Wedding Album Information
Your special day deserves a treasured heirloom… your wedding album! This memento tells your unique love story, one that you and your spouse can turn to time and time again to relive one of the most beautiful days of your life. Check out our tips below and let us help you create an album that you’ll treasure for a lifetime!
Tips On Selecting Images For Your Wedding Album
We can use the images in your Highlight Gallery or you can choose the images yourself. If you’ve decided to select all the images for your album, we ask you to limit your selection to 250 images. That may sound like a lot of images, but we have some tips to help you with this process!
1. Have fun with this...
Turn off the phones, put on some good tunes, grab a glass of wine, and enjoy reliving these special moments! Your online gallery is designed to help you with this process and will keep track of how many images you flag for your album.
2. Break the Day into Sections...
Your album will flow better if you have a balance of pictures from the different parts of your day. To help you to narrow it down to your key favorites from each part of the day, I would suggest choosing the following:
(Disclaimer: this list and the number of images are simply suggestions, please adjust to your preferences and see Step 3):
One or two venue shots to set the scene for the story
Five getting ready shots for each of you, plus up to five details (dress, shoes, cuff links, cologne, rings, flowers etc)
One wide shot of your ceremony site, plus one or two details
Three to five images of your first look with parent and/or spouse (if applicable)
One or two shots of you coming down the aisle, and your partner’s expression
Up to eight key shots of the marriage ceremony
One or two shots as you leave the ceremony
Up to six cocktail/bar/candid mingling shots
Up to eight wedding party group photographs
Up to eight family portraits photos
Eight to ten couple shots, including something epic that can be a double page spread
One full shot of your reception, plus three to five detail shots
One or two shots of your grand entrance
One or two photos of each of your speakers/toasts
One or two shots of the cake and one of the cake cutting
Two or three shots of the first dance
One or two photos of parent dances and other reception events (cake cutting, garter/bouquet toss, money dance, etc)
Eight to ten shots of the evening fun, dancing etc
One closing shot such as venue at night.
3. Include your Must-Haves, not your Should-Haves...
This is YOUR wedding album and it should hold your absolute favorite images from your day. Go with your heart, not with your head – include the photographs that you love.
4. Black and White or Color….
It's ok to mix black and white and color images on spread.. it's also ok to not do that. Again, its YOUR album.. we want you to love it!
5. Don’t forget the details…..
You may be tempted to ditch the detail shots to make room for other photos. Don’t do it! You can always add more spreads to your album. Detail shots are a great way to transition from the different parts of your day, set the overall tone of the album, and most of all, they beautifully marry artistry and storytelling together.. ‘marry’.. see what I did there? yep, I just went there!
Let’s move on to some other fun elements of your album to consider…
Album Information
Our Albums come in various sizes, cover options and colors
Mix and match your choice of cover material, book size, and page thickness to create a one-of-a-kind heirloom. We offer a beautiful selection of premium leather and linen cover materials. Finish off your cover with a photo cameo, engraving or debossing to personalize your album even further. Handcrafted in the USA, every one our Legacy Albums provides local jobs and helps our economy!
Our albums come in 3 sizes.. 8x8 and 10x10 and 12x12.
The price of the album includes your choice of leather or linen cover, online design guidance with one of our professional album designer with 3 rounds of revisions, a white storage box and fabric slipcover, and 20 thin lay flat pages (or 10 spreads). You can add additional spreads, up to 40 spreads maximum, during the design process at $20/spread for an 8x8 album or $30/spread for a 10x10 album and $40/spread for a 12x12 album. You can also upgrade to thick pages.
8x8 Album - $750
10x10 Album - $950
12x12 Album - $1350
ALBUM COVER MATERIALS AND COLORS
LEATHER AND LINEN ALBUM SWATCHES
ALBUM UPGRADES
CAMEO COVERS + $100 Upgrade Fee
An instant classic for weddings and portrait albums, Cameo Covers feature an image window to highlight your favorite photographs.
DEBOSSING +$75 Upgrade Fee
Choose a sentimental title and add a date to the front center of your cover with up to two lines of clear text (blind debossing) or fill with gold, silver or rose gold. Debossing cannot be combined with a cameo cover.
THICK PAGES +$100 UPGRADE FEE
To get started with the process, we require a 50% deposit, with the remaining balance due upon completion and approval of the design. Once the deposit has been made, your designer will reach out to you to introduce themselves and get you started! Typically the process of design and revisions can take 1-2 weeks, depending on response time, and the album production time is typically 20 days. Once the 2nd payment has been made in full, we order the album and have it sent directly to you! Easy peasy!!
