i love these shots!...I love coming to your blog cause your photography is so fresh. thanks for sharing these shots...they brought back great memories of cannon beach!
Fabulous photography. Love the style, composition and post production. Thanks for sharing!
I now must go there and breathe in the mist like a smoke machine,,, or dry ice. Very magical and free are these images. Me loves you!!
I have been following your blog for some time and I just wanted to introduce myself. I love your work, your style, and your heart that you so willingly share on this blog. I am inspired by you.
We go to Manzanita (10 miles south of Cannon Beach) every August for our End of Summer Vacation. I can't wait for August. Manzanita/Oregon Coast is my FAVORITE place on earth. :) Thanks for the pics. :)
Gorgeous images! I love the mist. I will definitely have to check out that book!
Yay for Cannon Beach! I Love it too! My husband and I honeymooned there and return often. Not much is better grabbing a latte from Bella, exploring the galleries and then relaxing on the beach (rain or shine).
WOW! You guys always make we wonder how you take your photos and thus a challenge for me to get better everyday. I am constantly inspired by your work. Thank you and I hope you inspire more people.
What a sweet and passionate post. I love people that are able to open their hearts and share them with the world. :)
I was just thinking about which book should I read.
Thank you for the tip! I just bought it!
Looking forward to read it.
Great pictures.
For sure you guys had a wonderful time!
Cannon Beach looks amazing!!! I just went to Rialto Beach last week, but not as cool as this one looks. I love your book recs and your business philosophy is really inspiring. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself!
Seriously LOVE the black and white ones of chris!
Hi Sarah, I am a regular blog stalker following your site. I loved the "lovecat" concept and think I just might have to pick up that book now! Have you ever been to Tofino on Vancouver Island (where I live!). I think that would be an area with lots of beaches you would fall in love with :)
Sarah, I just must drive down to Seattle in September to have coffee with you again. I adore you and your writing and this post. What you said about beaches? 100% me. I'm sooo not a beach person, but I love the ocean and the sand. I'm all about coffee, hoodies and cold beaches. :)
Great pictures - That looks like an awesome place! :)
It's good to see images of my old stomping grounds. I selfishly thank you for this post :)
Roughly how long does it take for you to design an album?
Also, what type of hardware do you run at your home office? I'm struggling to run CS3 properly on my aged Mac.
i just wanted to say, nine months later, that this is still a helpful post! LOVED checking out your album sources. THANKS, SRP!
Hi Sarah. Sorry I'm a little late in commenting, but I'm intrigued that you use InDesign for your albums. Do you send one PDF to your lab (prodpi) and they then print each individual page from that PDF? I would love to design all of my albums in InDesign if only I could find a printer who will print from the PDF file.
Sarah,
Thanks for being so forthcoming on albums! I recently saw a 'sample' album of yours, a Galleria album, and was wondering if you can design that without the Soho styler (if you even designed that one--maybe they just used your images). My second question is whether you use the Soho and Mercer books (no gutter) which means you'd have to get incredibly long seamless prints done yourself? Or do you think the Fine Art is the way to go? Albums can be overwhelming! Sorry--this may be too much for a blog.
Sarah!! Do you design your own albums? Or do you outsource it? You dont use indesign do you? hahhaahhahaha HAHAHAHHAA JK. IM FUNNY
Great looking album guys...hope you have a sample to show me when you get back into town :) Isn't it ALWAYS refreshing to work with other vendors (book-binders, pro labs etc.) who actually CARE about the quality and craftsmanship of their products? ;)
Sarah these albums are beautiful, I see why you use them! :)
@daniel as I mentioned to @Liam we do not use Any templates for our album design. Each individual spread is custom created by US for each wedding. No two albums exactly alike. Each of our couples has a truly cutom book that is unique to their story and is created by us, no templates are used.
Beautiful work as usual. Do you use templates for your album design or do you create each page seperately? If you do, are they your personal templates or did you purchase them from somewhere?
@Liam we don't use the soho styler. All of our designs are custom created and designed by us in Indesign. :)
hey Sarah,
you mentioned you use InDesign for album design. Have you used and what are your opinions on the SoHo styler for the design?
Thanks!!!
liam
Wow! Just... wow!
Promise to never put this offline. Because the day I plan my own wedding I'll show this one to the photographer and tell him: That's how I want it to be!
The best would of course be to ask you to take the photos - but I live in Germany and well... the costs... you know ;)
@dennis not a stupid question at all!! It is actually an artist that Chris records with named Ben Rector. Chris laid down a lot of the bass tracks on the record. the song is called "Disarm"
@Ron you know I would love loved to shoot your wedding photos ;) you are too sweet
boy wish we could go back in time and have you take our pictures.
wonderful job as always.
This is probably a stupid question but what is the song in the slideshow?
@merideth we use InDesign for all of our album designs
@jonathan yes we select the images that will go into the album for the initial design preview. We have had nothing but a fantastic response from our couples. Our couples respect and trust the artistic process and the professional and artistic service we are providing them and they know up front that this is part of the overall experience of working with us.
Hey Sarah,
Great stuff. You said, 'Asking ourselves, "how will this series of images fit together on a page?"' Does that imply y'all choose which pictures are put into the book rather than the couple? If so, what has been the reaction of (potential) clients upon hearing that.
Tanksabunch. -J
hi sarah! i was just curious....what program do you use to design the album? i just started photography & want to find the cheapest way to do the albums....and i totally respect doing it yourself!
@sara we send our pages to our AMAZING professional lab in California, ProDPI for the printing. Once they are printed, our lab sends them back to us so we can make sure everything looks flawless and then we send it to our Album Company in NYC (Renaissance) to put it all together beautifully for us. It is a nice checks and balances system. The total design/crafting/delivery process usually takes about 4-6 months from start to finish. hope that helps!
I guess seeing pictures of it is almost as good as having it, right? :P
Hello, I love this album, it's beautiful!! I am wondering where you have your pages printed at? and about how long does it take for the whole process of designing the album to presenting it to the client? thanks so much for sharing, take care:)
that album is amazing!! i am in love with the layouts! and am particularly drawn to those three photos in the tunnel with the shadow play. LOVE those!!
so many outsource their albums and I never see it as an issue, but what a difference your care and attention makes! thanks for sharing : )
Beautiful! Where did you get this? I love the cover material!
Hi Mellissa! What we mean when I say the design is done IN house, is that some photographers outsource their album design to an external vendor. For us, the design is part of our artistic process, so it is done by us personally and then sent to our album company to Bind and put it all together for us and we use Renaissance Albums, a top of the line album crafter for this part. Hope that helps!
What do you mean you don't outsource your images. Lol. I'm slow. You make this from scratch!? Who prints, binds, etc?
What do you mean you don't outsource your images. Lol. I'm slow. You make this from scratch!? Who prints, binds, etc?
Beyond gorgeous!! Perfectly Elegant to match your Amazing Photography!
Thank you for all the great advice!! I left truly feeling inspired :D
Hey Mark, I'll see what I can do, maybe I can bring my Mark II and one of my photog buddies will be nice enough to take a few clips for us to post :) Great idea.
would it be possible for someone to video it? so you can share your talk with all those that can't make it(or live in a different part of the country.)
Wow, if I can get my husband home in time to watch the kid, I will so be there!!!
Ugh, if this had only been 2 days ago when I was in Seattle I so would have gone!
I secretly wish Vancouver and Seattle were just about an hour closer, because I'd definitely drive an hour and a half for this tonight! ;)
congratulations!! that is a chair you can pass down to your children. love.
i love this story as i sit and read and look at your pics in MY Herman Miller also! lol... ;)
what a sweet parallel to draw - i actually thought charles & ray were brothers so i'm so happy for the lesson, too! love learning on the sarah rhoads blog!! miss you, sweet sarah. xo
Wow....I'm jealous. These chairs are timeless.....even used to be "the chair" in my day. Designed so architecturally perfect! You might have to get two of them so you won't have to fight over it! Is it teak or rosewood trim and what is the leather color?
Yes Millie!! we should get a little photo of us cuddlin' in it ;) You need to get one for your new place! FYI we didn't take the last photo nor is it our house, although I wish it was ;) copyright: the glorious world wide web
Love it! Awesome taste! and that third picture is amazing!
I love it... it would be a great photo opp for the two of you to snuggle in it too! So cute! Is that a room in your house on the last shot?
The third photo is fantastic, awesome!!!! *_*
Flawless...congrats!
Jealous!
Congrats on your new addition to the family. I've almost bought this on several occasions. I'm sure I'll eventually buy one someday. It would definitely go nicely with my camera collection. Enjoy it. -Jeremy
It's beautiful. And you're right, it fits right in with a very modern design scheme or even traditional. I especially love how your particular chair was inspected by a Walters...possibly one of my ancestors? Beautiful piece of art guys!
Congratulations! That is my dream chair! Eliesa and I have a red Eames plywood lounge chair and love it! A nice upgrade from IKEA furniture...
Sweet! I can't wait to meet it face to face!
I wondered how long it would take you to blog the newest addition to your family. Answer: Less than 24 hours. Congratulations. ;)
Ah...my dream piece of furniture! After learning about this piece in my Interior Design courses I've been dreaming about owning such a classic piece of artwork...this too will be in my house one day! :D
Oh my god, when I came to look at it, I wasn't expecting much, but now...I THINK I SERIOUSLY NEED THAT IN MY LIFE. It's gorgeous! I am very jealous!
Isn't it divine?! I love that chair! My family just got one with brown leather. So comfy!
Congratulations on your new addition! You two have fabulous taste!
It's a tribute to me. Thank you! LOL =)