Why not design your albums in Photoshop or InDesign? A lot of people do, and they're great applications – we depend on them both ourselves. A few thoughts … Adobe don't think designing your albums in Photoshop is a good idea. That's not what it's for. Adobe's page layout software is InDesign. So how much does InDesign know about wedding and portrait photographers, their workflow, their albums and their suppliers? InDesign doesn't know what DPI your lab needs, or what file type, or what size the printed layouts should be, or about bleed and trim requirements, or what colour management processes To View More >>

Hello Dears! I saw this on Twitter recently: If Photojunction was a human I'd punch it in the face! Danny wrote back, Actually we are human - how can we help? The nice man apologised - because he was a nice man, and because we don't often abuse real people (unless they're partying outside our bedroom window, that is, or cutting us off at the lights). I've told my lovely boys and girls not to take this too personally…but if I could give you a wee bit of advice: If you're frustrated, getting twitchy on Twitter makes you feel better but it doesn't solve the problem. I bet you won't believe me, To View More >>

On 23 October, Gold Coast based couple Hayley and Greg came home to New Zealand and married at Tarureka Estate. Planning a wedding from abroad is a tough ask, but Hayley's dad acted as their local wedding planner and did an excellent job. Haran of Haran Photography shot their wedding just outside of Wellington, and says their wedding day was a simple but beautiful celebration of Greg and Hayley's love. As is their album... Here are some of the layouts. Click here to see more of Haran Photography's work. Cheers, Anna To View More >>

When Kayla and I were planning our wedding we decided... We'd rather pay someone to design and assemble our invites than do it ourselves. We'd rather pay our photographer a travel fee and have him sort out his own travel. We'd rather pay a wedding co-ordinator to run things on the day. That's us shifting the responsibility ... taking the easy route ... spending more than necessary. Whatever. But during that period, our time was worth more. Managing the process as opposed to doing it ourselves left us with plenty more time for the things we really wanted, or needed, to focus on. How valuable is To View More >>

This week we're planning to cover another five topics to add to our growing collection of classroom movies... - Exporting your page layouts - Sending your order - Image management (problems and fixes) - Sorting and selecting your images (the Collection Builder) - Power users tips and tricks Click here to register and for more information. There are now 11 movies on our new classroom movie page where you'll find the entire series so far. For best viewing we suggest watching them full screen, in HD. Cheers, Nigel To View More >>