, so in your shoes I'd use a 11X13" book from blurb which you could probably sell to them, too.

The forum tested several book publishers before we made our books, & Blurb won for overall quality. There are much more expensive, & I assume better, options for wedding pics.
I've done two with Blurb & like the results. Be aware that they've upgraded their software several times since these threads:
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Nov 07, 2008 09:05 |  #4

OdiN1701 wrote in post #6616309 (external link)
I have a couple portfolios by Itoya (kinda like these: http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …folio_Advantage​_Book.html (external link))

Sample album as well.

I typically just will meet people at Starbucks or something like that. I don't have a studio and don't know if I will ever. I don't really like doing studio portraiture and prefer on-location, natural light shoots.

thanks for the input!


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Nov 07, 2008 09:07 |  #5

PhotosGuy wrote in post #6627901 (external link)
I don't do weddings but bigger is better, so in your shoes I'd use a 11X13" book from blurb which you could probably sell to them, too.

The forum tested several book publishers before we made our books, & Blurb won for overall quality. There are much more expensive, & I assume better, options for wedding pics.
I've done two with Blurb & like the results. Be aware that they've upgraded their software several times since these threads:
Hardcover Books

I want to make a book but...

I'll check out Blurb.... and yes I agree a bigger portfolio is better.

thanks for the response.


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