What are StoryBook-style albums?

The StoryBook album is our specialty. Since the concept is a bit difficult to explain verbally, please take a look at some real samples...

As you can see, every page is uniquely designed for the images it contains, making every album unique. A typical storybook album will contain many more images than the number of pages may suggest! The extra level of artistry required for this albuum style reuqires that we take artistic license in the album design. Before going to print, we post the design briefly for your approval (up to five change requests are permitted; additional changes are available for a per-page change fee.)

How does this differ from a traditional, template-style album?

Traditional albums were based on a selection of mats with one, two, or sometime a few more "cut-outs" into which printed images were mounted. Although the album companies tried to be creative, they could only offer a limited number of variations, and most photographers stocked only a small subset of those. This led to two things: (a) a very limited number of images in an album, and (b) a rather repetitive presentation.

We will still create a "traditional" style album for you if that's what you want, but we improve on it somewhat by eliminating the mats and cut-outs. Instead, we provide a small set of templates which create the traditional image frames digitally within a flush mount album. The page background color is consistent throughout, and may include a subtle canvas or fabric pattern.

The template album is designed by you -- by choosing a page template from our provided set, and providing the image numbers and layout plan.

Please note that all parent albums are created in the template style.