Wedding Albums
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Album Styles
Are you traditional or would you call yourself a bit more contemporary? Depending on your style, one album type might be better suited for your wedding photos than another. All in all there are three different types to choose from.
Doing It Yourself
If you are willing to spend the time on creating an album yourself, you should know a few things about choosing an album. Colors, styles, sizes, cover materials, and page quality is up to you and your personal tastes of course. However, buying an album from a store or online means that you'll have to decide on the actual type you want: matted or dry mount. What's the difference?
* Matted Albums
** Buying a matted album means that you have to buy several pieces: the
mats. For every insert, you'll need two mats.
** The mats can be cut to enhance the look of the page but you'll have to know exactly how you plan to lay out the album before getting the mats cut or resizing photos.
** Typically, a matted album can hold 50 to 100 pages max because two pieces of paper are needed to display a photo instead of one, leaving less room for photos. Certainly consider this restriction if you are wanting to include every single photo from your wedding, from group shots and portraits to all the details in between.
** When choosing a cover style, consider whether you'll want to expand the number of pages in the future or not. For future expansion, a hinge style book held together with clips, pins, or string is best. Otherwise, you'll want a book bound album style.
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Dry Mount Albums
** These are relatively simple in design, thus less expensive than matted albums.
** They consist of heavy pages (acid-free, naturally) and tissue paper sheets between pages to protect the photos.
** There are three methods for attaching the photos to the pages.
*** You can use
Photo tabs create a permanent way of attaching pictures, leaving no room for mistakes.
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Photo adhesives are less permanent than photo tabs, giving you a way of planning and rearranging the layout before you make the final decision.
* Glossy Magazine Style
** There are a few online stores that cater to those wanting to create a digital album at a discounted price (usually $20 to $40), such as
Snap Fish,
Kodak Gallery, and
Shutterfly.
** Basically, all you have to do is pick the layout, choose the images you want to use, and select a cover style.
