Changes

Last weekend Jason, Norah and I escaped to the mountains with my family. As we were sitting around the living room laughing and giving my sister's dating advice (these girls are total heart-breakers), my dad pulled out some old pictures of my brother he keeps in an envelope in his desk. We all laughed fondly as we admired his classic bowl cut and scrawny frame. These were good times. 

A few days ago I sat down with Norah at my parent's house and looked through my wedding album with her. I pointed out mommy in her white dress and how handsome her daddy looked (despite the Worst Hair Cut of All Time) and how happy we make each other. She carried this miniature version of my album around for a while, stopping every-so-often to open it up and admire the photographs of the people who love her more than anything.

Winds of change are blowing over here at Jessie Alexis Photography. As soon as I get settled on a new (updated by the fab Jessica) logo, I'll be launching my new Web site. With my new pricing. With new packages. It's all very exciting and I can't wait until it all goes into effect, but the thing I'm most excited about is the re-formation of packages to all include prints and albums. Because really, that's why I do what I do, so you have something to look back on and remember these important times in your life. These tender memories you make belong on a better format than just your blog or facebook, they belong in your home.

Norah's pretty excited about this change too :) And yes, I do have this picture printed - I practice what I preach!

Albums

I really love the albums I offer in all my packages. They are soft and sexy, the perfect way to show off your wedding photos. They come in three different sizes and seven different colors. They lay flat and have nice, thick pages. The leather they are wrapped in is genuine, quality leather that is so soft, you'll want to cuddle with it every night. And not only are the albums perfection, they also come in the cutest canvas bags!

Wedding Albums

A few of the things I love about the wedding albums I offer ...

Nice thick pages ....

Beautifully soft leather

Stylish cloth bags

Lays nice and flat when open

They come in Black, Brown, Blue, Green, Red (shown) White and Pink. All three of my packages come with an album because I don't just want you to love your photos, I want you to be able to look at them and show them off in swanky album.

Annie and Dan album

I'm designing a sample album for the Thanksgiving Point Wedding Expo, and I decided to use Annie and Dan's pictures. This couple was so much fun to work with, and I loved the way their photos turned out. Here are a few of my favorite spreads:

I'm ordering this in "redlight red" and will post pictures just as soon as I have the album in hand!

Matt and Jana's album

When my brother-in-law Matt married his beautiful wife Jana this past March, they hired a friend to take their pictures. She did a great job, but at the end of the day, the only thing they had to showcase their wedding was their pictures stored online. So my mother-in-law hired me to design and order a wedding album through my album company for their Christmas present. It was fun to design, and the end result was fantastic! They ordered a 10x10 in Forbidden Green, one of my favorite color options.

Brides, when choosing a photographer, make sure you're looking at what you're getting. It may be most important to you to be getting the CD with all your high resolution pictures on them so you can print/publish those at your disgression, but make sure you're getting more than just that. You're going to want something that you can display in your home, something you can pull out and show your children and grandchildren.

Kiss Wedding Books (the albums I offer) are amazing! They come in your choice of six colors of imported Italian leather. They are oh-so-soft and have that great leather smell too. Instead of coming in a boring cardboard storage box, they come in snazzy canvas covers to protect the album in style. In short, I love these albums and wish my personal wedding album was a Kiss album.