Wedding Albums
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I wonder what your perspective will be after you have designed your first album- if you want to compare yours against one of mine after you've done it I'll happily send you a pdf of an album so that you can understand better what I mean about it being a skill in itself, and you'll also see how I shot the wedding for the album because of how the images flow together.
I feel the subject for another blog of yours coming on
Possibly correct but the whole point of these forums are to educate those who don't know, you have SWPP and the likes for 'pro' exclusivity.
Many members want to learn about workflows etc, not meaning that they want to become a pro.
Some people can't even wire a 3 pin plug so how can you expect everyone to design a wedding album.
Happy shootin'.
Perhaps that works for you but I find that shooting lots of detail shots usually ends up as a page in the album of bridal prep plus a page of things like flowers and cake details, shots of the room dressed fo the reception. There's three album pages right there.
Then there are things like a recent wedding I shot a whole sequence of them coming down a red carpet with the guests showering them with confetti. 4 of those ended up in the album as a sequence. I also had the kids running towards the camera with the groom and best man. That also made a 4 shot sequence. When you put together little sequences like that it makes it harder for them to leave out of the album and makes for a bigger album too
It's called upselling
I agree with all of that
Going back to the OP, it's not clear to me whether the question relates to an off-the-shelf album or a custom one - hopefully that will become clear later.
If it's a custom one, and the OP's first wedding, I would suggest it's better to concentrate on doing the photography justice, THEN put the album together, rather than looking through the viewfinder and thinking about page layouts.
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Thirded!
The OP obviously just wants some direction in the best places to get an album. At the end of the day nobody knows what level they are at and I dont think anyone has the right to assume that they arent capable of putting a great album together.
I do find that sometimes a lot of replies on here do sound quite elitist and could be enough to put someone who is new to the forum off coming back.
Maybe the original OP would like to elaborate on what kind of album they are looking for so responses can suggest the best place suitable.
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Omg whats all the banter about i only wanted some advice on albums but however you guys have really give me something to think about, yes this is my first wedding, and find myself now wondering whether i have done the right thing agreeing to do the photographs but hasn't everbody got to start some where,i didnt just want an off the shelf album i wanted some thing a bit more if you no what i mean 
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Omg whats all the banter about i only wanted some advice on albums but however you guys have really give me something to think about, yes this is my first wedding, and find myself now wondering whether i have done the right thing agreeing to do the photographs but hasn't everbody got to start some where,i didnt just want an off the shelf album i wanted some thing a bit more if you no what i mean
Which means instaed of just sayin.. "yeah I'll do it.. easy money" you are researching it and care about what they recieve.
Good luck to you.
Omg whats all the banter about i only wanted some advice on albums but however you guys have really give me something to think about, yes this is my first wedding, and find myself now wondering whether i have done the right thing agreeing to do the photographs but hasn't everbody got to start some where,i didnt just want an off the shelf album i wanted some thing a bit more if you no what i mean
No, this is the whole point of some of the members getting their knickers in a twist. Be a little more elaborate and you may find yourself a definitive answer.
Hope the forum can help.
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Sorry i was at a wedding fayre last week and the photographer had hers set out in a Spicer Hallfield Album which looked absolutely stunning but as my friend has little money this is why she has asked me to photograph the wedding i know she will not have the money to pay out for one of these but i'm looking for a similar style or something basically that looks the part like :shrug:
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The trouble with Spicer Hallfield is (as I'm sure they'll be a rush to tell you) they went bust last year.
For a £100 budget, I'd be looking at one of the coffee table books, a really good blurb album for example.
Mario Acerboni
nice and simple slip in your prints.Shame its taken a couple of pages to get a straight answer but thats the way things go these days on this forum regarding weddings :shake:
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Well it must have been an old album Marie, Spicers went bust over a year ago!
The best alternatives I've seen to the Spicers albums are MTA, you can buy them in Calumet stores. You need to do the album design in photoshop and have the prints done to the right size and stick them in the album (it's self adhesive) They are around £80 to buy and the prints are about £12-£20 for a 20 page book.
That's actually quite cheap for a wedding album.
The best alternatives I've seen to the Spicers albums are MTA, you can buy them in Calumet stores. You need to do the album design in photoshop and have the prints done to the right size and stick them in the album (it's self adhesive) They are around £80 to buy and the prints are about £12-£20 for a 20 page book.
That's actually quite cheap for a wedding album.
Shame its taken a couple of pages to get a straight answer but thats the way things go these days on this forum regarding weddings :shake:
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And once we got a simple question then what happened to the replies Dave?
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are one option - there are others.
Shame its taken a couple of pages to get a straight answer but thats the way things go these days on this forum regarding weddings :shake:
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errmm as soon as you get a simple question - you get a simple answer. Until then there is a bit a debate, this is a forum after all
Yes there are others but thats the one I suggested
The question seemed simple enough to me
seems like some are just up for a fight
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i have always used photoproductions.com
they offer the high quality albums that you seek and are among the cheapest of their kind.
they offer the high quality albums that you seek and are among the cheapest of their kind.
Sim2000 and LDP (loxley's) is the same software I'm sure. I use ldp to design loxleys albums
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Well it must have been an old album Marie, Spicers went bust over a year ago!
The best alternatives I've seen to the Spicers albums are MTA, you can buy them in Calumet stores. You need to do the album design in photoshop and have the prints done to the right size and stick them in the album (it's self adhesive) They are around £80 to buy and the prints are about £12-£20 for a 20 page book.
That's actually quite cheap for a wedding album.
Some of the Spicers team now work for Colorworld, making the same albums rebranded...