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Enhance Your Print Presentation with QT Print Case, Leather Print Envelope, and Clamshell Window Print Boxes

As photographers, delivering beautifully captured memories to your clients, is one of the most rewarding aspects of your work. The presentation of your prints can significantly enhance the client’s experience and leave a lasting impression.

Today, we explore three exceptional products designed to achieve just that:

  • QT Print Case

  • Leather Print Envelope

  • Clamshell Window Print Box

QT Print Case: Sleek and Compact Elegance

The QT Print Case offers a modern alternative to traditional print boxes, boasting a sleek and compact design that exudes elegance. Available in sizes tailored to different print dimensions—4x6", 5x7", and 6x9"—this case accommodates various types of prints including Deckled Edge Cotton, Cotton Paper, Matte Paper, and Photographic prints.

Key Features:

  • Sizes: 4x6", 5x7", 6x9"

  • Capacity: Holds up to 20 prints (13.5mm depth)

  • Cover Options: Natural Linen, Premium Pastel Linen, Eco Velvet

  • Personalizations: Standard, Custom, and Premium Embossing options available for a personalized touch

The QT Print Case is available for individual purchase or in discounted sets of 5, making it a versatile choice for presenting a small set of prints effectively.


LEATHER PRINT ENVELOPE: Luxury and Protection Combined

Crafted from luxurious Hazelnut Genuine Leather, the Exquisite Pouch combines sophistication with practicality. It is designed to hold up to 20 prints and includes a protective vellum insert to ensure prints remain in pristine condition during delivery.

Key Features:

  • Sizes: 5x7", 6x9"

  • Compatible Print Sizes: 4x6", 4.5x6", 5x7", 6x8", 6x9"

  • Cover: Hazelnut Genuine Leather

  • Insert: Protective vellum insert for print protection

Ideal for photographers aiming to deliver prints with a touch of luxury and ensure they arrive safely and beautifully.


Clamshell WINDOW Print Boxes: Timeless Elegance

For those who prefer a more traditional presentation, the Clamshell Window Print Boxes offer timeless elegance. Handmade from solid wooden board and covered in a range of exquisite linen options, these boxes are available in various sizes and depths to accommodate different print quantities and sizes.

Key Features:

  • Sizes: Ranging from 4.5x6" to 11x14" (standard sizes) and customizable depths

  • Cover Options: Natural Linen, Lux Linen, Premium Pastel Linen, Eco Velvet, and more

  • Personalization: Overprint, Standard and Custom Embossing, Pre-designed Stamp options

The Clamshell Window Print Boxes are designed with discreet magnets to securely close them, ensuring your prints are both beautifully presented and well-protected.


what to choose?

Choosing the right print presentation solution can enhance the client experience and elevate the perceived value of your work. Whether you opt for the modern minimalism of the QT Print Case, the luxurious protection of the Leather Print Envelope, or the timeless elegance of the Clamshell Print Boxes, each product offers unique features designed to cater to different preferences and needs. Choose the type of print box that will work well with the rest of your offer and the overall style of your brand. Choose what you like and sell with ease!

Investing in quality print presentation not only showcases your photography in the best possible light but also ensures that your clients receive their memories in a package that reflects the care and attention you put into your craft. Explore these options and discover how they can add significant impact to your print deliveries.





Holiday Campaigns with Pic-Time

The Holidays are close and with your clients eager to shop their gift list, now is a great time to launch engaging campaigns and up your revenue.  

With our products being readily available through the innovative gallery platform service, Pic-Time, your clients can shop straight from their galleries for meaningful Holiday gifts. We know that those who host sales are selling more, so why not join the party? Pic-Time offers ready-to-use Holiday Campaigns so you can implement an offer with just a click.

Holiday Albums Sale: We recommend you start and end this campaign between November 10 - November 22. 

Get our albums under your client’s trees in time for the Holidays. Our album deadline is November 22nd (November 29th with EU rush shipping) so starting an early album sale is key. Pic-Time got you covered with their Holiday Albums Sale campaign app. It’s all there - the emails and banners just set your dates and discount! 

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Be sure to start your Album sale soon and end it before November 22nd in order to meet our shipping deadline! 


Classic Holiday Sale 

Phase 1: Black Friday, November 26 - Cyber Monday, November 30 

Phase 2: Holiday Sale, starts on December 2nd and lasts for a week

 

The Classic Holiday Sale campaign app includes a teaser email and two phases: Black Friday and Holiday campaign. This app starts with a large Black Friday/Cyber Monday storewide discount followed by a smaller Holiday storewide campaign.

You can skip the teaser to avoid too many emails (if you made an album sale first).

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The app features a festive gallery and email banners, so your clients can get into the Holiday spirit and get excited!

Based on last year’s data, each phase includes a set of optimised email send dates & times in order to boost your sales.

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Our friends at Pic-Time have really thought of everything in regards to Holiday campaigns, so you can have an automated, hands-off marketing approach this season and spend time where it matters the most- with your loved ones!

Shop for Prints - we have refreshed the stores!

Ordering prints from QTAlbums has never been easier!

Good news! We have made some changes in our onlines stores (USA & EUR) to make the prints ordering process as smooth as possible. We have added some new photos too, that will let you see the different prints we offer.

The prints listed below are available with white frame or in a full bleed version. You can set the digital frame yourself, or you can pick an option, where we will add the frame for you. Simple!

Prints Sizes

  • Photographic Prints (Fuji Lustre & Fuji Silk) (4x6”, 5x5", 5x7”,6x8", 6x9”, 7x10”, 8x8”,8x10”,8x12”,10x10”,11x14”,12x12”,12x18”,12x24”)

  • Matte Paper Prints (4x6”,5x5",5x7”,6x8",6x9”,7x10”, 8x8”,8x10”,8x12”)

  • Cotton Rag Paper Prints (4x6”,5x5",5x7”,6x8",6x9”,7x10”, 8x8”,8x10”,8x12”)

  • Deckled Edge Cotton Paper Prints(4x6”,5x5",5x7”,6x8",6x9”,7x10”,8x8”,8x10”,8x12”

 

Apart from the prints listed above, we have some beautiful Matted Cotton Prints, which can come in a deckled edge version, and we also offer Wide Format Prints (in matte paper, cotton paper and deckled edge cotton paper).

  • Matted Cotton Prints (4x6”,5x5",5x7”,6x8",6x9”,7x10”, 8x8”,8x10”,8x12”)

  • Matted Deckled Cotton Prints (4x6”,5x5",5x7”,6x8",6x9”,7x10”, 8x8”,8x10”,8x12”)

  • Wide Format Prints (4x6”,5x5",5x7”,6x8",6x9”,7x10”, 8x8”,8x10”,8x12”)

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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What a year it's been!!!

I wanted to write a short blog post to summarize what we have done this past year. I wanted this blog to be short and sweet, but it won’t be. I started writing down places we have been, people and projects we have collaborated with, new products we have introduced. My notebook page started to fill up quickly and soon I realized this:

Team QT!!! You’re freakin’ awesome!

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places

Now I’d better get to the point! So let’s start with where we have been. We started with a visit to USA - Marfa, Texas precisely - The Field Trip (what an experience!). Soon after that we went to Birmingham for the Photography Show (which btw we will be attending upcoming year too!). Then a short break and next event was already lined up - Snap UK. Sadly - this was the last time we gathered with Laura Babb and her folks in Snap formula, but we’re sure will meet up again. Oh wait! Missed one event… Way up North Cannes ;-) This location was amazing and Team QT has once again done a great job! So it turned out that we went to Stockholm for another WUN! Jamie, our USA colleague was the most lucky - she got to sail on a cruise ship! Sipping cocktails and getting a tan - good for you Jamie. We hope you enjoyed Cuba while we were in the offices!


people

While travelling and attending different workshops, we met some amazing people. It was great to sit in a cafe in Cannes with Sam Hurd, enjoy the cruise ship with a company of Eirik Halvorsen, and let’s not forget the one and only Wyn Wiley. We got in touch with Chris Garbacz from Studio Ninja and started our collaboration, we continued to work with the amazing Twyla Jones - bunch of free prints samples and clamshell boxes went to photographers from Emotional Storytellin FB Group that Twyla is running. Our cream fudges were sent to ARC Canada, our Polish Vodka was the main attraction at the last SNAP. Let’s Go Workshop in Oregon, Atelier Preface Portfolio Workshop in Marocco, I Do Community, Speak Now’19, any many, many more.


how we have grown

Did you know that all these products listed below have just been introduced in the past year? We love them so much and it feels like they have been part of our range for much longer, but no! They are all new:

The Journal Artbook - born somewhere between December 2019/ January 2019 - our top luxury album that makes people go WOW!

Folio & Matted Deckled Prints - born around springtime 2019 - a great addition to our range of products as it’s perfect for family & newborn photography.

The BloomBook - May 2019 - so young and so popular, mainly because it’s environtmentally friendly and very affordable, while still keeping the QT quality standards

New EUR Shop opened in November 2019 - based on Shopify platform, new shop is user friendly and has all of our products available in EUR currency.

Number of orders - every month, compared to previous year has brought us a significant increase in number of orders and November 2019 was the busiest month in QT history when it comes to new orders. We are present at the Pic-Time platform and we are happy to see that we’re so oftenly chosen as a supplier.

It’s thanks to you - our clients - that we have now reduced plastic in packaging to bare minimum. We started using biodegradable eco bubbles just this year - and with the amount of parcels that were sent out this year…wow…you would fill a house with it! So it’s good it’s not plastic anymore.

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We could not do this all without a support and encouragement from you guys. We love to see you posting photos and stories with QtAlbums products and hearing how happy you are with our work. Even if we make mistakes, we are there to correct them, to learn from them and move on.


Wishing you all happy Christmas, happy Holidays, happy “I’m not doing a thing” days - whatever you are celebrating. Let this New Year be as good as the last one or maybe even better!

NEW PRODUCTS & COVERS!

Qtalbums is bringing you more quality products! FOLIO & VELVET COVERS


This year has been very productive so far. We have travelled the world to meet you in Atlanta, Texas, Las Vegas, Birmingham and Cannes. Everywhere we went people LOVED our products. In Atlanta, we have shown FOLIO for the very first time. It made a huge impression on the audience so we had no choice but to start making it! It’s an excellent way to present pictures.

Folio comes in two sizes: 4x6”and 6x6”. You can pick a duo or a trio version and choose one of our beautiful linens or silks as a cover. Printed on Fuji Lustre or Matte Cotton Rag paper. The prints are permanently mounted to a beautifully textured mat board. There is a discrete magnet which helps with keeping the folio closed.

Cover personalizations are also possible - so say no more - they are perfect. Besides that, they can be stood on end for presentation, so it’s an ideal gift! Folio is available to purchase in the new storefront. Take a look at the stunning pictures of the Folio in the gallery above.

As our travels continued, we wanted to show you more options for albums covers (like if there weren’t enough) so we’ve picked VELVET. And again - it has proved to be a big hit at The Photography Show in Birmingham last March. Velvet is a distinctive soft feel fabric with a short dense piled surface.

We offer it in ten noble colours to emphasize the luxury of this material. Fantastic textile for album covers as well as clamshell or lid boxes. Due to the type of fabric, personalisations are limited at present. But wait till our new UV machine arrives and you won’t have to worry about limitations anymore.

We have recently added this fabric to our shop, so now you can immerse yourself in endless options!

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!

New York, New York !

New York City was always a dream for a lot of people, city that inspires millions, city where the dreams are made of, city that never sleeps, city of great art, great photography, New York City.

It always reminds me of one song - I think the only one song that I would listen and listen over and over again.

On that occasion we will be also hosting a small workshop / meeting with Twyla Jones, come and see us and meet with us. You can sign up here.

During our trip to USA we will be sponsor guests on Midwest Gathering in Detroit, which is the first this type of conference in this area. There are still available tickets!!!

Detroit is a place where things are made, a place where people have always come together to make something greater than themselves, piece by piece. The Midwest Gathering is carrying on that tradition.
— https://midwestgathering.com/