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Being a wedding photographer means I play many different roles throughout a wedding and its planning. Sometimes I’m a planner and a stylist, a psychologist by turns, hopefully a friend and a resource and sometimes I’m simply a good sounding board. But no matter what I am always an artist. And wedding albums are the place where my work, my artistry, my passion combine with my clients’ style, design aesthetic and serious love for their own weddings to create luxe, custom and totally lovely books.
I spent years looking for the best books with beautiful high-end papers and delicious detailing to offer my couples and I love designing these heirloom quality keepsakes for them. I offer two types of albums, books really, that are drastically different in style and because each one is custom , drastically different in tone and feel. The first book type is called a flushmount which simply means that luster photographic paper is mounted flush on museum board and bound together to create panoramic page spreads. This book is an update to the matted album our parents may have had but retains the classic feel of a “wedding album”, just updated and certainly made more luxurious by cover options like suede, silk shantung and true linens. The second type of book is more unusual. It is a press printed book so the pages are thinner and the book holds more images, usually arranged editorial style – each page boasting a big 5×7 so my image truly sing. Vellum inserts let me add text and texture and perhaps the books best feature are the hand torn edges of each page.
Below are photos of both types of books and many of my couples choose to give copies of their album to loved ones like parents and grandparents. I offer a variety of sizes in duplicate to make each album the perfect gift and again – each book is custom and totally different – just like each wedding day, each couple, each love story.
Let’s start with the Flushmounts:
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And yes, these now come with the lovely wooden box – with your name, not mine laser engraved on the cover. Plus, there is always the option to add a box of artisan prints with a custom engraved thumbdrive.
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And now for the Press-printed books. I can’t lie – these are my favorite.
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If you are a photographer looking for thumbdrives for your clients the ones I use from USB Memory Direct are lovely.
