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One Year of PrimaBook!

The launch of PrimaBook last year, exactly the same time as the lockdowns started, was a way to keep us going. This little book helped a lot of photographers generate some income during a time when in-person events were being cancelled left and right. We never expected PrimaBook to be a big part of our product line, but it turned out to be a super popular item and we’re so glad to know that it helped so many this past year.

It turned out to be the perfect fit for portraits, newborn, child & family photography, boudoir, pet and even Holiday sessions - it’s a book that every client can afford. For some photographers this was the first album that they have ever offered to clients and we couldn’t be happier they chose QT to print their work.

PrimaBook began as just the book itself, in 3 sizes. Now, you can elevate that and create an amazing matched-set with the addition of a matching wood & fabric box. We’ve also added a number of embossing stamps to add to your choice of fabric.

Last month we partnered with Fundy Software to introduce AlbumWorks: a free album design tool for QT customers which allows you to design your PrimaBook. Again, it’s completely free to use - we cover the license fee for you when you access via our special portal. For PrimaBooks, just remember to set-up your project so you exclude designs that where images cross the center line, and start with at least 20 pages (10 spreads) as this is the minimum required for PrimaBook.

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So what are you waiting for? Design and order your custom PrimaBook sample today at 50% off with coupon code Prima50 and some info about our samples requirements!

Design and Order!



Newborn Photographers love PrimaBook

PrimaBook with PrimaBox

If you’re a family or newborn photographer who’s been looking for a great & affordable album that you can offer to your clients, look no further - QTAlbums’ PrimaBook is an excellent choice! Our Blue Poppy & Magnolia cover colours are be perfect for Baby Albums - light blue & pink.

You can complete your PrimaBook order with a matching wood & fabric box. The set is available in three sizes - 8x8”, 10x10” or 12x12”. On top of that, you can add a stamp like “Little Cutie”, “Love” or an adorable little heart symbol - just perfect!

PrimaBook comes in 10 colours, and the fabric is called Flores - it’s very smooth and soft to touch. We hope our little gallery will ignite a spark and that you will order a sample to show your clients (discounted samples are available Jan-Oct).

You can also check out our new section - Find Your Product - for more family photography / newborn photography product inspiration.

QTAlbums PrimaBook in Blue Poppy cover fabric.




PrimaBook for Christmas

Christmas Mini-Sessions on the way? PrimaBook is the perfect album choice!

As the end of the year is approaching, and the Holiday Season just around the corner, we wanted to bring you yet another good idea on how to make the most of our PrimaBook. They have been a hit in 2020 with portrait, family, boudoir, and pet photography; and now, we offer PrimaBooks with holiday-themed stamps - perfect for Christmas mini-sessions! Take a look at the examples below.

The PrimaBook is available in 10 different colours, but for our photo session we’ve picked the Bluebell and Cranberry fabrics as we think these two match the Holiday Season best. You can add gold embossing using one of our new special winter holiday stamps: “Happy Holidays”, or the classic “Merry Christmas” stamp.

Even though this year our family meetings and client meetings have been greatly impacted and limited, some of us can still head outdoors for photos, or use FaceTime for remote photography so we hope that these new PrimaBook stamps will add a little holiday cheer for those who can use them! Visit our shops for more details and pricing!

Purrfect Pet Photos

“If cats could talk, they wouldn’t”

This pet photography is done in a way that’s so different to what we have seen before. It’s the purrfect combination of cute kitties and a great story idea behind each picture, topped-off with pure and simple love from this talented photographer for her models. Her name is Monika Małek, she is from Poland and she captured our attention with her wonderful work.

Maybe the cats wouldn’t like to talk if they could, but we most definitely want to talk about Monika’s work and share it here! We love it so much!

We couldn’t help ourselves - we just had to make an album. We decided on this cute 8x8” PrimaBook in Ash colour, with a tiny golden heart embossed on the cover.

It turned-out to be even better than imagined!

If you’re a pet photographer or simply a cat lover, follow Monika’s work and learn more about the PrimaBook Album which is perfect for this type of pictures!

*Quote "If cats could talk, they wouldn't." is by Nan Porter*

Turn your products photoshoot into a Blog!

Get inspired, and make your own Blog!

It’s just amazing to see how our albums, prints, and boxes can look on a well made, perfectly styled photoshoot. Yes, we know we have beautiful heirlooms, but in the hands of talented photographers, they really stand out.

Christina Quesenberry - or Tina, just made an amazing photoshoot of some newly purchased PrimaBook with box, deckled edge prints, and some fabric swatches.

I’m Tina, a Vilseck based photographer, artist, educator, and all around nerd obsessed with uplifting & documenting families of all walks of life

We shared Tina’s Instagram stories, we really liked her post on QTLounge private Facebook group - but the Blog she wrote is just the best! We wanted to share it here, to inspire other photographers to do the same. Take a look at some snaps that Tina took, they’re just lovely!

And some more pictures…

Create heirloom pieces of art that are so perfect you can’t help but treat them like museum worthy treasures
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We hope that Tina’s Blog will inspire you to purchase your own samples and taking some great pictures that you will be able to show to your clients. We hope to see a lot more Blogs, stories and photos like this, and we can’t wait to share them!

Thank you Tina!


Boudoir Photography with Jasmin Jade

The Art of Boudoir Photography!

In this week’s Blog we would like to introduce you to Jasmin Jade - who is a talented boudoir photographer and works closely with QtAlbums. We’re so lucky to have her on board - her pictures are absolutely stunning and combined with our albums they make an amazing combination!

It takes a lot of experience to manage a boudoir session - you need to make sure your clients feel comfortbale and can fully invlove with you - so that their inner & outer beauty can shine.

When you hear ‘boudoir session’ what comes to mind? When I first started my journey as a photographer, I pictured the basics when it came to boudoir: bold lingerie, striking high heels, sensual lighting. It wasn’t until after my first few sessions that I realized there was a lot more to it than just that.

A boudoir shoot can be an exciting and gratifying experience for both the photographer and the client. However, the first time can also be a little bit intimidating! It is so unlike any other style of photography out there, and because of that requires some different planning for things to run smoothly for everyone. This is why I’ve decided to come up with some absolute essentials you may not think about needing until you’re already at your session with your client.
— https://www.jasminjade.com/blog/boudoir-studio-must-haves

Deckled Edge Cotton Rag Artbook

We recommend Deckled Edge Cotton Rag ArtBook as the top-of-the-range album for boudoir photography. Take a look at Jasmin’s photos printed in our album with deckled edges, Peacock Silk Cover and Gold Embossing!


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Early this year we’ve added PrimaBook to our products collection and as it’s so amazingly priced, it can easily be part of your offering with every boudoir shoot. Let’s be honest - a boudoir session JUST HAS TO GET PRINTED! Take a look at Tropical colour PrimaBook with Stamp “XOXO” - it’s a great match along with another stamp we have “For Your Eyes Only”


Pet Photography & PrimaBook Albums

PET PHOTOGRAPHY

When we first made the #PrimaBook we thought it would be great for #portraits #boudoir #family #seniors #vacationalbum - but it turns out...

…it's also great for #petphotography 🐕🐱

We’ve made this cute PrimaBook in Wheat colour and gold heart symbol for Rowan Williams who is a photographer and a dog lover.

They make a great team Rowan & George, especially when it comes to work …

Image by @cutsthemustard

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Here’s my George. He’s always accompanies me to work - in my home office. He likes to roll around on the floor, bark at the postman and remind me when it’s dinner time, while I edit photos. When I’m really lucky he’ll come bounding in to my office and dump a wet, slightly muddy and absolutely rank, rope toy on to my keyboard. Delightful!
— https://www.instagram.com/p/CB4_BzrnQkJ/

OFFER PRIMABOOK WITH PET PHOTOGRAPHY

PrimaBook is exactly what you need for this type of album - the choice of sizes, the choice of colours and a set of beautiful stamps. Plus is amazingly priced for the usual QT high quality. If you want to learn more about this book and how to offer it to your clients, get in touch with me - I will ♥️ to help you!

Print Your Vacation Photos in PrimaBook

We all have that one special holiday (some lucky people have more!) that we love to go back to in our memory. When we’ve had great time, when we’ve been with people who mean a lot to us, when we’ve visited amazing places on this planet. We all take pictures like crazy, but what do you do with them after?

Be like Valerie and Ivana - two fantastic ladies photographers who I had the pleasure to work with to create this Blog -

AND PRINT YOUR OWN PHOTOS!

What is the best album to pick for your travel photos? Both Valerie and Ivana went for PrimaBook - it’s super affordable, so you can make albums of all your travels.

Get your code for 20% off PrimaBook!

READ THE BLOG

Valerie has created a 30x30cm PrimaBook (colour Wheat) from her stunning New Zealand trip, and here is was she told me:

I could touch the cover all day every day. It’s super soft and I love it. I decided to not only print the pictures of my New Zealand journey but also add my texts to it. It’s like a storybook that I want to read and show to my own kids one day.

Finish off the cover with one of our pre-made stamps in gold - “Memories” would be the perfect fit.

It was so good to see that Valerie wasn’t the only person with a PrimaBook travel album idea - Ivana had it too! And they have both inspired me to write this Blog and share this idea with you all.

Here is what Ivana wrote about her album:

I’ve been using QT albums for a few years and I fell in love with the quality immediately! I use them for my client’s wedding albums and I was excited to try the new Prima album as it promised the same QT quality at an affordable rate. Well, the Prima book didn’t disappoint! It’s perfect for smaller sessions and travel albums to preserve those favourite photos we always forget on our phones for years. My partner and I made our own travel album with Prima and it’s a beauty! The velvet-like cover fabric is so smooth to touch and looks great with the golden embossing. We keep it on our bedside drawers and look through it often to remind us of the adventures we’ve had and that we should never stop dreaming of new ones even in these hard times.

If you’re a photographer, who has tons of pictures from travel and holiday, and you feel that now is the time to finally print them and treat yourself with an album, we’ve got something for you!

20% OFF until the end of September on your OWN PrimaBook!

Design your PrimaBook with this quick tutorial

Introducing AlbumWorks - by Maciej "Magic" Suwalowski

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FOR WALKTHROUGH

Fundy Software, the industry leader in design and IPS software built for professional photographers, just announced a new platform offering a low-cost online album design and design sharing service. Based on their ground-breaking Auto Design and Drop Zone technologies, AlbumWorks is a powerful web-based album design software compatible with over 150 album companies and labs worldwide. Priced at just $100/year with free flip-book sharing included, it's one of the cheapest options out there but with the control and ease we would expect from Fundy Software.

AlbumWorks is the perfect solution to create stunning looking albums in literally seconds. And with beautiful presentation link that you can easily share with your couples, it makes it a perfect solution to sell more albums.
— Maciej Suwalowski "Magic"
In these tough times, we wanted to share our patented technologies with more photographers, making it easier for them to generate revenue without a major investment or learning curve.
— Jonathan Main, CEO Fundy Software
 

AlbumWorks was launched July 1st, just in time for the wedding season, but you can sign up here to get early access and be one of the first to try it out.

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You can easily design

your vacation book, beautiful engagement shoot

For less than $10 a month, AlbumWorks allows photographers to literally take their images and create stunning, unique albums in seconds with its Auto Design feature. Then, using the Drop Zone technology built-in, photographers can easily adjust to fit their style; dropping in different photos with one click, swapping spread layouts automatically, scaling single images or groups by grabbing the edge and dragging while the balance of the images auto-adjust to fit the layout and page. One-click flipbook sharing with clients for approval couldn’t be easier.

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Together is better!

Together is better - and that’s why we love to be working with great people and fantastic companies.

The amazing photos by Voyteck, the great designing tools by Fundy and QtAlbums beautiful hand-made albums were mixed together and the outcome is HAPPY CLIENTS!

This is what our good friend, Voyteck, has told us about our new PrimaBook.


When I saw the newsletter about the Prima book, I knew I had to get my hands on this beauty. I am a huge fan of documenting life and printing memories and was very excited to be able to offer my clients something new.

Just a few weeks before the lockdown, I got to hang out with an awesome family who were expecting twins. We took some beautiful photos and I thought it would be a great idea to use those images for a test print.

Once the book arrived I got in touch with them again and, with an excuse of offering them a free doorstep shoot, I got to film their reaction of this little gift. I have to be honest, originally I was selfishly thinking of printing some photos of our gang but, I am so glad that I came up with this idea. The reaction was priceless and I got to meet (from a safe distance) two tiny humans.
Huge thanks to QT for printing this awesome book and to
FUNDY for making the best album software design to make it easy. Here is a short clip of this story.



If you would like to add PrimaBook to your offer, you can buy a STUDIO SAMPLE book and get 50% off. Just visit our website and learn more about the samples!

Engagement Shoot with PrimaBook!

Are you offering albums as a part of the engagement shoots? Our new PrimaBook is a perfect match!

Engagement shoots are fun. The couple is more relaxed than they would be on their wedding day. They are in love and simply happy and you need to preserve those emotions on pictures. For you, it’s a great way to meet the couple and create a bond.

Engagement Shoot

While large weddings still can’t take place in some countries, the restrictions are slowly lifting and small gatherings are permitted under certain rules.

It’s safe to meet somewhere in the open air, where you can all keep good social distance, but at the same time have fun and get out of the house!

You can try to arrange the shoot on the day that the couple had planned for the wedding, this may cheer them up a little, still make that day important. Plus, it’s a good practice before the actual wedding shoot and you can get to know each other better.

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When you add an album into the shoot you can make some extra cash, and at the same time you are giving them something special - the eternal ♥️LOVE♥️ for printed albums (we know it always starts with one…). And we have a perfect match! The PrimaBook

It will be much easier to encourage your couple to a more expensive and luxurious album like an AriaBook or ArtBook for their actual wedding album once they see their engagement images in print.


Start offering PrimaBook with your engagement sessions!

PrimaBook is exactly what your couple need for their engagement session - the choice of sizes, the choice of colours and a set of beautiful stamps. Plus is amazingly priced for the usual QT high quality. If you want to learn more about this book and how to offer it to your clients, get in touch with me - I will ♥️ to help you!

Boost Your Portrait Photography Sales with PrimaBook

Just a little over a month ago we introduced a new photo album called PrimaBook. The 3 sizes (8x8”, 10x10”, 12x12”) plus 10 velvety Flores Fabrics along with nearly 20 pre-designed, golden embossing stamps make this book suited to a huge number of occasions. In these few short weeks we have seen it being used as a portrait album for glamour and newborn photography, for family and lifestyle photography sessions, and even virtual boudoir sessions via video chat!

Just one month in and already PrimaBook is our best selling photo book for portrait photographers.

Photographers worldwide are raving about their new PrimaBooks - we hope you’ll join them! Riina Vaikmaa, who is a portrait photographer from Estonia wrote:

I LOVE MY PRIMA BOOK!
Mine just arrived and I love it! The quality is fantastic and it does look and feel expensive.

I absolutely love black and white photos that’s why I ordered my PrimaBook in BW, but I also had one spread in colour, so if my clients want their albums in colour, I would know how it prints. PrimaBook prints BW and colour equally great. Last year I ordered my first sample from QT- and after that, I will never order from anywhere else. I have never seen albums with such high-end quality. I will never ever order from anywhere else.

So, what I am planning to do, now that I have seen the product: I will contact all my clients from the year 2019-2020 and will offer them a high-quality album with a great price, and as a second option: a print package for 10x15cm prints. I know that most of my boudoir clients would love to see their beautiful photos inside a beautiful end product- inside a beautiful album. If they could not afford it before, then now it’s the time.

I can only sell what I love, I do love PrimaBook so I’m sure selling this product would not be hard. / Riina Vaikmaa


Sara Rodenberg Carpenter who is a photographer in Wildwood, Missouri was so kind to share two videos of her PrimaBooks. Sara, who recently celebrated her birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOTS OF LOVE ♥️♥️♥️ ) told us:

I have had 4 albums delivered this week and I’m in LOVE with all of them. I have sold 4 more between yesterday and today. Thank you for this option QT!

Click on the picture to watch the full video

I would like to take this opportunity and thank Riina and Sara for their help with creating this Blog. The constant support from our photographers is so important to us, especially now. If you want to read more about the new PrimaBook or get tips on albums sales, check out our recent Blog posts!

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boost your sales while you’re at home!

Almost a year ago we were getting ready to present you with a new album. That time, we have focused on eco-friendliness and we wanted to keep the wastage and the price as low as possible. This is how we came up with the BloomBook - which today is one of our top selling products.

And last year we wouldn’t have guessed that this time around we will all be facing difficult times caused by the outbreak of coronavirus. This is the new reality, whether we like it or not. But instead of just waiting, watching the news and hoping this will soon pass, we want to be pro-active. We are giving you a new product - specifically designed to boost your sales. The new album is called PrimaBook.

PrimaBook is an album designed for family photography, couples & engagement sessions, portrait & boudoir photography. It comes in 3 sizes and 10 different colours to give you a choice, yet still keeping the price very low. This opens a whole new area for you and your clients.

While we still recommend AriaBook and ArtBook as the main album for your brides & grooms, we hope that with the extra time on your hands you can encourage your clients to print their everyday photos. In fact, our colleagues from IPSM have prepared some great TIPS for photographers during these uncertain times.

We have stripped the PrimaBook from endless options to keep it sweet & simple. We offer it on Digital Satin paper with a good collection of standard stamps to suit different occasions.

Follow PrimaBook website and #primabook to see the colours and stamps that you can mix & match!