KryStyle Designs

Shari Zellers Photography : Kimberly + Jermaine

2008-05-15T12:59:00.004-04:00

So I've just finished a third design for Shari Zellers......check out a rockin' slideshow of the whole book design HERE!

My favorite way to design is with fewer images in a clean, classic, simple layout, sometimes with punches of vibrant color. A few of my favorite page spreads are below---I adore the vibrant color that I used to enhance the middle layout.

Jeannette + Daniel's Wedding Book!!

2008-05-01T12:12:00.005-04:00

Last October Paul & I fotographed the wedding of Jeannette + Dan at St. Clements Castle in Portland, CT. It was a romantic, rainy day wedding, and I recently finished a gorgeous book design for them. I designed this book to be a spine-on-top book, which is a new, fun style of book offered by Kambara. When open, the book will be a 16x20 spread! I can see this book being printed on metallic paper, with a linen finish, to bring out the brilliance of the both the vibrant & subtle colors of the images. Enjoy!

Click here to view the entire design!!!

Here are just a few of my favs:

The first page, which will show through the translucent front cover of the book when closed.

Subtle, soft color:

Bold, vibrant color! Flowers by our favorite botanical artists, Tony & Cat at Datura in Middletown, CT.

Shari Zellers Photography : Holly + Victor

2008-04-29T18:06:00.005-04:00

Here is another book design I just finished for Shari Zellers. Enjoy!!

Click HERE to see the full design!

A few of my favs:

Ann + Walt's Love Book.....An AWESOME Day

2008-04-28T10:54:00.001-04:00

Here is a Love Book design I've been working on for our lovely clients Ann & Walt, who's wedding we shot last September. We shot this "Get to Know You" Love shoot to close to their wedding date to be able to order a book for in time for their wedding. Usually our clients use these books for guests to write lovely messages to the couple during cocktail hour, but these books are also just a great way to have a fabulous book of your fun "Get to Know You" shoot. Some couples have been opting for two copies: one to write in, and the other not to. We went sailing with Ann + Walt, which was fantastically fun for both them and Paul & I! We really encourage our brides & grooms to think of a fun activity that they enjoy to do together, or a location that is special to them to spend the day fotographing. Think of us as your own personal paparazzi, but in a good way : )

Here are a few of my fav spreads, and be sure to CLICK HERE for a fabulous, summer breezy slideshow of the whole book!!!!

First Book Design for Shari Zellers Photography!

2008-04-25T19:10:00.002-04:00

I'm excited to be working with a new client, Shari Zellers Photography from Atlanta, Georgia! This is the first of many designs I'll be creating for Shari, so stay tuned...

Enjoy a few of my favorite page spreads below, and be sure to check out a slideshow of the full design by clicking here.

What a beautiful wedding!!

Design for Matthew J. Wagner Fine Photography!

2008-04-24T16:03:00.003-04:00

So, I just finished a design I've been working on for Matthew J. Wagner Fine Photography! Matthew was hired to photography a family on vacation to St. John for 6 days, and came to me to create a clean, tropically (if that's a word!) book design. I designed a book a few months for one of my destination wedding couples that got married in Jamaica, so designing this book brought me back. I want to keep with an island theme, so I incorporated fun tropical colors to some of the layout's backgrounds, along with a few embellishments of tropical flowers. This book was a pleasure to design... I love building a story with a mixture of photojournalistic images and gorgeous, epic shots of beautiful scenery.

Click here to view the slideshow of the whole design.

Meaghan + Michael's Love Book!

2008-02-17T13:56:00.001-05:00

In April Paul and I are going to be shooting the awesome wedding of our lovely couple Michael and Meaghan at the world famous Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Here is the romantic Love Book we've custom designed for them to have at their wedding for their guests to sign in.

CLICK HERE to see the stylin' book design by Krystal (a.k.a. Krystyle!)

Enjoy!

Diana + Christos E-Book Design!

2008-02-05T18:20:00.000-05:00

As you might recall, last October we did Diana & Christos engagement shoot at the Berlin Fair. Well, I just designed a rockin' book for them to have their guests sign sweet little messages to them at their wedding in July. This couple is adorable- we can't wait to fotograph their wedding! Here is the cover of the book. It is going to be printed by AsukaBook.

**Click here to check out the design by KryStyle Designs**

Janis + Rob's Wedding Book!!!

2008-02-05T18:18:00.001-05:00

Here is KryStyle Designs lastest book design! I created this wedding book for our new friends Rob & Janis, who's wedding we fotographed last October. Rob & Janis are such good, kind-hearted people, and we feel so fortunate to not only have had them as amazing clients, but also now as good friends. I think we rave about them as much as they do us!

Click here to see the whole book design!!!

The first page spread:

The Niderno Family Holiday Card

2007-11-28T22:10:00.000-05:00

On Sunday I fotographed a newborn session for the Niderno Family, who is doing a year long project with us called the Miracle of Life. The project consists of 6 sessions starting with Maternity, newborn, 3 months, 6 months, 9 mo., and ending with the baby's 1 year pictures. At the end of the project I am going to design a book for the family using images from all 6 sessions to tell the story of the baby's first year of life. This is my first official project of this nature, and I'm so excited to be working with such an amazing family! Here is a holiday card that I've designed for them!

Here is the front of the card:

....and the inside spread:

and here is the back of the card!

Nate's Rock Star Book

2007-11-21T11:20:00.000-05:00

We shot Nate's rockin' senior fotos a couple weeks back, and I just finished a Rock Star Book design for him! I think it came out awesome.....let us know what you think!

Here is the front cover..... Click here to see the full design!

Eileen + Russell's Book

2007-11-21T11:17:00.000-05:00

In September we fotographed the beautiful wedding of Eileen and Russ, and I just finished the design for their wedding book. Eileen and Russ and their families are from our little ole' town of Stafford, and it's been really working with these wonderful families! I wanted to make sure that I had their design ready for Thanksgiving, so that they'd be able to share it with everyone.

Below is the first page spread of their album. Click here to see the full design!! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!

Erin's Rock Star Book

2007-11-05T16:32:00.000-05:00

A couple years ago we fotographed this lovely young woman's senior fotos and just designed this beautiful book just for her! Enjoy!

Click here to see this rockin' design!

Class of 2008 Senior book.

2007-11-03T16:15:00.001-04:00

Here is new and amazing KryStyle Designs Senior book.

Here is the front cover.

Click Here to flip through the book.

2007-10-25T13:56:00.000-04:00

Well, I've officially completed my first design for another photographer, and I'm so excited about it!!!! This design is for my dear friend and amazing photographer, the one and only Miss Carla Ten Eyck!!! She was our guina pig for figuring out the logistics of designing for other photographers, and I'm looking forward to her feed back on the whole process. I am very much looking forward to designing more books for Carla- I really love her work. Paul & I helped Carla shoot a wedding earlier this year, and it was such an amazing experience shooting with another photographer that is as passionate about her work as we are! Our styles are so similar, so it was almost like cheating designing a book for her, because I felt like I was designing a book for our studio!! Anyway, without further ado, enjoy!!! And feel free to give me some feed back!!

Click here to see Christine + Paul's Rock Star Wedding Book!

Ann + Walt's Wedding Book

2007-10-22T11:21:00.002-04:00

On September 1st of this year, Paul + I shot the wedding of Ann + Walt. They were such a fun couple to fotograph, and their book was just as fun to design! Enjoy!

Devon-Anne + Edward's Book

2007-09-22T19:19:00.000-04:00

Paul & I shot Devon and Ed's wedding last year at Saint Clements Castle in Portland, CT, right down the street from where I grew up in the little town of East Hampton. Saint Clements is a cool renaissance style castle with a beautiful view overlooking the Connecticut River. Devon is such a classic beauty and Ed is a handsome guy, and they were so fun to photograph. They had such a great "serious" look, which I loved when we were shooting in the gorgeous ivy terrace courtyard. The sun had just went down, and we had this romantic, dark light (if you could give it such a name!) that really created a romantic mood. I love their images and really enjoyed putting together this design of my vision of their day.

Welcome to KryStyle Designs!

2007-09-22T09:40:00.000-04:00

Hello all and welcome to my new blog! I'm Krystal Prue, co-owner & designer for my new book design company KryStyle Designs! As some of you may know, my partner Paul (who also happens to be my amazing boyfriend!) and I have a fotography studio in rural Stafford Springs, Connecticut called StudioFoto. My passion in life is photography and I feel so fortunate to be living my dream! I also absolutely love to design.... it seems to come to me very naturally, and I look forward to coming up with new and unique designs with every book I create.

We've been fotographing weddings & portraits for 7 years now, and I've been our designer as well. This past February we became founding members of our local PUG (Pictage Users Group) here in Connecticut, and quickly became good friends with many of the members. It's been such a inspiration for us to get to know these photographers, both professionally and personally. Paul & I have grown so much this past year, and we thank our friends in PUG for helping us grow as photographers and people. Many of our friends in this group have been encouraging us to start a book design company for other photographers because they love my book designs so much! This is such a compliment coming from my peers, who's work is an inspiration to me, and I feel so honored to be asked to create designs for these wonderful photographers! I'd like to thank some of my friends who have been encouraging me to officially start KryStyle Designs: my friends Carla Ten Eyck, Justin & Mary, Steve Depino, Amy Ross Jacob, Nicki Nicole, Jacklyn Greenberg and Richard Esposito, and the list could go on and on! Thanks everyone and I look forward to working with you all!

Without further ado, please enjoy my blog and check back frequently for my new designs & thoughts! Please feel free to leave comments and if you are a professional photographer interested in my custom book design services, please contact me.

Vanessa + Mark's Wedding in Jamaica

2007-09-19T19:38:00.001-04:00

Hello all! Here is a lovely project that I've been working on for my couple Vanessa & Mark who's wedding we photographed in Jamaica last year! A gorgeous couple + beautiful location= amazing wedding!! Paul & I had such a blast spending 5 days with them, and I could not wait to design their books! This is a two volume book design, and I cannot wait to have this as a sample in our studio . Paul & I would like to eventually shoot mostly destination weddings- they are such an adventure! Enjoy!

2007-09-08T12:23:00.000-04:00

Here is the first official design from KryStyle Designs. This is an Asuka book For Jeannette + Dan.