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Destination: Mexico

June 22nd, 2009 in Uncategorised by Nigel Hicks


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We often talk about albums catching our eye… This one by Josef Isayo certainly did. He shot Porsche and Adam’s wedding in early 2007.

The couple, two ER doctors from San Francisco, came to Josef and asked him to shoot their wedding in Cuixmala, Mexico- an opportunity many photographers strive for. But as an experienced destination photographer who’s shot several weddings in Mexico, Josef knows it’s no walk in the park – you’ve got to be prepared.

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I asked Josef to share some tips and advice:

  • Know the local customs and laws – especially around visa requirements.
  • If you’re shooting film, avoid traveling with anything faster than 400ASA. Some airpot X-Ray machines damage high speed film.
  • Be sure to scout the location before the wedding date. This may mean you need to arrive a day or two early, so be sure to factor this into your schedule and budget.
  • Find a couple of other great locations to shoot the bride and groom at after the wedding day. This gives you the opportunity to shoot at locations not available or feasible on the day.

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  • It goes without saying, but don’t forget a back-up camera, lenses, strobes etc. When you’re shooting away from home the chances of finding replacements or rentals in a remote location are pretty slim.
  • If you shoot digital, download your CF cards to a laptop, or any device that has a hard drive as soon as possible. Keep them in separate locations to avoid losing your images if any of your gear goes missing.
  • Fit in. Wear clothes that match your guests.
  • Stay at touristy or well known hotels. These tend to be safer.

Josef says, “My background in newspaper and editorial photographers allows me to approach every wedding the same way no matter where I’m shooting. At the end of the day your clients just want beautiful images. Don’t try too hard, just be yourself and enjoy the opportunity to document the elegance that’s evident at such an emotionally charged event.”

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Porsche and Adam received a beautiful 14×10 full Photo Front Duo album. Click the link below to see the full album.

Cheers, Nigel

To view a slideshow of Porsche and Adam’s album click here.

 

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    January 29th, 2009 in Uncategorised by Nigel Hicks


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    Wading through our “how-to” posts was quite a job. Trying to single out the best was just as difficult, but worth the effort.

    Here are my favourites. Hopefully you’ll find them handy when dealing with Queensberry and Photojunction, and evaluating your own workflow…

    There’s so much good stuff in the  Smooth Sailing series I reckon you should check them all, but here are a few:

    Photo Front covers (easy peasy) - If designing Photo Front covers sounds hard. It’s not. Here’s how to easily do it.

    What can delay your orders? –  Here are a few simple things that frequently delay people’s orders (long delays in some cases). Interestingly, our staff sometimes end up double-checking things to head off ‘could-be problems‘.

    Titles in PJ Remix – There’s no standard “title” aperture in PJ Remix, so how do you add a title? There are actually two ways.

    If you search under Printing you’ll find more very useful posts, especially the three in the  ”hassle-free printing workflow’ series, which walk you through ordering your printing from Queensberry.

    Designing and exporting your design
    Remix Order Wizard and LabFTP
    Sending us just your Cover Image

    Cheers, Nigel

    PS Why not check out the various Categories in the right-hand column of this page to discover your own good stuff.

     

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    • Photo front covers (easy-peasy)

    December 9th, 2008 in Photography & Design by Nigel Hicks


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    How do you know what size and shape to make an album cover image? How do you account for the aspect ratio and cover wrap-around (the part of the image you can’t see)?

    If it sounds hard, it’s not. Just design the cover in PJ Remix. It’s exactly like designing pages only easier. You can see the aspect ratio and the wrap-around. And problems rarely occur because it’s so obvious when images don’t fit.

    We’ve already blogged about album covers, especially here and here, so we won’t repeat ourselves. If you’re not sure how to send us the image there’s a link about that too.

    If you don’t use Remix chances are you’ll slow down your album and maybe even incur extra charges, so please chat with your Account Manager if you’ve got any questions.

    Smooth sailing, Nigel

    PS Check out Matt Blum’s album (illustrated) here.

     

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    • Square Pegs

    August 1st, 2008 in Photography & Design by Ian Baugh


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    You’ve heard the saying about fitting square pegs in round holes? It can be very apt when it comes to choosing images for our Photo Front covers, especially the 1/4 Photo Front, as this screen shot from PJ Remix indicates – only a slice from the image will fit on the cover.

    Although I’ve used Photojunction to illustrate the problem, it solves the problem as well. In Photojunction simply drag the image you want to use on to the cover layout, as in the screen shot. If it won’t fit the space you’ll soon know: you’ll need to choose a different cover style or find an image with a suitable aspect ratio.

    Don’t forget the areas of the image shown semi-opaque will be concealed when they’re wrapped around the cover.

    If you prefer to just send us an image instead of designing it yourself in Photojunction, make sure you choose something suitable. You’ll find a Guide to Photo Fronts here, and the actual dimensions here.

    In future if we receive images for 1/4 Photo Front covers that don’t fit the space, to avoid extra design charges we’ll automatically change the cover to the 1/2 cover style (we’ll let you know, of course).

    Finally, while we strongly recommend upgrading to PJ Remix, you can design album covers in Retro as well.

    HTH, Ian

     

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    • Red and white all over

    June 30th, 2008 in Uncategorised by Ian Baugh


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    Time and time again we see albums pass through our Bindery in which the photographer has reflected the stylistic theme of the wedding in the book itself. Last week we featured an album with an autumnal harvest theme. This album uses our Pagemount page system to very different effect.

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    What caught our eye in Scott and Priscilla’s case was the stylish simplicity of their red and white theme, and how well Matt and Enna of Grazier Photography had captured and reflected the details in a stunning album.

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    The red highlights around the prints are created by trimming them to reveal the red page behind the ivory mat. Because the pages were supplied without edging and corners, the same red highlight is carried through to the edge of the pages.

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    Scott and Priscilla’s red theme appears throughout the album but it’s possible to add a non-standard feature colour on selected pages only.

    The 12×12 Photofront album was printed and assembled by Queensberry.

    Click here for a slideshow of the album.

    Click here to view Grazier Photography’s profile.

     

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    June 19th, 2008 in Uncategorised by Ian Baugh


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    It seems a long way from Brian Dorsey‘s TriBeCa studio to a pumpkin field in New Jersey, but then his clients have commissioned him for events everywhere from Anguilla to Acapulco, and Quebec to Rio.

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    What caught our eye about this very striking album was how Brian had reflected his client’s tastes in it. Cindy and Eric were married in October, and the bride’s favourite colour is orange – so think Halloween and harvest time, pumpkins, trees changing colour with the Fall… and all matched harmoniously with the striking autumnal cover image, the matching leather binding, the chocolate-on-ivory pagemounts.

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    The ceremony took place in the couple’s local church in New Jersey. The bride’s mother had worked for years with a local farmer who gave them access to his grounds for photography. A special hay ride carried the bridal party to the shoot in the pumpkin patch.

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    Oh, and the bride is a candy fiend! So her theme was candy. She made the lollipop tree centrepieces herself, and dessert was a candy bar! We think it’s great that the personal touches and special moments of “our day” can reflect truthfully who we are.

    Click here for Cindy and Eric’s album (because it was made from the high-res images the mats are not shown).

    Click here for Brian Dorsey Studio’s profile.

     

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    March 18th, 2008 in Uncategorised by Ian Baugh


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    It’s no wonder Luke and Chantal’s wedding album caught our attention. For starters, there were three albums, not one, and the first two featured the most amazing celebrations at a fabulous location. We certainly did “wish we were there”.

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    Luke and Chantal were married in April 2007 in Mauritius, East Africa. Chantal had wanted to have her wedding at The One and Only, Mauritius since she was a little girl and spent time there with her family. The festivities lasted five days and included a welcoming cocktail hour, beach Olympics, a salsa party (featuring Emilio Estevez and his salsa dancers) and a fabulous beach party on a private island the night before their wedding that ended with fireworks and the couple sailing off into the darkness.

    Luke is a tailor and makes clothes for some of the world’s most exclusive clients. Chantal worked at Kerzner International, in which her family has a major interest, before deciding recently to take time off to be with their beautiful little girl.

    Matt Blum (Minneapolis USA) says he was honored when asked to be part of their celebration. “I can tell you it was one of the most amazing events I’ve ever witnessed. One of the things I loved about working with Luke and Chantal is their amazing stories and the things they’ve done with their lives. Working with such amazing people is what makes my job so truly fulfilling.”

    Chantal and Luke ordered three 15×12 vertical format full Photo Front albums with digital pages; Queensberry print-ready printing and assembly. Click the links below to view the albums.

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    Cocktail Hour 17.1MB
    Chantal and Luke 14.4MB

    Click here to read Matt’s profile.

     

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    February 21st, 2008 in Uncategorised by Ian Baugh


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    Now that so many of our albums are printed and assembled right here, our staff love checking them out as they pass through the assembly process.

    One that made waves all the way down the line was Dilip and Anchel’s wedding in Toronto, Canada, photographed by Manpreet Sokhi of Mansa Photography.

    Anchel Ghai and Dilip Krishna were engaged in August, 2006 and married on May 5, 2007. The couple were married in a traditional South Indian Hindu wedding as per the groom’s family’s traditions. Six hundred guests enjoyed the festivities, which lasted over a week.

    The couple expressed how important the photography was to them. “The second we met Manpreet we knew he was our photographer and that he would help us create a visual reminder of our wedding memories for many years to come.”

    They described their Queensberry album as a “perfect canvas” and “timeless” in its design. “With Manpreet’s creative skills we knew we would get a book that truly was a reflection of us as a couple and our event.”

    We loved it too.

    Anchel and Dilip chose a 14×10 horizontal format full Photo Front album with digital pages; Queensberry full service printing and assembly. Click here to download an album slide show.

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    February 21st, 2008 in Uncategorised by Ian Baugh


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    Manpreet Sokhi’s album of Dilip and Anchel’s South Indian Hindu wedding made waves through Queensberry.

    Talia Neal of our design team worked on the striking photofront cover and it triggered a flood of memories in her.

    The cover symbol is a representation of Ganesha, the Hindu elephant deity whose influence extends even beyond Hinduism and India.

    The memories evoked were of Talia’s time in Nepal as a teenager working for Sir Edmund Hillary’s Himalayan Trust – memories rubbed raw by the recent passing of Sir Ed, who with Sherpa Tensing Norgay first climbed Mount Everest in 1953.

    In March 2000 Talia flew with 15 other teenagers to Kathmandu, Nepal. After spending just one day in Kathmandu (“thrown head first into the realities of life in a third world country”) they flew in a very small and rusty plane to Lukla to begin their trek in the Himalayas.

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    The trek was “exhausting beyond belief”, but their most overwhelming experience was visiting the children at the school in Kunde, the first Sir Ed built.

    “Peter Hillary (Sir Ed’s son) told us, ‘It’s the mountain that draws you to Nepal, but the people that bring you back,’ something Sir Ed had told him many years earlier. It wasn’t until I met the children in Kunde that the reality of his comment hit me. Many of the children would walk for two hours each way, often in the snow and many with bare feet, just to get to school. We spent time in the classrooms with them, helping them with their studies.”

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    The teenagers worked on a helipad for the Kunde hospital at 3900m, but Talia’s proudest personal achievement was reaching base camp on Mt Ama Dablam at 5000m above sea level.

    Two years training for a three week trek was a life changing experience. “The strong beliefs of the Nepali people and the influence of a man as extraordinary yet humble as Sir Edmund Hillary has given me the strong belief in myself that, given enough hard work and positive attitude, you can do anything! Namaste and rest in peace Burra Sahib, Sir Edmund Hillary.”

     

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