Photo Books, Albums, & Magazines
Environmental portraiture in exotic and difficult situations is our specialty. Andrew strives to find balance and harmony of people in the scene with the beautiful views around them. Andrew has been based in Asia, but is now back home in Melbourne Australia. This is a great option for couples, engagements, bourdoir for a special partner, or just for yourself.
This could be you on one these covers!
New cover designs for 2021
Andrew has returned to Melbourne since mid-2019.
Books, Albums, & Mags
Create more than a keepsake, create an heirloom. These will be kept by the family for generations to come. Andrew's only images of his great grandparents are of the only two surviving photos in frames that were passed down from his grandparents. Shouldn't you honour your future generations by investing in a photo book, album or a travel magazine that will be kept for ever? You probably heard from your mother that if the house was ever on fire, the only htings she would save is you and the photo albums; everything else can be replaced, but not you nor the photos. Memories fade; but photos won't. Selfies are fine for sharing "here-and-now" moments, but they are not the photos you print out, they're not the photos you hang on the walls. Smartphone print quality is usually so bad, it's not even worth trying. With our professional experience, we will make a travel magazine or photo book to help you remember and value your special getaway, engagement photos, or once-in-a-lifetime trip. We will take high quality photos and collate the best ones into a magazine or book that you will be proud of, and will be the centre-piece of memories and conversations for decades to come. Wall prints (framed or unframed) are options too.
All boudoir shoots are done with a female assistant and discreetly.
Cover Options
We occassionally update your cover options. Make a note of which one you prefer and tell us. The final cover design you receive will be a little different, because it will have your own portrait on the front, and so text will have to be adjusted according to the picture used. Below are options for a non-Roman script locale; therefore, bilingual text is normally included.
Design: 2021-A | Portrait orientation Travel Melbourne edition for solo and couple travellers. Includes your portraits and postcard-perfect Melbourne scenes. |
Design: 2021-B | Portrait orientation Engagement, boudoir, or other edition. Includes your portraits and postcard-perfect relevant scenes. |
Design: 2019-C | Portrait orientation Minimal text; with your name |
Design: 2019-D | Landscape orientation Traditional photo album style; with your name |
Details / Options
- In a photo shoot, typically over a hundred to three hundred photos are taken, but only the best 10, 15, or 20 (depending on package and options) are included in the magazine / album.
- You can include upto 500 words of text or story about your travelling experiences. This text will not be placed near any specific photos.
- Extra photos from the city are added to give more context to the city. These photos may include cityscape, night photos, small details, and others.
- These will be put into a specially designed photo book, album, or magazine for you. These will show you at your best.
- Photos will include some context of place including any key buildings, and may include (unidentifiable) other people in the background
- Definitions: Photo book: soft cover, contains almost exclusively photos. Photo album: hard cover, contains almost no words, and only pictures. Magazine: Soft cover, contains captions, and some original text (stories or notes) written by you.
- Photo books and magazines are: soft cover, in portrait orientation, 20x25cm (8x10"; WxH); photo albums are 25x20cm (10x8") or 33x28cm (13x11") in landscape orientation. Pages are thick 148gsm paper on lustre or matte.
- Default format is: photo book, softcover 20x25cm (portrait orientation) on 148gsm matte paper.
- The product will be delivered to your address of choice (or express production to give to you in person at a small additional fee). Printed by our US based vendor, and typically delivered witin four weeks.
- Other requests can be accommodated.
Costs includes: Shoot time, equipment, editing, post processing time, travel time and expenses (national or international will be listed seperately in the invoice), photo book, album, or magazine design and delivery, and long term digital storage.
Upgrades and extras can include*
- Additional people (+ USD$50/person / AUD$71).
- Additional shoot time & images (+ USD$100/hr; up to 5 extra images; includes additional post processing and editing time).
- Additional or reprints of your magazine or album (softcover + USD$48 ea.; harcover + USD$85 ea.).
- Additional locations can include The Great Ocean Road, Brighton Beach Boxes, Lunar Park,, and other locations (+ USD$100/hr; includes additional post processing, editing, and travel time; travel costs may be charged extra).
- Additional regional, national, or international shoot locations.
- Expert retouching (calculated on per person and complexity).
- Hard cover image-wrap album (+ USD$30).
- Hard cover flatlay image-wrap cover (+USD$45 / AUD$64)
- Include your own text or story, upto 500 or 1000 words, which will be lightly proofread by us (+USD$50/$90 / AUD$71/$128)
- PDF versions can be delivered (great for showing on iPads and tablet computers; + USD$25).
- Prints framed or unframed (additional postage fees apply; depends on size, quantity, delivery fees, etc).
- Professional uses like commercial or sponsored social media licensing, and more (calculated on industry averages and usage details).
- Proline Photo Paper pages (+USD$22 / AUD$31) > RECOMMENDED
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Policies
Payment: Sadly, there's a few people who spoil it for all of us. Consequently these policies must be adhered to. A non-refundable 50% deposit must be paid within 12 hours after bookings are confirmed, and the remainder by the day of the shoot. All private individuals must pay via PayPal or in-person using our Square payment system (accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Australian EFTPOS; paid in Australian dollars). Corporate may pay by bank transfer. *Additional fees may apply for additional services
Weather: All attempts will be made to do the shoot taking advantage of all kinds of weather conditions. However, if the weather is so bad, the shoot will be postponed. If the client cannot attend the postponed date and time, all fees except the deposit will be refunded.
No-show: Uncool. Just uncool. Please contact us if you are late, delayed, or other; we usually can help you out some how. The deposit is non-refundable.
Liability: We are not responsible for any accidents or injuries that may occur during the shoot. Whilst all care is taken by us, we expect you to also put safety first. We also expect you to operate your equipment within your compentency level.
License: Photos in these packages are not available for commercial or professional uses, unless agreed to and specified in the invoice.
Changes and updates: Due to unforseen circumstances, we may need to change the final product and the contents without prior notice. This may include type of paper used, sizes, extra photos, etc. If possible, an adjustment to the fees may be required; which we will contact you if any refunds are available. We will do everything possible to deliver to you a product that you will be happy with.
An outdoor portrait done in Melbourne.
The hard cover, landscape oriented version; 25x20cm (10x8"; WxH) version.
This could be you on the cover of this book, made specially for you. A sample cover for the Kyoto city version for hard or softcover, portrait orientation; 20x25cm (8x10"; WxH).
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Temporarily we can only support the above options. Soon we hope to support all fo the following options again.
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Sample photobook cover pages (pdf 4.4mb) | Sample interior pages (pdf 83mb).
Preview sample of a photo book inside layout.
All boudoir shoots are done with a female assistant and discreetly.
How to prepare
We recommend that you invest some effort to help make this a great heirloom and keepsake you can forever treasure.
- If in Kyoto or Tokyo, rent kimonos (both male and female kimonos are available in most rental stores).
- If in a ski resort, rent or bring your ski and snowboard gear.
- If by the sea, bring any beach or water sport gear like snorkels, dive equipment, sandbuckets, anything.
- If a sporting event, wear your sports gear, bring your equipment like your mountain or racer bikes, footballs, whatever.
- If wearing regular clothes, simple plain colours, especially white for shirts is usually best. Avoid patterns, prints, or styles that look obviously from 1998, 1986, 2019, whatever; timeless styles is best.
- DO NOT wear sunscrean or makeup with SPF (unless necessary), as this will create weird highlights and shines in the photographs.
- The day before, DO NOT get a haircut you haven't had before from a hairdresser you don't know. Nine times out of ten, you will regret it.
- DO NOT have a "big night out" the night before, and turn up feeling and looking worse for wear. We like to party too, but looking grean under the gills will stay in the photo book forever.
- DO ask questions. It's usually better to get clarity, even on little things, before the shoot.
- Do enjoy the moment. We love photography, and we hope you will too.
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The 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road. We've done the hard work, so you can better enjoy your time.
A sample of a postcard-perfect photo that will be included in your book of travel portraits.