How do you prepare an album for a client???
Hi everyone,
I am trying to figure out how to go about assembling an album for one of my clients. I've never done an album before, and I'm not sure how to go about it. I am planning on using ZookBinders and there are so many different options and specifications for the albums. I was just wondering how most photographers decide exactly what the album will look like and what kind of specifications it will have. Do you give the client a list of the options and let them decide or do you just make all the decisions yourself?
Also, on a side note, what do you guys do if you have been pre-paid for a package with prints, albums, etc. and the client takes a really really long time to decide what pictures they want printed. This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm really not sure how things like that are handled. Do you give a deadline? Or do you just say, "Well, I've been paid. What does it matter if it takes them forever to decide?" The latter has pretty much been my way of thinking, but I'm just getting started and I don't have a large number of clients. I just wonder what it would be like if I was really busy and these people decided to wait forever until they finally decide on their pictures right when I've had a bunch of other clients make their orders. Then, it seems to me, that I would suddenly be swamped because the client from say a few months ago waited until then to tell me what they wanted. I would love some of your thoughts on these 2 subjects. Thanks!
I am trying to figure out how to go about assembling an album for one of my clients. I've never done an album before, and I'm not sure how to go about it. I am planning on using ZookBinders and there are so many different options and specifications for the albums. I was just wondering how most photographers decide exactly what the album will look like and what kind of specifications it will have. Do you give the client a list of the options and let them decide or do you just make all the decisions yourself?
Also, on a side note, what do you guys do if you have been pre-paid for a package with prints, albums, etc. and the client takes a really really long time to decide what pictures they want printed. This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm really not sure how things like that are handled. Do you give a deadline? Or do you just say, "Well, I've been paid. What does it matter if it takes them forever to decide?" The latter has pretty much been my way of thinking, but I'm just getting started and I don't have a large number of clients. I just wonder what it would be like if I was really busy and these people decided to wait forever until they finally decide on their pictures right when I've had a bunch of other clients make their orders. Then, it seems to me, that I would suddenly be swamped because the client from say a few months ago waited until then to tell me what they wanted. I would love some of your thoughts on these 2 subjects. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Peter Beal on -
Back in the UK
I ask them would you like me to decide for you?
or would you like to decide for self (bern them to a disc & give it too them)
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Permalink Reply by William J. Dabovich on -
These are very good questions, and I'm in the same boat!
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Permalink Reply by Jim Hunter on -
Hi Victoria - I do weddings and some clients seem to take forever to select the images for their album. However give the factthey are looking to choose between 60 and 80 from around 500 it's probably understandable.
We do tell them that we have to get their chosen list within 6 months after the wedding as album suppliers can change designs and prices can also increase. Beyond that time we reserve the right to apply a surcharge. That seems to help them get a move on but I've heard of some only getting round to it after two years, and in one situation the photographer was finally asked to produce the album four years after the wedding (and the had paid for it up front)!
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Permalink Reply by Robert Davis on
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Hi Victoria,
Having a contract is one of the first steps to doing professional photography. In the contract it should state how long they have until they loose their options to use their dollars (those dollars becomes yours) for their final product. This is a very important point as it forces the client to step it up and order. It all boils down to doing business. How long do you want to drag out their laziness? You don't want to drag it out, so make a contract, have them sign it, and hold on to it to the end. It's called business, not best friends.
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Bozic on -
That's good advice, Robert. So how much do you think is a reasonable amount of time to give them to select their photos?
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