HappyFish blog

Here are a few pages of an album that I worked on for John Riedy a while back - this bride specifically wanted a layered look - and lots of images.

Ben pulled my rubber arm a while ago and tempted me with a DVD packaging project using the JewelBoxing products. While their templates were a touch tricky to decipher at first, we came up with a packaging concept that will be easy for Ben to customize himself for each of his clients with the layered […]

This week I worked with Jen (Jennifer S Rau Photography) on her 5×5 trifold promo card. She wanted to feature both a variety of wedding shots as well as couple shots - target audience: high end coordinators. Thanks Jen! Can’t wait to see it printed!
 

front

inside panels

partially open with front flap closed

outside panels

back

What can I say about Olivier …. what a cute little puddin’ pop!!! Monique of Studio Iris (Montreal, Quebec) so kindly offered this fun project for me to work on and I have to say I enjoyed every minute of it! Just wait til Olivier is 16 and his mum brings out this book to […]

I worked with the talented Melisa Conde of ALTARE Wedding Photojournalism (El Salvador) recently on their first portfolio style album. This book was the Asuka EX. Portfolio ‘best of’ albums are always a challenge to get a mixed selection of images with many different weddings and couples … to flow nicely in one book. […]

This, I think, one of my favorite albums that I’ve worked on with Meg & Charles (Meg Baisden Photography.) I’ll have to post some others that I adore … but in the meantime … here are a few pages for our latest beach wedding for Brandy & Russell. Brandy has the most amazing eyes - […]

I recently worked on a layout for a Christening for a sweet baby girl for photographer Tom Brodigan - of Brodigan Photography. This was a very elegant and fun event for Tom’s clients - and as you can see the dogs enjoyed it too! Here is a sampling of the cover and some of […]

The stars must have been aligned … because I designed two albums - for two different photographers - the very same week - for a wedding at the incredible Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California. I was truly spoiled with the images that I was working with that week and had a […]

Everyone knows … bookkeeping is not fun. However, today I received this fun note from Laszlo of Laszlo Marton Studios …. he says he isn’t good at drawing … but I think this fish is SO fun [and a little cheeky ….] !!! Thank you so much Laszlo!!

This album design was very clean and simple using asymmetrical balance and strong bold color and BW accents. To see more of Ben’s work visit www.benchrisman.com or to check out his photojournalism work visit www.benchrismanphotography.com. To learn more about HappyFish Design visit www.happyfish.com.