Here’s some pictures from Lena and Jed’s engagement portrait session at Coney Island, NY - I hadn’t been to Coney Island in a few years and was excited to make the trip. There were great spots for some picture ops, and the day was gorgeous, ending with a beautiful sunset behind the old parachute jump amusement.
Lena and Jed are getting married on June 6, 2009 in Cape May, NJ - famous for its many ornate Victorian homes and beautiful beaches.
Congratulations Lena and Jed!
The first step to designing your album is to select your favorite pictures. That can be the hardest step to take, considering that you probably have hundreds to choose from. You basically have three choices for selecting your album pictures:
And remember, I’ve already helped you! - when you get your proofs posted online, the first category called “Highlights” are my favorite 100+ pictures of the day- this is a great place to start!
So the next question you’ll probably have is - How many pictures do we need to pick? - another tough question! I like the “less is more” rule to designing an album page. My favorite designs are spreads that have 3-4 pictures, where on one page you have one large feature picture and on the other page you have a couple of details or supporting pictures that tell the “story.” So, if you need a number to work for, then I suggest start at 2.5 pictures per page ( so for a 20 sided album - aim for 50 pictures) I also tell everyone that you can have as many pictures in your album as you want (I do not price the albums by the picture count), so here is another rule- the more pictures you put in your album the smaller the images will be or the more they will have to overlap one another, unless you increase the number of sides in the album or the dimensions of the album (for example, going from a 9X9 to 12X12 album).
If you haven’t already done so, the next step is to pick an album manufacturer (some people put their choice on the photography contract, and are all set with their decision - but you can change styles at any time). Currently, I offer Queensberry, Cypress and Graphistudio albums - take a few minutes to review the relevant websites to better understand what your album company offers in terms of styles or options. Feel free to e-mail me and I’ll point you in the right direction or if you would like to see my studio samples, please call me for an appointment.
Once, we have the pictures to use and the style of album you desire, it is time for me to design. I use an application called Photojunction. 
For any photographers reading my blog out there, this is a great and simple to use program. The biggest reason I use Photojunction is that the software has the album supplier specifications built into the program. That means I do not have to take time to look up, figure out and set up all the various album specs (and believe me, no two manufacturers are the same!). Also, my clients always have the option of switching styles or manufacturer, and using Photojunction makes it easy for me to change everything. Photojunction also recently updated their software to the “Remix” version, for more info regarding Photojuction, visit their site at http://www.photojunction.com.
Once I have a design finished, I will send you a link to a slideshow presentation and send you a PDF layout to review. At any stage, you are free to make as many changes as you would like (add, subtract and switch photographs), there is no additional fees to make changes- just send me an e-mail with your revisions.
Take as much time as you need when reviewing your album design, I want you to be 100% happy with the content and flow of the album. Once you sign off on the final design, it will take about 6 weeks to receive your wedding album.
Here’s another wedding slideshow! Nicole and Joe were married on July 26, 2008 in Rye, NY at the Resurrection Church. It was another steamy hot day in the northeast- I’ve been lucky, a majority of my weddings this year have been practically rain free (a few quick showers here and there), but nothing to upset the bride 
They then headed off to The Coveleigh Club, a beach club also in Rye, where we took the formals, played on the pier and and captured the celebration.
Enjoy. Congratulation Nicole and Joe! For those who wish to check out all the wedding pictures, be sure to sign up http://www.pictage.com/449091
Here’s a few pictures from Deena and Amit’s portrait session from last Friday - We took a walk over the Brooklyn bridge on a gorgeous hot afternoon, we then waited for the sun to set - you can see how the light was worth the wait! Deena and Amit are getting married on October 11, 2008, check back and see their wedding slideshow soon thereafter.
