Custom Photo Print Boxes

Sizing Custom Photo Print Boxes

Start with your most common print size. A box for 6 x 4 inch prints, which is roughly 152 x 102 mm, needs an inside size a few millimetres larger to let fingers lift the prints out. For 7 x 5 and 10 x 8 inch prints, the same principle applies. Mounted prints add thickness, so count how many you deliver and measure the stack.

If prints and a USB share a box, plan the layout first. A USB insert can sit under the prints in a recess, beside them in a compartment, or in the lid. Each option changes the box depth and the order in which the client discovers things.

Photographers offering several packages often choose two box sizes: a small one for print sets and a larger one for albums or premium bundles.

Think about the client opening the box. Prints should lift out without the need to tip the box upside down, which can damage the top print. A ribbon laid under the stack, or a finger notch cut into the side of the insert, makes removing the prints easy and graceful. Our measuring guide for custom boxes shows how much clearance to allow around a stack.

Materials and Feel

Rigid greyboard wrapped in printed or textured paper is the classic photography box. It feels substantial, protects well and lasts for years on a shelf. Linen-texture and soft-touch wraps are popular because they look calm and let the photographs inside take centre stage.

Folding board boxes are lighter and arrive flat, which suits photographers who deliver large volumes of smaller print sets, such as school and event photography. They can still look refined with a matt finish and a foil logo.

Colour inside the box is worth choosing carefully too. A white or pale interior lets colour prints look true, while a dark interior makes black and white work look striking. Some photographers line the base with a printed paper that shows their logo pattern once the prints are lifted out. Most studios choose greyboard boxes wrapped in paper for a solid, weighty feel.

Branding Without Shouting

Photography boxes usually carry restrained branding. A logo or studio name foil blocked on the lid, perhaps in white, gold or a tone close to the wrap colour, is enough. Some photographers add their website on the base or inside the lid, and a short printed message, such as a thank-you, on the inside of the box.

Neutral colours such as white, black, charcoal, sand and soft grey suit most styles of photography. If you photograph weddings, a single box colour across all clients builds a recognisable signature.

If you work under more than one brand, for example weddings and newborns, the same box structure can carry two different lid designs. That keeps your stock simple while giving each side of the business its own feel. A custom embossed box lid carries a logo without any ink at all.

Posting Boxes to Clients

Rigid boxes are strong but their corners mark if they go through a parcel network unprotected. For posted deliveries, pack the photo box in a plain corrugated mailer with a little padding. We can supply mailers sized to fit your boxes snugly so there is no room to slide around.

Add a layer of tissue or a glassine sleeve over the prints inside the box to prevent rubbing between the top print and the lid.

When delivering in person, a fabric or paper carrier bag with your logo completes the handover. Clients walk out of the studio with something that feels like a gift, rather than juggling a box under their arm. For posting, a rigid mailer box as an outer keeps the presentation box clean.

Ordering for Your Studio

Send us your print sizes, how many prints you usually deliver, any USB or album sizes and your logo. We will email a custom quote within one working day and prepare a free design proof showing the box, insert and logo placement.

Boxes are made over 4 to 7 working days once you sign off the proof, then sent free and tracked to UK mainland addresses, typically arriving 2 to 3 working days later. Minimums are low and quoted per job, so a new studio can start with a modest stock. If boxes arrive misprinted or damaged, report it within 10 days and we will reprint or refund.

Plan your stock around your busiest months. Wedding and family photographers often deliver most of their work in a few concentrated periods, so ordering boxes before those months begin avoids running short just as galleries are being finished.