What do you use to present your wedding album designs to clients?

Lou GonzalezLou Gonzalez Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
edited April 8, 2014 in Weddings
When I design an album, I currently post the spreads into a gallery and present them to the client for approval. Like so:

http://fernandogonzalez.smugmug.com/2013/11-02-Gleason/Wedding-Album/

I'd like to be able to provide my clients with a more intuitive album experience. Showing them maybe a flip book version where the center gutter is shown and the pages turn like a real book.

I see tons of products and services on the market and wondered how you all present your work and what you like and don't like. maybe you can share a sample of albums you have presented to clients?

Also I'd love to keep this all on Smugmug if possible. I've even thought of maybe adding a watermark that looks like a faded center line and shadow so people could at least visualize where the album center is.

Thanks.

Comments

  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2014
    I do a similar thing, I use a SmugMug gallery but I set the gallery style to Journal. Seems to work pretty well. You could also use slideshow?

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  • Lou GonzalezLou Gonzalez Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited April 7, 2014
    I went low tech and created a watermark that looks like a cut in the spread. Done.
  • GanginwoodGanginwood Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited April 8, 2014
    Lou,
    What are you using for the spreads? I'm assuming that you are taking snapshots of the spreads and uploading the jpeg to SM?
  • Lou GonzalezLou Gonzalez Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2014
    "What are you using for the spreads?" Not sure I understand what you mean. Are you asking what software I use to create my spreads? If so, I use Lumapix Fotofusion to create the album spreads. It outputs hi-res JPGs that I send to my album company for printing. I upload those same hi-res spreads to Smugmug for my clients to review and approve. I leave the spreads there on Smugmug for archival purposes in case I ever needed to recreate the album.
  • GanginwoodGanginwood Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited April 8, 2014
    Thanks. One more thing...is your pricing calculator hosted on SM? I like that a lot.
  • Lou GonzalezLou Gonzalez Registered Users Posts: 413 Major grins
    edited April 8, 2014
    Thanks! I use an embedded wufoo form right through smugmug.
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