Making your own wedding album

03 Apr, 2020 - 00:04 0 Views

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For Better or Worse
THE wedding album has long been the traditional way to showcase and preserve precious images from your big day. While it is still in style to have an album, the wedding photo book has earned its place as the modern way for couples to capture the mood and story of their wedding day.

Your photographer can make one for you, or with so many online wedding album templates and services available today, many couples choose to make their own. These DIY wedding photo books look just as beautiful and professional as the ones ordered through a full-time photographer. So if you’re looking for instructions, tips, or ideas on wedding albums, keep reading below.

Wedding photo book or wedding album?

So what is the difference between a wedding photo book and a traditional wedding album?

The traditional photo album features photographs that are printed on separate pieces of paper and placed into plastic sleeves or within frames on a page. Your baby pictures are likely organized in a traditional photo album. Alternatively, a professional wedding photographer may use their selected photos from your big day to print in a high-quality lay-flat style album. While this type of album looks clean and professional, the couple would not have much choice in a specific design or image placement.

A wedding photo book, on the other hand, is a book that is carefully bound with photographs printed directly on the paper. While there are countless styles to choose from, typical photo books have room for custom text, unique backgrounds, different layouts, layflat pages, and your choice of genuine leather covers.

Making your own book allows you to be in control of telling your story and personally selecting your favourite images.

Modern couples are choosing to make their own wedding photo books as a fun and creative way to tell the unique story of their big day. So whether you’re the creative type, on a budget, or simply love the idea of making your own wedding album photo book, this ultimate guide will show you how to make a wedding album photo book that will be cherished for years to come.

Using beautiful photos and gorgeous templates, follow these simple steps.

Choose a photo book style and size

Match your wedding style or theme with dozens of designer wedding photo book templates.

Select a cover

You can never go wrong with a timeless leather-bound photo album cover.

Upload your final wedding photographs

Receiving your photos from your photographer may take up to eight weeks, but it’s worth the wait to get your professionally polished images. Make sure you communicate early on with your photographer about your digital copy needs so there’s no confusion once it’s time to create your book.

Pick your favourite photos

Add variety with a mix of both candid and posed pictures, plus photos of the decor. Do your best to balance the lighting and colours and group them together for each page for optimal visual appearance.

Pick a layout method that fits your design skills

There are two ways to make a photo book the way you want – totally DIY or using templates and pre-designed layouts.

Design your photo book

Add finishing touches. Select special features such as layflat pages, satin-finish paper, a dust jacket or a gift box to customize your photo book. This is your chance to make your album one-of-a-kind.

Order away!

Once everyone looks and feels just right, review all the pages for any mistakes or typos before printing your photo book.

 

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