Blogs, Tips & Ideas Great Tips and Ideas from Print-your-own Specialist OPUSalbums.com |
| OctOPUS Pro BlogsBlogs for Profssional Phtographers and serious Amateurs on the use of OPUS albums and Innova Papers |
| OctOPUS Trade BlogsBlogs for OPUS Partners in computer consumables, photography, scrapbook supplies, wedding supplies, stationery etc. |
| OctOPUS Blogs - Paper |
| OPUS e-Book "How to make a Great Album (or Digital Scrapbook) yourself"How to design a good inkjet photograph album - digital scrapbook or photo story book. - The definitive guide to making a first class digital photo album. Three e-books in one. |
| Saying Thank-youA great way to say 'thank-you' for a friend's hospitality - using Print&Bind or PhotoAccordion |
Don't lose all your photos through obsolescence or hardware/service failure! People wish to keep their photos and their records for lifetime or even generations, yet many appear unconcerned about the fact that in a few years' time current devices and on-line services may no longer be in use, and even the file formats might not be supported. Old fashioned printed books and documents are still the best. Fortunately they are much easier to produce now. |
| Wedding blog - Photographing a weddingPhotographing a wedding
Posing and Photographing the Bride
The Bridegroom and Groups
Photographing the Wedding Cake Ceremony
Photographing after the Ceremony |
Albums for Weddings Ten Tips to transform wedding photos into wonderful preserved memories.
There’s nothing like a wedding for creating photo opportunities. Here is advice for the bride and groom, the parents, guests (especially camera-buffs), and even somebody who wants a novel wedding gift idea. |
| Wedding Official PhotographerOPUS Albums for the Official Photographer at a Wedding |
Albums for Baby There is only one opportunity to capture the key events in your new baby's life. Once captured OPUS is the ideal medium to keep and share those precious moments. See ten tips for baby albums |
Albums for Parties A party can be a simple gathering, or it can be a lavish or formal event. It is about people – and activities. All these produce memories - albums for you, for your hosts and for the guests. |
| Albums for the FamilyAdults love children’s parties as much as the children. They are the ones too who enjoy looking back at a well produced record of that delightful birthday party or other event. Here are some tips to guide you in creating an album – for your own record – or for the parents, grandparents for that occasion. |
| Work with the SpecialistsWith OPUS Albums you are working with the spcialists. |
| Albums for Wildlife/Bird enthusiasts |
| Albums for Family History |
| Albums for Sport fansPrint photos and story of 2007 football in OPUS photo album. Photos of champions league, FA cup, chelsea, manchester united, goal, pass, save, fans, red card. |
| Presentation Albums |
| Books for Business |
| Produce your own Recipe books |
| FAQ’s |
| Paper SpecificationsInnova Art Paper - Specifiations for OPUS albums and cut sheet Paper |
2010 Year Book Album You want a book that
1. Reminds you of the family – or events of the past year.
2. Gives you an year planner for 2010
3. Good to give to your friends, customers etc.
Then here is a quick, easy and economical method using Print & Bind or Pics Book Jr |
| Using the Unibind System |
| Best Album Software |
| Choose the right Album |
| Don't let your Memories RotWe look forward to going back over our photographic memories. Our photo album collection is the most accessible. Boxes of transparencies, photo prints, videos are not – and will be ignored. The same applies to the digital age. Photos left on computers, CD’s and online services are as invisible and subject to commercial failure and technological obsolescence. Only an easy computer printed photo album is secure. With modern software and supplies it is so easy and effective. |
| Think 15 years aheadIn 15 years time will your computer read today's DVDs - will Windows 2022 support JPG files? |
| Albums or 6x4 Prints?A pile of photos - or a well-designed album which you can be proud of - Which would you prefer? |
| OPUS albums are not expensiveA Print & Bind picture can cost you 7½p or less - compate that with an instant service mini-lab or your own 6x4 photo printer. Compare it with your priceless memories! |
| My Photo Accordion - the Ultimate Business CardMy Photo Accordion – the ULTIMATE BUSINESS CARD
Frasser Hay says "Print your business card on both sides" – mine is printed on ten sides. You can get your whole message across – or several messages.
Your problem is being remembered – you have to stand out and be a bit different. Fold a photo accordion dramatically in front of your prospect – you will move along the sales cycle immediately. |
Printing on Canvas |
| Choose the Right Album SoftwareYou pay your money, you get your choice - but there s a beneift from getting quality album printing software. The cheaper ones are not good on printing. |
| Laying out your OPUS AlbumFrankly I don't worry about the templates at all. Whatever program I'm using - dg Foto Art, Fotoslate4 or Photoshop I just make sure that there is a 1" binding pages. If double sided this will be on the left hand side for odd page numbers and the right hand side for even pages. If you have a background then it is best if that fills the whole A4 sheet. |
| Autumn Colours - Some TipsLast Saturday (3rd November) was a glorious day for colours. Despite winds this weekend looks good too. You don’t have to go to New England. In the South East, Sheffield Park – near Haywards Heath in Sussex is gorgeous. Here are the PhotoArt and Print&Bind albums from this event. |
| Are your Photos Invisible? |
| 2008 Blogs +++++2008 Blogs |
| Do a Day's work in an Hour with dg Foto Artdg foto art v. photoshop cs |
| How Paul Callaghan increased profi 10 foldUsing Dg Foto Art wedding photographer Paul Callaghan was able to increase throughput, increase the price of an album by 60% and sell more. |
| Blogs & ResourcesIdeas for all album makers, scrapbookers and every user of an inkjet printer from the hobbyist to the Pro |
| Customer News |
| Give an Album for ChristmasFor Christmas consider a Year Book, Unibind Calendar, Greeting Card, give software ike dg foto art or Fotoslate4 or a range of albums to produce or make up for your friends |
| Christmas 2008 Message |
| The Pro Challenge |
| Dg Foto Art - SWPP |
| Innova vs HahnemuehleA brief look at the new Innova Fine Art Photo inkjet papers, and how they rate compared to the Hahnemuehle and Canson/Arches papers. |
| Photo Organisers |
| Wedding album in 2010Why you should use Dg Foto Art for your Weddings in 2010 |
Let's meet at Focus 2010 |
| Focus on GoldDg Fot Art - Special offers at Focus on Imaging 2009 |
| For WeddingsMake your own Wedding album - Print your own wedding photo - Design your own wedding invitation from OPUSalbums.com |
| Photo Art or Pics BookWhich Print-your-own Album should I use. Should I use the OPUSalbums.com Photo art or Pics Book Album? |
| Facebook & WordpressBe part of the Innova Art Community with Facebook Innova Users Group & Wordpress Innova Art Blog from OPUSalbums.com |
| Freelance Photo Job Life Cycle |
| Recession? What Recession? |
| Digital Photo Paper Comparison |
| Digital Photographic Papers Compared |
| The Value of Social NetworksSocial and social-business networks (Facebook, Myspace, Linked-in, Xing or my favourite Ecademy) are proliferating – and are increasingly becoming messaging networks. Meanwhile messaging networks such as Twitter are becoming social networks. Also databases – especially photographic databases such as iStockphoto and Flickr are putting in networking (forum) facilities and messaging capabilities.
How does the photographer use these to advantage? |
Adwords - I don't want Clicks Pay-per-click has its uses. When introducing something or making changes and wanting to test its effect on a volume of traffic it often fulfils a need. However for the most part PPC is a waste of time and more importantly a waste of money. I was paying £130 a month for 120 clicks a day – for browsers not buyers.
I was going to can PPC completely then came up with a really good way of using Google Adwords. I cut costs by 80% - and increased conversions by 20% |
| Make a Wedding into a StoryWhether you are the official wedding photographer or just a family member or friend taking pictures remember that there is far more to the occasion than getting some good formal or posed pictures. The story book should reflect the spirit of the occasion. |
| More Effective MarketingOne effect of the advances in software is that all of us have become creative designers. Maybe we are not good as the pros – but with the wealth of templates etc we can produce well balanced and well laid out documents.
So how do we stand out from the crowd, in an ever increasingly competitive market? The quality of printed documents must be one way. Here are some suggestions using the products from opusalbums.com – documents you can design and print yourself with limited investment. |
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Public Domain Posters OCTOPUS blog: Gallery Prints and prints made from fine art or historic photos can be an amazing form of personal expression.
- They can be printed in any format from a 6x4”/A6 postcard up to a 60” wide mounted picture.
- They can be mounted or bound in an album.
- And the original can be FREE
Produce them on Innova Paper from OPUSalbums.com |
| Subjects for Albums |
| Make a Wedding into a StoryMake a Wedding into a Story |
| Marilyn Taylors TestimonalI just wanted to tell you how pleased I am with Essentia FotoArt. I have put a wedding album together for my partner's daughter as a trial - 300 images into 110 pages. Lovely.
I had been using Photoshop for putting together photobooks, from holidays, birthdays, etc, and, in general, it was taking about 10 pages an hour. |
| 2009 Vacation Albums and MoreIt's holiday time - and you will be taking a lot of pictures. These pictures are cherished memories.
We have three economically priced albums, using our very popular and high quality Olmec double sided gloss paper. - Pics Book Jr with its unique invisble staple binding, Flexalbum - hard covers and no limit on the number of pages - and the very economical Print&Bind. All of these have special 2009 vacation deals. |
| Public Domain PhotosIf you make Photobooks of topics of interest, people will read and buy them. With Photobooks you can offer download versions - but people really want the hard copy. But where do you find good photos free? You can get excellent topical pictuest legally and honestly with public domain information. Or you can supplement your own work with free sources, especially if you are making photobooks.
This blog looks at the various sources - from the US Government and elsewhere. |
| Photo Paper SizesList of Standard Photo Paper Sizes - R Sizez, 7x5, 10x8 etc from OPUSalbums.com |
| Back from AustraliaCustomer Letter - We're back from Auystralia full of Ideas |
| DHLUPS and Parcelforce are OK - DHL has let us down. Booked by Interparcel, Parcel2Go, Parcel2Ship |
| Christmas Letter 2009Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for 2010 |
| Christmas MessageDaniel Roberts presents his Christmas Message to customers and friends. |
| January 2010-SaleJanuary 2010 Digital Photo Paper Sale - Olmec, Innova paper from OPUSalbums.com |
Greeting Cards at Spring Fair But what struck me about the cards:
1 The hand made cards were natty,
2 The wordy, hand drawn ones were amusing
3 The photographic ones were utterly boring.
And of course none of them carried the message “This is from me to you”
So much mord can be done with the 'Photo paper how you like it programme' |
About Square Pictures Square pictures are certainly not dead. The square has a meaning too: dependability, fairness and honesty. Many photo service companies such as Photobox offer square prints as an option. Square pages remain popular for photo albums, 12x12 inch (30x30xcm) being the most common. For displays square canvas mounts are available – 12” (30cm) and 20” (50cm) being available
It would seem a pity that square photo paper has not been not readily available. To this end OPUSalbums.com, a web supplier |
| Focus 2010 Report |
| Focus 2010 Dg Foto Follow-up |
| Album Event - save 30%OPUS Albums - Album Event - Save 30% on both your Albums AND Paper... |
| Economics of Contiunous Ink System |
| How I Saved £737 in Ink in Six MonthsBy Using a Fotospeed InkFlow Continuour Ink System on My Epson R2880. I would ahve used 83 cartridges in six months costing £995. Instead I used £258 worth of bulk ink - and very good quality ink too. |
Save 10% on your 2010 Holiday Albums Save 10% on Albums and Panormaic Photo Paper - August 2010 |
| 10Tips to Preserve the Happy Memories of your 2010 HolidayYou've just returned from a great vacation – full of memories. You've taken some wonderful pictures, too.
Now - create your album and story and print on your own inkjet printer. Quick, easy and fantastic quality with OPUS Print & Bind and Photo Art. |
| Save 10% on your 2010 Holiday Albums (copy)Save 10% on Albums and Panormaic Photo Paper - August 2010 |
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