Showing posts with label album. Show all posts
Showing posts with label album. Show all posts

Friday, July 20, 2012

Wedding Album Design/Artwork

A wedding album is the final product of pre-wedding photography. In previous post, we discussed about "Wedding Album Sizes". Here in this post, lets see how we present the album's design/artwork.

Color Adjustment & Special Effects


In this artwork, both contrast were arrange together. For underwater images, rays, flares and vignette were added to demonstrate mystery as enriching underwater atmosphere.


In this artwork, blue rays were to added to create a calm & cool indoor atmosphere.


In this artwork, images were converted black & white and smoke effect was implemented to demonstrates emotions.


In this artwork, high pass are implemented to strengthen the contrast of shadow, increasing solidity of objects, presenting sharper and stronger dimensional imaging. 


In this artwork, flares and color filter were added to strengthen sun flare and sunset atmosphere.

Artwork Composition


In this artwork, demonstrates a sample of picture combination. This requires carefully planning during photography. 


In this artwork, to present sceneries, a simple layout is always implemented. 



Similar to previous artwork, with a busy background, it is best presented using clean layout to demonstrate details of the image. 

Considerations of Designers
1. Designs should fit well, avoiding the middle/folding line and cropping line.
2. Using correct composition to draw focus on the subject.
3. Choosing the correct effect/adjustments to enrich/enhance photo.
4. Carefully plan layout to hide weaknesses of the photo and strengthen its presentation.
5. Avoid repetition of subject (same view, sceneries, object) in the same artwork. 
6. Must preserve originality of the photo. 

Why simple layout were always implemented?
We think that proper presentation of the picture is important. A simple layout is always good for large printing, like a photo album, viewers easily finds the focus. A good layout encourage people to view picture in a planned sequence.
When do we need special effects?
Depends on photos taken. Also depends on designers creativity but mostly needed to strengthen the photo's yet preserves it's originality.
Do you have other creatives/artwork?
Yes, sometimes we do use floral, textures, patterns or other sceneries images to decorate the artwork if it happens to be empty. It is a trend years ago and somehow everyone is still using it now. However, we are working more on lively effects. 
Can I ask you to design what I like?
Yes! We understand that most customer has different preference and we like to fulfill those desires. Show us some samples or reference you find and we will work around it to deliver new things. Overall it helps to invent new designs right?
What other things that we need to know about designs?
Selection of photo is important. Select photos that are similar color/same scene/a story line in a page. It looks neat together in a page and somehow, it is easier for the designer to plan their designs. 
Photo may be cropped in the design to avoid repetition of other object/sceneries/repeated elements. 
Cannot avoid photo presentation in square/box (thumbnails). Photos will be merge if they are suitable.

We hope that information we provide above are useful. If you have any enquiries, you may always consult us or simply drop us an email via admin@eminentfrancetaipei.com.my.

*Artwork used in this post are used to demonstrates ideas of designs and for references only. As respecting each of our customer, please do not misuse, edit or redistribute the images. 



Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wedding Album Sizes

As when you are engaging a wedding package from a bridal house, we guess most people face the same problem, that is identifying album sizes. Here, in Eminent France Taipei, we offer range of sizes, where each serves different purpose. In this post, we will be sharing this information for your reference and how to select the best size.

Common Sizes 
8x12 album, smallest album among common album sizes. Usually used to present photo in full pages. In some cases, landscape album is use to present landscape pictures. 
12x15 album, medium album among common album sizes. Normally it is widely used and selected by customers. It is the normal range album.
12x18 album, largest album among common album sizes. Normally it is best to present large views and sceneries as in the same time, ensuring equal proportion of subject and sceneries.


Customized Size
15x30 premium album, largest album among all album sizes. Normally it is best to present large views and sceneries as in the same time, ensuring equal proportion of subject and sceneries far more better than 18x24. It is a special/customized size.


Choosing the Right Sizes 

Using Portrait Album:It is best to fit 25-40 pieces of pictures in page design. Portrait album artwork best work with both portrait and landscape pictures. The designing space here (width) has a little restriction. However, flipping and viewing portrait album is convenient.
Using Landscape Album:It is best to fit 25-40 pieces of pictures in page design. In some cases, customer chooses larger landscape album to fit more pictures. Landscape album's artwork best work with landscape pictures. The designing space here (width) is widely free and flexible. However, flipping and viewing landscape album is inconvenient. 
Using Customized Size Album:
It is best to fit 25-40 pieces of pictures in page design. In some cases, customer chooses larger size album to fit more pictures as in the same time, ensuring balance proportion of pictures (for example: the more picture it is, the smaller picture will be).  
15x30 album artwork best work with both portrait and landscape pictures. The designing space here (width) is widely free and flexible, allowing special arrangement of layout and maximizing creativity. However, flipping and viewing 15x15 album is far more inconvenient. 


Album information listed above are for your reference. If you have any question, you may always consult the professions. Most wedding package comes with suitable album sizes, allowing customers to purchase without worries. Else, in some cases, customer purchases and request to include additional pictures (more than the offered amount in the packages), changing album size or adding pages will be necessary to ensure best presentation. Designers will work around with the amount of pictures and the chosen album size to ensure clean and clear artwork. 


We hope this information will help. If there are any question, may comment here where we will reach you shortly. In the next post, we will be sharing wedding album artwork and design technique. Stay tuned!