New Pic-Time Automation to make your store even better!

Client Photos in Custom Product Tiles

Great news from Pic-Time! New automation for populating gallery images in your custom products! A new presentation tool that will let you define an area on your product store tile where your client’s most loved photos will appear.

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Pic-Time’s smart algorithm will track the way they view the gallery and automatically display their favorite images in your custom products, just like the rest of the store products. Your store will look better, work smarter and you don’t even have to lift a finger.

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!

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Yeah Field Trip Marfa TX

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Way Up North Stockholm

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Havana- Mystic Seminars

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Snap Photography Festival

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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.

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WYN WILEY

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TWYLA JONES

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CHRIS GARBACZ

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SAM HURD

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EIRIK HALVORSEN

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LAURA BABB

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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

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THE JOURNAL

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FOLIO

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MATTED DECKLED PRINTS

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THE BLOOMBOOK

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.

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.

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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!

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Emma & James love their QT Album

This week we would love to share a blog post by Hannah Hall, one of the photographers who attended Snap Festival. She loved our albums so much that she decided to switch her old supplier to QtAlbums. We couldn’t be more happy and grateful for choosing us! We are even more delighted to hear that Emma & James, who were Hannah’s clients, loved their album too!

“I loved their finish, the attention to detail and access to round the clock support and advice which I hadn’t had with my previous company. Also, being half Polish, I absolutely loved supporting a business based in Poland”

— Hannah Hall

Hannah also shared what Emma & James, her wedding couple, thought about their album. This lovely comment puts a smile on our faces, but the final product is a combination of great photos, the right design, and a quality lab. That’s why we love to work with professionals like Hannah. This is what Emma and James said about their album.

“The album has been beautifully designed and shows the timeline of our day, all the happy, funny, exciting, beautiful moments we had with friends and family! The detail you can see in the photos is superb and we keep on spotting new little bits in each picture that really brings back the memories of the day!”

— Emma & James

Thank you so much Hannah, Emma and James!

Check out Hannah’s Instagram!

The Photography Show 2019

The Photography Show, Birmingham 16th – 19th of March, 2019

 The Photography Show is back again for its sixth year in a row, all events will take place in the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham from 16th – 19th of March, 2019. QtAlbums never misses a chance to present our premium quality albums and we will be there to meet you at our stand J51. Join us and see our new products like the velvet cover albums or folio!  (coming soon)

You can come and visit the Photography Show and claim a 25% discount on your ticket using this coupon code QTATPS19 (T&Cs apply).

This huge event offers everything that you can possibly want – from super brands like QtAlbums to the best names in the industry. Our friend from SNAP Photo Festival, Laura Babb will be one of the speakers (click here to see details ). Laura is also one of the Ambassadors of Women Who Photo which is a campaign launched by The Photography Show and The Video Show 2019. We strongly support all the ladies in the photo industry and this fantastic initiative.

Woman Who Photo - find out more!

There is so much that you can see at the show that you won’t be disappointed. Stages and Theatres include Wedding & Portrait, Great Outdoors and a Super Stage (including lives and careers of photography best people). Also, masterclasses dedicated to both beginners and professionals. And let’s don’t forget - Exhibitor drinks! a beach party no less! - at The Great Outdoors Stage. Another fantastic event ahead of QtAlbums!

Photo by https://www.instagram.com/thephotographyshow/

Let's go Workshop

Let’s Go Workshop

Let’s Go Workshop - named one of the best Wedding Photography Workshops to attend by Junebug Weddings – is taking place on 16th – 19th of April 2019. Location is stunning – Cannon Beach, Manzanita in Oregon. 

The speakers include: Grace Burt, Jacob Loafman, Junebug Weddings, Maciej Suwalowski, Jennifer Moher, Hannah Millard, Kait Vanhoff,

Photos by Naba Zabih, Jess Rankin, Kishelle Linenko, Helena and Laurent, Jacob Loafman and Grace Burt

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“Let’s Go workshop is more than a community, it’s a family. It’s not your average workshop. Its equal parts learning, and partying. There are live shoots, creative challenges, breakout sessions, scavenger hunts, and a huge costume karaoke party.  In an industry that can often feel lonely and isolating, Let’s Go is a home for everyone, and will welcome you with open arms”

— Grace Burt

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There will be many more fantastic speakers including Maciej Suwalowski, Jenniffer Moher, Jacob Loafman, Hanna Millard, Kait Vanhoff. Two editors from Junebug Weddings, Carrie & Nicole, will join as well. You will also be able to see QtAlbums products, including the one and only Journal ArtBook. 

Apart from meeting all these wonderful people, viewing our albums live, there will be some real teaching. This will include Marketing, Social Media, Branding, Editing and Workflow, Client Interaction, Videography for Photographers, Personal Projects and Creative Challenges, Posing, Live shoots.

Watch the Video from last year workshop:

Let’s go workshop 2018

SPEAK NOW!

Girls Who Run the QtAlbums

Firstly, I will give you some numbers and facts: QtAlbums team consists of 16 ladies and 6 gentlemen. That is an astonishing number of 72% girls. That percentage corresponds to our age & gender Instagram statistics. Almost 70% of our Instagram followers are women! 80% of them are aged between 25-44 years. Beware! – this is written by a lady 😊

Anything you want done, baby, we’ll do it naturally!

Now that you have all the maths, it’s time to tell you what we do. Apart from producing beautifully handcrafted products, we donate a percentage of profits from every album to Books for Africa Foundation. Over the past 12 months, Books for Africa have shipped 3 million books, 93 computers & e-readers containing 223,000 digital books. We are thrilled to hear that all of the proceeds from Speak Now ’19 will be donated to The Helen Bamber Foundation that supports refugees and asylum seekers.

We strongly promote Speak Now '19, which is a unique event providing female photographers with the support, skills, and encouragement to take on visible roles in the photography industry. BTW – did I mention the new eco-friendly, biodegradable packaging? We do that too.

Born This Way

We believe that women and men should be treated equally & given the same opportunities. It makes no difference what race you are, what your religion or sexuality is. We are all people who deserve one thing in our life – happiness.

“Girls just wanna have fun!” – so please do, we hope that you all have a great time at the Speak Now ’19. Our ambassadors - Laura Babb and Marianne Chua will be there too. Register on our website and put Speak Now’19 as your referral to receive 15% off from your first order. We will e-mail you the details once you register. T&C Apply.