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Showcase High-End Products Through Photos and Stunning Displays

As photographers and creatives, we know that our work shines brightest when it’s tangible—held in the hands, displayed on walls, and woven into the fabric of our clients’ lives. But to sell high-end albums and wall art, clients need to see them for what they truly are: timeless, handcrafted pieces of art.

If you want to sell it, you have to show it.

It’s that simple. Your clients can’t desire what they can’t envision. By showcasing high-quality photos of your albums and wall art on your website, social media, and in your studio, you’re helping them see the value in turning their memories into something they’ll treasure forever.

The Power of Professional Photography

When it comes to selling premium products, quality matters—and that extends to how you present those products. By photographing your albums and wall art in ways that emphasize their craftsmanship, you’re creating an emotional connection before the client ever holds them in their hands.

● For Albums:

Highlight the textures of the cover material, the thickness of the pages, and the quality of the printing. Capture detail shots that focus on the nishing touches, like custom embossing or debossing. Show the album in a lifestyle setting, perhaps resting on a coffee table or being ipped through by hands that tell their own story.

For Wall Art:

Photograph wall art in real-life environments, like above a cozy living room sofa or as a centerpiece in a modern dining room. Include a sense of scale by showing the art in proportion to other furniture or décor. Use natural lighting to enhance the richness of the prints and frames.

Bring Your Studio to Life

If you have a studio space, use it to its full potential. Display sample products in well-lit, inviting areas where clients can see and touch them. Seeing a gallery wall or ipping through a nished album in person creates a lasting impression—and makes the investment feel worthwhile. Don’t have a studio? Bring the same approach to your website or social media. Post beautifully styled photos of your products so clients can imagine what their memories might look like in their own homes.

Tell the Story Behind the Product

Great storytelling is a powerful sales tool. Use your blog, website, or social media captions to share the story behind your products. For example:

“This heirloom album was handcrafted with archival materials to preserve the Smith family’s wedding memories for generations.”

“Imagine waking up to this stunning family portrait in your bedroom every day—bringing a little more joy to your mornings.”

By weaving stories into your product displays, you’re helping clients connect emotionally with the products you offer.

Where to Start

1. Choose Your Best Products: Select albums and wall art that showcase your nest work and represent your brand.

2. Photograph Thoughtfully: Invest time in creating well-lit, detailed images of your products in lifestyle settings.

3. Update Your Marketing: Share these images across your website, social media, and email campaigns.

Clients don’t just want to buy prints—they want to buy the feeling of having their memories beautifully preserved and displayed. Your visuals should evoke that desire.

New to designing albums and wall art, or already doing it but looking to save countless hours? Check out software like Fundy Designer to create albums, wall art collections, cards, studio magazines and more in minutes.

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Collaborative Blog Post with the Fundy Designer Team

Introducing New Eco Suede Fabric Collection

Your Cover Designs with Luxurious Textures and Rich Colors!

We're thrilled to unveil a stunning addition to our fabric lineup that’s perfect for anyone looking to take their cover designs to the next level: Eco SUEDE!

This new collection combines the elegance of treated leather with the softness and durability of microfiber, offering a truly luxurious option for your creative projects.

Why Eco Suede? The Perfect Blend of Luxury and Durability

Suede has always been synonymous with luxury, and our new collection is no exception. It boasts a velvety texture that feels as good as it looks, making it the ideal choice for anyone who wants their covers to exude sophistication.

But what sets our suede apart is its enhanced durability.

Thanks to a special protective finish, this fabric is not only beautiful but also resilient enough to withstand the rigors of daily use. Whether you’re creating photo albums, print boxes, or other bespoke items, suede is designed to maintain its beauty over time.

A Palette of Rich, Earthy Tones

We’ve curated a selection of rich, earthy tones that are perfect for any project. Here’s a sneak peek at the colors available in our suede collection:

  • Almond: A warm, neutral shade that’s versatile and timeless.

  • Chocolate: Deep, rich brown that adds a touch of classic elegance.

  • Cinnamon: A warm, spicy hue that’s perfect for adding a cozy, inviting feel.

  • Honey: Golden and sweet, this shade brings a touch of warmth and brightness.

  • Pine: A deep, forest green that evokes a sense of calm and nature.

  • Praline: A soft, creamy tone that’s both subtle and sophisticated.

  • Seagrass: A fresh, muted green that’s perfect for natural, serene designs.

  • Walnut: A rich, dark brown that’s bold and full of character.

These colors are not only stunning on their own but also incredibly versatile, allowing you to mix and match them with other materials to create truly unique designs.

Customization at Its Finest: Try Laser Etching on eco Suede

For those looking to add a personalized touch, our suede fabric is perfect for laser etching. This process allows you to create intricate designs, logos, or text directly on the suede, giving your covers a unique, professional finish.

The precision of laser etching ensures that every detail is captured, making your designs stand out in the best possible way.

Visualize Your Designs with Our Cover Designer Tool

We know how important it is to see your ideas come to life before making a decision. That’s why we’ve introduced our new Cover Designer tool.

This user-friendly tool lets you preview your custom cover designs with ease, allowing you to experiment with different colors and etching options until you find the perfect combination.

Available Across a Range of Products

Our new eco suede fabric collection is available on a variety of products, including AriaBooks, ArtBook, Clamshell Boxes, and Print Case.

Plus, you can now try it out on our new Slip-in Albums and Slip-in Folios, offering even more ways to incorporate this luxurious material into your work.

Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just starting out, our eco suede fabric collection is here to help you create covers that are as durable as they are beautiful.

Explore the rich colors, feel the luxurious texture, and elevate your designs with suede today!

Holiday Wrapping Service

Add a Special Touch to Your deliveries This Holiday Season

 

The holiday season is a time for creating cherished memories with loved ones. It's also a season for giving, and what better gift than a beautifully customized photo product filled with the memories you have artfully captured.

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At QTAlbums, we're excited to make your holiday season extra special with our Holiday Wrapping Service featuring festive Christmas-themed wrapping paper.

The Joy of Personalized Gifts

Photo albums & print boxes are more than just collections of pictures; they're time capsules that capture the essence of moments, emotions, and experiences. Whether telling the story of a wedding, a new addition to the family, or a year filled with adventures, a personalized album is a thoughtful and sentimental gift that can be cherished for generations.

Our Products

At QTAlbums, we take pride in creating high-quality, beautifully crafted albums and print boxes. From the cover materials to the printing and binding, each product is designed to showcase your photos in the best possible way. Choose from various sizes, fabrics, and finishes to create a print presentation that reflects your unique style and the essence of the images you’ve captured.

 

Christmas Premium Packaging

Now, let's add a festive touch to your photo albums, prints & boxes! Our Holiday Wrapping Service is designed to make your Christmas gift-giving and delivery experience effortless and joyful. Here's what it includes:

  1. Christmas Wrapping: We'll wrap your order items in festive and elegant holiday-themed wrapping paper (color/pattern subject to change.)

  2. Cute Ribbon: We'll tie a beautiful linen ribbon around the wrapped product, adding an extra layer of elegance to your gift.

  3. Delivery Options: Whether you'd like the order delivered directly to your client or sent to your doorstep, we offer flexible shipping options to suit your preferences.

How to Order

Ordering our Christmas wrapping is simple. After you select your products for purchase in our store, you'll have the option to add the Christmas Premium Packaging in the shopping cart during the checkout process.


This holiday season, let us transform your photos into exquisite and meaningful gifts. Our Holiday Wrapping Service with Christmas paper adds a touch of magic to the memories you’ve captured and gives you the gift of extra time to make new ones.

E P H E M E R A L

EPHEMERAL - a Wedding Photography Content Retreat by Anna from @ohh.ginger is a space where all your creative dreams come to life. We’re proud to be one of the sponsors!

NOVEMBER 10-14, 2021, Tenerife

The talented and self-driven team of wedding industry professionals behind this project are coming together to tailor unique wedding, elopement and editorial concepts and ideas to provide you as a photographer with the opportunity to achieve your vision.

The location is Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Just imagine boundless boiling ocean meeting spiky mountains, black and gold-sand beaches, vast yellow deserts, luscious forests, jungles and waterfalls. This is where you will be creating your Brand New Complete portfolio.

This will be epic and we LOVE to be a part of this!

Introducing AlbumWorks - by Maciej "Magic" Suwalowski

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FOR WALKTHROUGH

Fundy Software, the industry leader in design and IPS software built for professional photographers, just announced a new platform offering a low-cost online album design and design sharing service. Based on their ground-breaking Auto Design and Drop Zone technologies, AlbumWorks is a powerful web-based album design software compatible with over 150 album companies and labs worldwide. Priced at just $100/year with free flip-book sharing included, it's one of the cheapest options out there but with the control and ease we would expect from Fundy Software.

AlbumWorks is the perfect solution to create stunning looking albums in literally seconds. And with beautiful presentation link that you can easily share with your couples, it makes it a perfect solution to sell more albums.
— Maciej Suwalowski "Magic"
In these tough times, we wanted to share our patented technologies with more photographers, making it easier for them to generate revenue without a major investment or learning curve.
— Jonathan Main, CEO Fundy Software
 

AlbumWorks was launched July 1st, just in time for the wedding season, but you can sign up here to get early access and be one of the first to try it out.

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You can easily design

your vacation book, beautiful engagement shoot

For less than $10 a month, AlbumWorks allows photographers to literally take their images and create stunning, unique albums in seconds with its Auto Design feature. Then, using the Drop Zone technology built-in, photographers can easily adjust to fit their style; dropping in different photos with one click, swapping spread layouts automatically, scaling single images or groups by grabbing the edge and dragging while the balance of the images auto-adjust to fit the layout and page. One-click flipbook sharing with clients for approval couldn’t be easier.

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Anniversary Albums - print these great memories!

Great ideas come from great people!

You know what they say about friends: “In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.” We are very lucky at QtAlbums - we have many, many chocolate chips. And one of the sweetest is Eirik Halvorsen, with whom I had the pleasure to discuss how we can promote our albums in 2020 when it’s hard to predict the coming months. It’s great to know we can all support each other in these new, challenging times.

Eirik posted this super cute story about his couple getting an anniversary album. You can read it below

This is possibly the best prank I’ve ever pulled off (yes, I pranked my client) 😂

Heidi got in touch with me a few months before their one year wedding anniversary. She wanted to surprise Sturle with a wedding album. We secretly corresponded via her work email so that he wouldn’t find out.

What an awesome idea! The one year anniversary is after all the paper anniversary (hint, hint to you album- and printless couples out there) 😉

But after a few weeks something even more awesome happened. Sturle secretly got in touch with me to surprise Heidi with a wedding album on their one year anniversary!

Read Full Story

I really love what Eirik wrote at the end of his post

The lesson in this story is, don’t be late! I’m here to help you design and make your dream album. I don’t want your wedding photos to be trapped on a hard drive on a computer somewhere. Let them breathe. Let them be seen and cherished ❤️

If you’re wondering how you can fill the gap this summer while waiting for restrictions to lift, maybe you can use THE ANNIVERSARIES ALBUMS IDEA?

  • Talk to your couples from last year or many years past. Think of all the couples who didn’t invest into wedding album. Maybe now they feel the time is right. Maybe they have more time to go through the details with you. Or maybe they feel like something is missing now that nostalgia for the past has set in.

  • Their wedding anniversary is approaching - May, June, July, August 2019 - a wedding album could be a great gift idea!

  • Don’t forget about your ideal clients who DID purchase a wedding album from you - you can collect their personal photos taken since then and create an album featuring their first (2nd, 3rd, 50th) year together. Hopefully this will start a yearly tradition!

All images by Eirik Halvorsen

We don’t know what the summer season will look like, but we can probably agree it won’t be the same this year, as a majority of weddings have been postponed into autumn and winter or even next year.

But people will still get married and they will still need photographers. We can still make the most out of 2020 - it’s only May!



Be My Valentine

This Valentine’s Day, we are sending you hugs & kisses and a little discount on the side .

It may be stormy outside, with the wind howling and rain pouring, but Valentine’s Day is here to warm us up. No matter your location, sunny or gloomy, we’ve got a nice little discount for all of you. This year we have decided to discount all our amazing Artbooks by 15% for an entire week. You can buy them in either USA (Global) store or our NEW EU store. Simply use a coupon code, which you will find here.

product photos by Ula Koska, portraits by Rafal Bojar couple: Twyla Jones and Garry Wiggam


The ArtBook is our flagship album and the most popular choice amongst discerning photographers. It’s known worldwide for its enduring beauty, classic simplicity and luxury materials. Our ArtBooks are hand-made by some of the finest album artisans in the world.

You can now avail of the 15% discount and buy the ArtBook. You will ♥️LOVE♥️ the quality, the touch of the fineart paper and the details that this type of paper brings out. Our one week promotion includes albums printed on Matte Paper, Cotton Rag Paper or the stunning Deckled Cotton Rag Paper.

Get Inspired with a gallery of ArtBook pictures - just click here.

The Journal Artbook

The Journal Artbook

We unveiled this new album earlier this week at Imaging USA and the reaction from photographers was overwhelming, to say the least. People spotted it from far away and came dashing towards it to scoop it up in their arms. When people caught sight of this album out of the corner of their eye, their heads snapped toward it and we heard every sort of "Oh my!" and "Where have you been all my life?!" We knew it was something special, but it's the greatest feeling in the world to see how many others agree.

The Journal ArtBook is defined by its soft, leather-wrap cover that envelops a book of hand-torn cotton rag pages. A rustic, leather strap closure winds around to finish the look. It’s a classic, antique-looking album reminiscent of yesteryear that, as you run your hands over the subtle texture of the fine art prints, invokes a wonderful sense of nostalgia.

The distinguished cover doesn’t stand alone from what’s inside: beautifully hand-torn pages made from museum quality cotton rag paper and printed with pigment-based inks. The fine, slightly textured surface of this archival fine art paper is ideal for printing both black & white and colour photographs, as well as art reproductions, with impressive pictoral depth. To make it even more luxurious, the front page is embossed in gold, illuminating your clients' names or your logo - a custom stamp allows you to create something truly personal.

The Journal's cover is not attached to the block of pages, and doesn't feature a hard spine, so we have also added the extra touch of a silk binding on the pages to add support and stability for longevity.

We invite you to create a studio sample of your own to share with clients and hopefully experience some of the same jaw-dropping reactions from them that we saw from photographers this week. Take 50% off the regular price by using the code below:

Inside images by Sam Hurd https://www.samhurdphotography.com

Product photos by Ula Kóska http://ulakoska.com

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Use code INEEDTHATJOURNAL to get 50% discount on your Journal studio sample. We will mark the back of the book as "Studio Sample"

Want the Journal Artbook? Order now to get 50% off!