Evolution of an album cover

These designs show a typical evolution of wedding album cover. The album style has a contrast linen binding so to help the client visualize the book, I added the binding color and matched the type to it. Typically, I send 2-3 options to the client to get feedback on what she likes...the type style, the strength of the image, the colors. Sometimes we have multiple image ideas for the cover. In this case, we knew early that we would design using a photo of her bouquet. The design process started with the bottom image, and ended with the top image: grey type and spine, less close up on the image, and a little texture and layering to soften the overall look. I love the way the text is not too bold and legible, but blends softly with the image. I'm no master designer, but I think the evolution of these is pretty interesting.

YOU WILL LOVE THESE!

If you have an iphone (or itouch, or ipad) you will want one of these....maybe two or three. I made one for myself, then Alex wanted his own. Just about everyone who sees one, wants one!

A Soldier Returns From Iraq

I first posted these photos on Facebook as a way to share them with this family that we met at the Jacksonville airport. They went to a lot of effort to welcome home Shawn Bourland from Iraq, and it seemed only right to stay for a few minutes and document this reunion. I didn't expect so many other people to see the photos or notice them, but the responses have really surprised me, so I am posting them now on my blog in order to share them with a larger audience. I think the photos pretty much tell the story. This was the first time Shawn was seeing his baby boy, who was born while he was deployed in Iraq. Clearly his girls really missed him. I love that the girls wear "Welcome Home Daddy", and his wife wears "Welcome Home Baby" on their shirts.

Before and After

After posting my last image, a friend asked if the image was originally shot on film. I couldn't remember, but I thought it would be worth showing the original image, next to the version I posted. The original may have been a scanned bit of film, but the finished image is something I created using Photoshop. Needless to say, I think the enhanced image is the one worth printing.