Hickory for photographers
Wedding Album Fulfillment — Parent Books Without the Second Design Job
The couple's flagship album is your work and should stay that way. The problem is everything around it — the two parent copies, the bridal party gift, the grandparent book — each of which is another design job you price too low or quietly decline. Hickory drafts those from the gallery you already delivered.
Start with an event you’ve already delivered. No new shoot required.
Built for the gallery you already sent
Upload the delivered wedding gallery. The engine reconstructs the day from EXIF timestamps and photo content — getting ready, ceremony, portraits, reception, the exit — and picks one or two frames per moment instead of the eight near-duplicates you delivered for choice. You get a sequenced draft, cover included, in minutes.
Design once, sell many times
The couple's book, the two parent copies, the aunt who asked — same design, reprinted. Because you aren't laying out each one, an extra copy costs you the print and nothing else. That's the difference between a wedding earning one album sale and earning five book sales beside it.
Where it sits against your flagship album
This is a casewrap hardcover with a normal gutter, not a lay-flat flush-mount. Pitch it as the companion book — the one that leaves with the mother of the bride — and it sits alongside your flagship album rather than competing with it. Pitch it as a flagship replacement and someone opens the box expecting a lay-flat spread. The format is honest about what it is; the pitch should be too.
Questions photographers ask
Can I use only the images I've retouched?
Yes, and you should. Upload the finished gallery; the engine works from what you delivered, so nothing unretouched can reach a printed page.
How long is the book?
It follows the gallery. More photos included, more pages, within our printer's 24 to 150 page range. There's no fixed page count to design around.
When does the couple get it?
Printing and delivery take 7–14 days from checkout, drop-shipped to whatever address they enter.
Does the couple know Hickory exists?
No. Gallery, shop, receipt and packaging carry your studio's name only.
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Try it on one event you’ve already shot.
Upload a finished gallery and look at the book it drafts. That’s the whole evaluation. Books print and ship to your client in 7–14 days, under your studio’s name.