Mario Acerboni News

With the Autumn Wedding Fair season approaching, why not take advantage of 50% discount on Mario Acerboni sample storybook albums to stand out from the crowd!

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The new Mario Acerboni Digital Storybook Brochure is now available........

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Mario Acerboni Digital Storybook Brochure.

The new Mario Acerboni Digital Storybook Brochure is now available for pdf download from the "Photographers" section of our website or in hard copy form by clicking here. You can also pick up a copy by visiting us at any of the many Trade Shows and Open Days that we are attending.

Roadshow details here...

Inside you will find typical pricing to use as a quick reference along with images and technical information for file submission. Mario Acerboni have been manufacturing storybook albums for quite some years and they offer over 85 cover designs in various materials and colours to suit all tastes.

You can now follow Mario Acerboni on Twitter to keep up to date with new product launches and offers!

Upcoming Trade Shows and Open days

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Upcoming Trade Shows and Open days.

Mario Acerboni will be present at next week's Photovision Roadshow on Tuesday the 20th July in Bristol as well as open days with South West Photo Mounts at Cambridge, Telford and Oxford. We will also be exhibiting at the Calumet Manchester Open Day on the 22nd July. Click here for details.

You can now follow Mario Acerboni on Twitter to keep up with new product launches and offers!

A full list of venues can be found here........

We would be delighted to welcome you at any of these events and demonstrate the Mario Acerboni products lines including the new Pano 18x10 albums and Digital Storybooks as well as the new Madex 14x14 Matted album.

See below for more details....

Bristol Photovision Roadshow

Click on image to download brochure

For Bristol Photovision Roadshow Details Click here

We hope that you can make it to any of the above events and look forward to meeting you there.

And do not forget to follow us on Twitter!

Upcoming Trade Shows and Open days

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Upcoming Trade Shows and Open days.

Mario Acerboni will be present at next week's Photovision Roadshow on Wednesday the 30th June in Windsor.

A full list of venues can be found here........

See below for more details....

Windsor Photovision Roadshow

For Windsor Photovision Roadshow Details Click here

We hope that you can make it and look forward to meeting you there.

Upcoming Trade Shows and Open days

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Upcoming Trade Shows and Open days.

Mario Acerboni will be present at next week's Photovision Roadshow in Coventry as they will at South West Photo Mount's Open Days in York.

A full list of venues can be found here........

We would be delighted to welcome you at any of these events and demonstrate the Mario Acerboni products lines including the new Pano albums and Digital Storybooks.

See below for more details....

Coventry Photovision Roadshow

For Coventry Photovision Roadshow Details Click here

South West Photo Mounts Roadshows

For South West Photo Mounts Roadshow details click here

The new Mario Acerboni Pano albums and overlays are now available to view on our website

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the range of Pano albums and overlays are now available for viewing on our website and and for purchase from Mario Acerboni distributors. Albums can be found by clicking HERE and overlays can be found HERE.

Pano is a new format that allows a 18x10" single or composite image to be slid into the album page from one side in a jiffy! No creases, no pink lines and absolutely no fuss! Finally panoramic images can be viewed in an album without a centre crease to interrupt the view! Single or multiple composite images can easily be designed for this new size format from Mario Acerboni. A small range of complementary overlays are available and free Photoshop® templates to download free from the overlay section. If you do not see the cover design that you prefer, please contact us or your local distributor and we will inform you whether the album can be made wih this cover and provide an indication of price.

Mario Acerboni are visiting Scotland again for the Photovision Roadshow at Murrayfield

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Mario Acerboni

Are coming to Scotland

Why not come and visit us at the Photovision Roadshow?

We will be exhibiting at the Murrayfield Stadium, The Thistle Suite, West Stand Entrance B, Roseburn Street, Edinburgh EH12 5PJ.

The show is open 11am till 6pm on Tuesday 30^th March

Further details here..

We will be showing our new Digital Storybooks, the Pano 18x10 Panoramic Album System and the new 14x14 Madex adheshive albums.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Mario Acerboni at Armagh and Glasgow

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Just a quick reminder for those of you located near Armagh and Glasgow that Mario Acerboni will be exhibiting at both of these locations as detailed below. If you can make, we should love to meet you and showcase our new collection for 2010.

16th March DL Kirkpatrick Open Day - Armagh City Hotel, 2 Friary Road, Armagh, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. (More details here)

17th March PictureLinks Trade Show. Kestrel House, 11 Clydesmill Grove, Cambuslang Investment Park, Glasgow. G32 8NL.

Come and see the new Mario Acerboni products at Focus on Imaging 2010

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Mario Acerboni Albums

New Products being exhibited at this years Focus on Imaging Show. Click here for Focus details

We are launching our new Pano Album - a great alternative to Digital Storybooks. Simply slide in an 18x10" print to produce a panoramic page with no crease!

We shall also be introducing our new square format Madex adhesive page album size in 35x35 cm size and including metal corners. Finally a large square format with a full range of overlays as well as the option to use full page images! It is slightly bigger than our A size albums but differs in that it has adhesive pages and bevel cut overlays in white or black with contrasting bevel.

In Digital Storybooks, we are now offering 2 new sizes, 25x25cm and 30x30cm and an incredible 50% on all Digital Storybook Albums taken before the end of March.

We look forward to welcoming you to our stand which is D50. Download a floorplan here!

Mario Acerboni will be exhibiting at the 2010 SWPP Convention

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Will be exhibiting at the SWPP 2010 Convention at Novotel London West – Hammersmith
15th-17th January 2010

2010 London Photographic Convention and Trade Show

An invitation to everyone who is interested in photography!

The event is by far the largest gathering of like-minded pro photographers eager to share their knowledge and friendship and with 10,000 pre-registrations so far this is the event not to be missed.

Trade show highlights:

300 Seat lecture Area; Attendees are able to attend FREE lectures by many of the leading lectures in the photographic industry over the three day Trade Show. Subjects cover such topics as: Portraiture, Marketing, Adobe Photoshop, Digital Imaging, Landscapes, Architecture, Weddings, Fashion, Events, Lighting and much more...

Meet 200+ plus exhibitors - All the important players within the industry are exhibiting at this event, so meet the key personnel who can help you.

Convention highlights:

The Masterclass programme is a veritable 'who's-who' in the photographic industry, with three plus days of solid lectures on a wide range of photographic subjects. These include; Children, Events, Digital imaging, Fashion, Fine art, Glamour, Landscape, Macro, Lighting, Marketing, Monochrome, Nature, Pets, Photojournalism, Photoshop, Weddings, Portrait, Posing, Pregnancy, Sport, Travel...

*Free Trade Show - See what is new at the 2010 Tradeshow Over 350 hours of Masterclasses to choose from, over four days!
Over 12 hours of Business School
Over 40 hours of FREE Seminars and Demos
Superclasses
Full-Day Photographic Seminars
Photographer of the Year Awards Night

Convention: 12th-18th 2010
Trade Show Dates: 15th-17th January 2010
Novotel London West - Hammersmith

BOOK NOW! http://www.swpp.co.uk/convention/

Organised by the 'Society'
SWPP, SINWP, SICIP, SITTP, SISLP, SICEP, SIMPP & BPPA

All bookings are final. SWPP reserve the right to change speakers and exhibitors without notice.

V55 Photo Cases for Albums from Mario Acerboni

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Take a look at our range of Photocases from Mario Acerboni for your digital storybook and slip-in albums.

Click the image below or just HERE to be taken to the V55 album case range

Congratulations to all the Mario Acerboni Three-from-One Winners!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mario Acerboni Three-from-One Wedding Award Competition

The results of the Mario Acerboni Three-from-One were recently announced at the prestigious Master Photography Association UK Awards ceremony held once again this year in Newcastle. Congratulations go to Kris Dickson LMPA from Northern Ireland for his winning entry as well as to the second and third place winners, Ian Pickering LMPA and Gary Roebuck AMPA respectively.

Also congratulations go to all of the regional award winners and indeed to all of those who entered this long established competition.

If you fancy entering your own images for next years competition, details can be obtained from the MPA at http://www.thempa.com/ where you can find contact information also.

To see more of the winning entries to the competition, CLICK HERE or on the image opposite.

Thank you also to the Master Photographers Association for producing the content.

Mario Acerboni - New 2009 Brochure!

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the New 2009 Mario Acerboni Brochure.

We invite you to download and browse it by clicking here

Mario Acerboni in Hertfordshire

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

mario acerboni

are coming to

Hertfordshire

Why not come and visit us at the Photovision Roadshow?

We are exhibiting at Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5NQ on 28^th April from 11am – 6pm

We will be showing our brand new Luxury Slip in System, Madex dual system albums as well as our Digital Storybooks.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Mario Acerboni Digital Storybook Online Ordering System

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Announcing the arrival of the Mario Acerboni Digital Storybook Ordering System.

It’s the start of a New Year and you may like to offer your clients an alternative storybook album.

For a high quality digital album from a company that pioneered bound albums, look no further. Our prices are also very competitive so why not order your new sample from Mario Acerboni and receive a special discount at the same time.

After considerable time, effort and cost we are now proud to launch the Mario Acerboni Digital Storybook Album ordering system. We have worked extremely hard to develop a system that we feel will be suitable for everybody to use. One of the greatest challenges has been to create something that is easy, quick and user friendly. We hope you are pleased with the result.

Click here if you can’t wait to see it!

Just log into our website under the Trade section and simply use the Digital Storybook Configurator to specify the album design and calculate the cost and then simply upload your images via our FTP site.

The new system offers many advantages to the user: -

Quick selection of Digital Album cover from the Image Carousel

Quick easy to use drop down menus to overcome the usually complicated album build and pricing process.

The opportunity to specify and order Mini Digital Album books in a variety of sizes and materials as parent albums.

Choose from Leather Look, Leather or Hide Leather and 11x15cm, 13x18cm or 15x20cm in a variety of colours. Not all colours are available in all materials. Limit of 10 to30 pages in album.

The opportunity to order our new Softback books in packs of 8.

Choose from 100x148mm, 100x100mm and 148x100mm.

Once you have completed the order, you can upload the necessary image files to our FTP server using the built-in FTP facility

We have introduced some new album sizes that are now offered for the first time. These are 20x30cm, 30x20cm and 40x30cm. This means that a 6 open leaf Black Milano album in 20x30cm sizes in its basic form sells for £104.02!
Cases are offered extra on all sizes except 20x30 and 30 x20cm unless they are normally offered with a case i.e. Eufrasia and Ofelia.
We are offering the choice of Metallic Kodak Endura paper for the first time.
We are offering a new gloss laminate material in addition to the existing ones.
We are now only accepting orders where files are uploaded to us via FTP or through a CD 1st Class posted to us. The reason for this is to minimise delivery time. We have made arrangements with the factory to get this time down to 3 weeks delivered which arguably is very competitive for a bespoke manufactured quality product that is going to last.

Questions and Answers:

Q. How do I order an album on behalf of a client?

A. You login to the http://www.Italianweddingalbums.com website using your unique logon and password. You then navigate to Products – Digital Storybook Albums. You choose and configure the album using the website tools that we have developed. You also configure any Mini digital Albums and Softback books and add them to your basket. When you click on “checkout”, you place the order as you would do normally with us. After this, you are asked if you wish to upload your Clients image files. You may do this now or alternatively, send via 1st Class post a CD with the relevant files. Once complete, you will receive email confirmation of your order and you can continue to track the order online.

Q. What format should the image files be in?

A. Information regarding this can be found on the introductory page on the website. CLICK HERE!

Q. How do I get a unique logon and password if I do not yet have one?

A. Just email mark and he will set it up. mark@parker-photo.co.uk

Q. What if I have further questions?

A. Email or phone us. mark@parker-photo.co.uk

With best wishes for 2009 from all the Parkers Team

Mario Acerboni on the Road 2009

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Come and meet us and see the products at these prestigious events during 2009

Show Dates

January 2009

16th – 18th SWPP Show London Hilton

February 2009

22nd – 25th Focus on imaging Birmingham NEC

March 2009

24th Photovision Edinburgh - Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, The Thistle Suite, West Stand
Entrance B, Roseburn Street, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, EH12 5PJ

April 2009

28th Photovision Hertfordshire - Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 5NQ

May 2009

12th Photovsion Coventry - Ricoh Arena, Phoenix Way, Foleshill, Coventry CV6 6GE

June 2009

2nd Photovision Manchester - Manchester United Football Stadium, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 ORA

30th Photovision Windsor - Royal Windsor Racecourse, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, SL4 5JJ

July 2009

October 2009

6th Photovision Kent - Brands Hatch Circuit, MotorSport Vision Centre, Brands Hatch, Fawkham, Longfield, Kent DA3 8NG

19th Mario Acerboni 3-From-1 Awards British Professional Photography Awards Newcastle Gateshead Hilton Hotel Newcastle

November 2009

A Wedding Album with a Difference!

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Many people are aware of the special place that Mario Acerboni of Italy has in the world of wedding and portrait album manufacture but few people know about the man himself! Mario began producing photograph albums in Italy some 43 years ago having trained as a Mechanical Engineer and then starting out as a bookbinder. He spent many years developing products for the home market in Italy. One of his early developments was to produce a photograph album that was book bound as opposed to post bound, as was the custom at that time. This utilised his bookbinding skills to best effect and produced the Classic range of book bound albums that many other manufacturers followed.

Some 25 years ago, Mario Acerboni designed and produced the very first Slip in overlay album system due to his frustration at having pages stick together in the heat of his native Italy! Since that day Mario Acerboni Slip-In Albums, known as the Deidrim system, have been sold all over the world. The Deidrim albums have stood the test of time and are still handmade in Italy by a dedicated team that pass their skills down through the generations. Mario’s achievements were recognised in 2006 by the Master Photographers Association and the British Institute of Professional Photographers when he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award at the British Professional Photography Awards.

Mario Acerboni Albums have always kept one eye on the fashions in the big design centres such as Milan and they have always sought to integrate an element of this in their ranges. Notwithstanding that, they also produce many original designs that make them stand apart from other manufacturers. Their attention to detail and quality is second to none!

This is one reason why when they were asked recently to consider making an album that was a little bit different, they had no problem with accepting! Darren and Christothea Williams spent a very long time making plans for their wedding. For a start, it was going to be special as they planned to have a wedding that was themed around Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings story! They spent many hours researching materials and locations as well as visiting historic re-enactment venues to find craftsmen with the necessary skills to make their day happen.

They needed, for example to find somebody to produce pieces of armour for Darren to wear as well as the many costumes that the guests were obliged to wear! During their travels, they came across Phil Bartlett of Stagman Creations who amongst many other things is a skilled artist in working with leather. For over three years, Phil worked during spare time to produce the most stunning designs in the style of the Lord of the Rings in hide leather that were eventually to become the spine and covers for Darren and Christothea’s wedding album.

Mario Acerboni himself took personal charge of producing the album assisted by his daughter Roberta as you can see from this series of images. Firstly, we see Mario in his workshop beginning work on a piece of leather that was to become one of the covers. Many of the machines in the Acerboni factory are personally built or adapted by Mario to conform to his exact requirements. Indeed, he has his own engineering workshop within the factory where he spends many hours perfecting his machines and developing new products and techniques.

In this view, Mario is guillotining the leather that was to become the spine of the album.

Although Digital Storybook albums are very popular at the moment and are also offered by Acerboni, a large proportion also prefer the traditional style of a hand-assembled album and with a Mario Acerboni Album they know that it will stand the test of time.

In this last image, Roberta Acerboni is putting the finishing touches to the special cover that was made to protect the album.

The results are stunning and can be seen in the series of images shown below.

The album created was A3 upright format with 50 leaves giving 100 sides of images in order to fit in all of Darren and Christothea’s wedding photographs.

Never one to stand idle, Mario Acerboni has recently invented the world’s first Slide and Fold album.

This album was designed for those clients who require a single cross- centre panoramic image or multiple montage style of a digital storybook but with the card border styling and advantages offered by a traditional slip in album. Called Digital AMA, these albums are available in various cover designs and a variety of sizes from 20x30 cm up to 60 x40 cm. The traditional border edge protects the image and the slip-in leaf design allows replacement of an image should it ever become damaged.

Of course Mario Acerboni continue to be an innovator of image presentation products that include a diverse range of covers with hand painted designs by artists such as Giuseppe Pacini and Roberta Acerboni. Giuseppe Pacini produces designs for many of Mario Acerboni covers and has done design work for Gianni Versace clothing and Gucci! What draws people to the Mario Acerboni range is that they never cease to improve their products and invent new ones. The albums shown here are from the 2008 Turandot range.

Mario Acerboni is also able to boast that virtually any of their covers can be made into a Digital Storybook as well as all other formats. Many designs are available in a huge variety of materials and colours. There are three main album size formats and three mini-digital album sizes to choose from. It is possible to choose from a variety of different finishes including matt, sparkle and leather laminates, metallic and lustre papers, matching cases, and from six to 50 open leaves. With a 22 to 29 day turnaround on such bespoke products, Mario Acerboni is competitive on delivery time as well as price.

To find a list of our distributors around the UK, please click here...

The Eagle has landed!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Eagle has landed…

Introducing the new Digital AMA System from Mario Acerboni

Following the successful launch at the Focus 2008 exhibition, we would like to inform you that we now have in stock the complete range of this exciting new format.

Mario has now applied his innovation to the first Slide & Fold System in the World. This system combines the ease and adaptability of a slip-in album and the panoramic look of a storybook album whilst retaining a traditional border.

Simply slide an image into the album and once it touches the end of the page, close the album. Your printed image will now have a perfect fold that will always open and close on the original crease..........Simple!

For more information click on the images above or contact your local Distributor.

A full list of distributors can be found by clicking here.

Mario Acerboni Award at the British Professional Photographic Awards 2007

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to Mark Seymour on winning the prestigious Mario Acerboni 3-from-1 Award at the British Professional Photographic awards in Gateshead! The award was presented to Mark by Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet and Ian White, Managing Director of Parker Photographics Ltd, the UK agents for Mario Acerboni. Competitiors have to submit 3 photos from 1 wedding with the subject matter "Before", "During" and "After" the wedding.

Mark's winning entry is shown below and you can contact him and see more of his work at http://www.markseymourphotography.co.uk/

This competition attracts some of the best photographers in the UK and has been generously sponsored by Mario Acerboni for many years. As well as a winner and runners up, regional winners also receive a trophy. The Runners Up this year were Pete Prior and Ciaron O'Neill.

Mario Acerboni Digital Album Range for Trade Customers

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Mario Acerboni Digital Albums for Trade Customers

It is now possible to order virtually any of the Mario Acerboni range of album cover designs in the digital album format. You can also specify exactly how many pages you require and whether you desire a laminate finish. Please go to our Digital Albums for Trade Customers page for further details including our free Easy to Use Configurator and Price Calculator.