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Discover Our New and Improved Matted Folios!

We are beyond thrilled to announce a major upgrade to our Matted Folios at QT Albums! We have worked hard to make our Folios stand out and we can’t wait to hear your feedback!

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What’s New and Improved in Our Matted Folios?

We’ve listened to your feedback and introduced several exciting features and enhancements to our folio collection. We added more sizes and created a whole new DIY collection of Slip-in Matted Folios. We also improved the ordering process - easy photo upload and new cover designer!


More Sizes for Every Need:

No two projects are the same, which is why we’re expanding our folio size options to give you more flexibility and choice. Our newly added sizes include:

  • 4x6" (Vertical/Horizontal)

  • 5x7" (Vertical/Horizontal) NEW!

  • 6x9" (Vertical/Horizontal) NEW!

  • 6x6" (Square)

These sizes are perfect for a variety of uses, from compact and personal mementos to professional and artistic displays. Whatever your need, we have a size that fits.

This feature saves you time and simplifies the process, making it easier than ever to prepare your photos for printing.

Explore Our Folio Options:

Our revamped folios are available in two main variants to suit your project needs:

  • Duo: Featuring 2 mats, perfect for showcasing a couple of standout images.

  • Trio: Featuring 3 mats, ideal for telling a more detailed visual story.

We offer a range of luxurious cover fabrics including:Natural Linens, Lux Linens, Premium Pastel Linens, Flores, Eco Velvet, Premium Velvet, Premium Silk (leather/leatherlike unavailable).


Introducing NEW Slip-in Folios:

Our New Slip-in Folios are designed to be as practical as they are stylish. These self-mount folios allow you to easily add and switch out your photo prints whenever you like.

Why You’ll Love Them:

Sold Individually or in Sets: Choose to buy a single folio or save more with our discounted Sets of 5 or 10.

Tip for Extra Savings: When you buy in sets, cover upgrade charges are applied only once, giving you more value for your money!

Simple Assembly: Each page has a slot at the top where you can effortlessly slide in your photo prints.

Slip-in Folio

Self-mount folios are perfect for those who prefer to insert and change their prints over time. Keep them stocked in your studio for quick and convenient delivery to clients.

Available in 4 versatile sizes (both vertical and horizontal):

  • 4x6" (Vertical/Horizontal)

  • 5x7" (Vertical/Horizontal)

  • 6x9" (Vertical/Horizontal)

  • 6x6" (Sqaure)

Unleash Your Creativity with Our Cover Designer Tool:

Our all-new Cover Designer Tool empowers you to bring your creative visions to life. Customize your folio covers with precision and ease, making each folio a true reflection of your style or brand.

Real-time previews so you can see exactly how your cover will look before you finalize it.

Whether it’s embossing, custom stamping, overprinting, or any other design element, our tool makes it simple to create stunning, personalized covers.

Seamless Image Uploader:

  • We’ve streamlined the process of getting your images ready for your folios. Our new Seamless Image Uploader lets you:

  • Upload your photos directly to our platform without needing third-party services like WeTransfer.

  • Crop and adjust your images to fit perfectly within your folio.

  • Visualize the final layout with real-time previews, ensuring your photos look their best.

Photos by Dayana Krings


Enjoy Great Pricing:

We believe that high quality should be accessible to everyone. That’s why we’ve introduced a new, more attractive price list for our folios, offering you great value without compromising on the excellence you expect from us.

Ready to try them?

Discover how our newly revamped folios can transform your photos and presentations into stunning, professional displays.

Visit our stores today to browse our new folio sizes, customize your covers, and take advantage of our competitive pricing. We can’t wait to see the beautiful creations you’ll bring to life with our folios!


For more updates and inspiration, follow us on @qtalbums.

Let’s create something extraordinary together!



Best Print Products for Newborn & Family Photography

What do a few months of isolation do to people? A lot more family time for sure. If we’re lucky, one good thing that might come out of the coronavirus lockdown is a Baby Boom.

Are you ready for more family and newborn sessions?


PRIMABOOK

The PrimaBook is a book that can be a perfect solution for a family or newborn photography. Our Magnolia & Bluebell colours would be great for newborn albums, and of course, you can stamp it with a cute little golden heart.

If you are a family photographer, then adding an album to a photo session is a must! What good are family pictures if they are left sitting on a computer or thumb drive? The super affordable PrimaBook is what you need to have a happy client. And we have a stamp just for the occasion - Family!


THE LITTLE QT JOURNAL ARTBOOK

Little babies are cute, and we refer to our 4x4 albums as LittleQTs, so we think this pairing of newborn photos and our 4x4” Journal ArtBook is a match made in heaven. The hand-torn deckled edges and soft texture of cotton rag paper are just beyond gorgeous. It’s small size also makes it extra portable - more chances for referrals! “Just imagine Grandma getting an album like that” - this phrase could be a good selling point for your clients. Take a look at the photos provided by Brianna Payne who is not only a talented photographer, but a lovely woman to work with!


MATTED FOLIOS

Our hand-made Matted Folios hold two or three images printed on Fuji Lustre photo paper or fine art Cotton Rag paper. Your prints are permanently mounted to a beautifully textured mat board and ready for display on any desk or mantle. They are a wonderful little gift that you can offer your clients with your family sessions.


MATTED COTTON PRINTS & CLAMSHELL BOX

A perfect combination: choose your matted cotton prints in the traditional style or with deckled edges and pair them with a beautiful clamshell presentation box. Newborn photographers love prints, and 100% Cotton Rag paper is ideal for portrait photography. Free of optical brighteners and printed with archival pigment inks, the details, colours and skin tones are superb. Clamshell boxes come in a wide range of colors in linen, velvet or silk and can be personalised to any taste. Thank you Veneta Hitrova for sharing your pictures!


Boost Your Portrait Photography Sales with PrimaBook

Just a little over a month ago we introduced a new photo album called PrimaBook. The 3 sizes (8x8”, 10x10”, 12x12”) plus 10 velvety Flores Fabrics along with nearly 20 pre-designed, golden embossing stamps make this book suited to a huge number of occasions. In these few short weeks we have seen it being used as a portrait album for glamour and newborn photography, for family and lifestyle photography sessions, and even virtual boudoir sessions via video chat!

Just one month in and already PrimaBook is our best selling photo book for portrait photographers.

Photographers worldwide are raving about their new PrimaBooks - we hope you’ll join them! Riina Vaikmaa, who is a portrait photographer from Estonia wrote:

I LOVE MY PRIMA BOOK!
Mine just arrived and I love it! The quality is fantastic and it does look and feel expensive.

I absolutely love black and white photos that’s why I ordered my PrimaBook in BW, but I also had one spread in colour, so if my clients want their albums in colour, I would know how it prints. PrimaBook prints BW and colour equally great. Last year I ordered my first sample from QT- and after that, I will never order from anywhere else. I have never seen albums with such high-end quality. I will never ever order from anywhere else.

So, what I am planning to do, now that I have seen the product: I will contact all my clients from the year 2019-2020 and will offer them a high-quality album with a great price, and as a second option: a print package for 10x15cm prints. I know that most of my boudoir clients would love to see their beautiful photos inside a beautiful end product- inside a beautiful album. If they could not afford it before, then now it’s the time.

I can only sell what I love, I do love PrimaBook so I’m sure selling this product would not be hard. / Riina Vaikmaa


Sara Rodenberg Carpenter who is a photographer in Wildwood, Missouri was so kind to share two videos of her PrimaBooks. Sara, who recently celebrated her birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOTS OF LOVE ♥️♥️♥️ ) told us:

I have had 4 albums delivered this week and I’m in LOVE with all of them. I have sold 4 more between yesterday and today. Thank you for this option QT!

Click on the picture to watch the full video

I would like to take this opportunity and thank Riina and Sara for their help with creating this Blog. The constant support from our photographers is so important to us, especially now. If you want to read more about the new PrimaBook or get tips on albums sales, check out our recent Blog posts!