Top Finishing Touches: That Extra Something For Your Clients
October 30, 2014
ProDPI Accordion Cards and Ornaments
Accordion cards are perfect for marketing, for client gifts or add-ons and holiday cards. This fun format—available in several sizes with 8, 10 or 12 panels—accommodates portrait and landscape images (single or in spreads) as well as text. With the holidays quickly approaching, ProDPI’s double-sided metal ornaments, which come in six different shapes, should be on your product list as well.
Prices: $43 (25, 5 x 7-inch accordion cards); $15 each or 3 for $36 (metal ornaments)
EDITOR’S CHOICE: Black River Imaging’s ColorTHICK Cards
Add a dash of color to your business and greeting cards with BRI’s new ColorTHICK products. A single or double layer of color visually offsets the cards’ rich white paper stock and creates a luxurious feel that will impress current and potential clients. Six colors are available for layering and six color printing is included for your images and/or business information.
Prices: starting at $0.55 (business cards); starting at $1.58 (greeting cards)
WHCC Barnwood Frames and Matte Metal Prints
Rustic chic is the latest trend in weddings with couples celebrating their nuptials in barns, and what’s more appropriate for their wedding photos than Barnwood Frames? Constructed using reclaimed wood from actual barns, the frames are available in four standard sizes from 8 x 10 to 16 x 20 inches. Visit the WHCC site for more information, and while you’re there, check out the company’s attractive matte metal prints.
Price: from $59
WhiteWall (Avenso GMBH) B&W Baryta Prints
Photographers have a new lab to consider when ordering prints, especially black-and-white images. WhiteWall’s baryta prints are exposed using LightJet technology followed by traditional silver halide developing, fixing and washing. As the lab points out, baryta paper delivers excellent dynamic range with nuanced shades of gray. Although based in Germany, WhiteWall’s standard turnaround time to the U.S. is five days from the time the order is placed.
Price: starting at $17 (4 x 4 inches)
Simply Color Lab 3D Collages and Art Walls
3D Collages and Art Walls both add dimension to images. The former brings 3D to clusters with three to seven images, while the latter turns a single image into a 3D display. Both are available in canvas, fine-art mounts or metal prints. Choose from 17 templates for the 3D Collage; Art Walls are designed by the Lab from a single image; proofs are submitted for approval before printing.
Prices: from $80 (3D Collages); from $399 (Art Walls). Get 30 percent off one or both products until October 31 using code HOT30.
IT Supplies Photo Panel Display
Framing and mounting images can be expensive and, if you do it yourself, time-consuming. IT Supplies’ Photo Panels provide a quick, easy and affordable alternative. These 1-inch thick adhesive panels require nothing more than removing the adhesive film and adhering the print. The panels, which are available in three sizes from 5 x 7 inches to 11 x 17 inches, come with a small stand or can be hung on the wall.
Price: starting at $8
Miller’s Lab Custom Wood USB/Box and Foil Pressed Cards
Wood products never go out of style and Miller’s Lab uses solid maple for its custom USB drives and boxes. Whether you order one or a matching USB/box combo, these lovely offerings can be printed with designs, logos and images for branded marketing or personalized client presentations. And, just in time for the holidays, Miller’s Lab is also offering new foil pressed cards (so new that we don’t have much information, so be sure to visit the site).
Prices: $28-$38 (USB Drives); $28 (Box); $50-$60 (USB Drive/Box)