OH my... LOVE LOVE LOVE these images... amazing!
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Avedon fan :)
Yay!! lauren gets to have a baby niece. Super exciting :) I just went to Avedon's exhibit in NY. BEAUTIFUL work. I got his big ol fat book with the pink helmet girl on it. My favorite is definitely Dovima posing with the elephants. I also love seeing the thought process of him picking which image goes in the magazines with his red pencil marks. He is very inspiring :)
What a beautiful set of photos! I was able to share in this big day for Ginny and Gough and you captured their joy perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
PS My husband is a painter and has gained much of his inspiration from Richard Avedon. It was great to hear that you enjoyed such a special exhibit. He really set the bar when it comes to beautiful pictures, but you are well on your way. Best wishes for a bright future.
Absolutley fabulous photos!
Her dress...OMG to die for, where did she find it? It looks vintage and homemade, so delicate and perfect.
Oh my!!!
She is the happiest bride ever!!!
BEAUTIFUL job!!!
You guys rock!
Her smiles is so awesome~! These images are so joyful! I love the beach shots! The last is pretty sweet-CHEERS!
You two are absolutely amazing photographers! You have captured our wedding day happiness and being in the moment so wonderfully! We are so pleased and feel so lucky to have found such inspiring artists to tell our story!!!
Sarah and Chris. This is truly a beautiful story. This is my new favorite wedding of yours. great work.
what a beautiful couple. i love how you were able to bring out her personality, no wonder everyone loves her. beautiful job you too!
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! My first comment after following for months! I just love everything about this wedding! Just everything!!!
love the super tight grouping of the groom and groomsmen! and that shot of ginny signing through the glass is frankly just mind boggling. love it!
oooh eeeeep! Where's that delete comment button when you need it?!? I pushed submit the first time before noticing my spellcheck decided on "infections" instead of "infectious"... I tried to change it before it posted, really i did! *le sigh* (blushing).
Ok, the happiness just spilled out of those pictures! Ginny has an infectious smile, you can tell her laugh is awesome. And you can totally tell she gets it from her mom! too cute :) xo
Ok, the happiness just spilled out of those pictures! That girl has an infections smile, you can tell her laugh is awesome. And you can totally tell she gets it from her mom! too cute :) xo
gooooooooorgeous! The officiant looks a little like Larry David? :)
einfach wunderbar. I love the mirror. Probably my favorite from their set.
Beautiful! I love the ones in front of the aqua wall!! And the groom and groomsmen shot where they're laughing makes me smile! Beautiful pix!
way to go team rhoads! rockin it as you guys always do!
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!
Gorgeous work!! absolutely love the dock pictures!
Uh...embarrassing, ignore that last post...it was suppose to go on your NEW blog post. Oopsies! :)
the bee shot....are you freakin' kidding me? Sheesh! Amazing lady. :D
you move me. no joke. maybe coffeeless evenings is your recipe for magic!!! in reality, you could be on a caffeine high and still deliver the most amazing images ever... jitter or no, you rock.
Great job Sarah & Chris!!! We love working with you guys! Thank you THANK YOU!!! :)
whhho are you?
...i must know!
The bride on the dock is stunning!!!
what a beautiful wedding...i love the details, the couple, the images. well done.
You photo are so cute, you colours and your scenes are wonderful! I loveeeee you workssssssss!!! *_*
I love the shot on the dock, with her veil flowing behind her... and too many others to bother mentioning, because I'd be mentioning pretty much all of them. Love the light, even in the reception photos.
so many cute details!
You did a wonderful job capturing all of them. I loved the angles and the colors.
G.R.E.A.T. job as always!
:)
I just love your work Sarah. Just gorgeous! You are such an inspiartion :)
Stunning photos! And the details of this wedding? A-Mazing! The flowers, the bridesmaids' shoes, the cake, all of it= loveliness :D
First off, gorgeous images as usual. Secondly, Fitzsimmons is great, but how can you edit pictures of pretty people in love while listening to songs about heartbreak and divorce? Just kidding really, but don't you wish that man would put out some happy tunes? His music is too pretty to be sad.
dock shots are amazing. great light and color!
Love the ones under the tree and on the dock! Lovely lovely photos!