CUSTOM-DESIGNED ALBUMS & BOOKS
We offer albums in a wide range of materials, styles and pricing. We hope clients will make an appointment to look at albums in person; however, we realize that out-of-state couples might find it difficult to visit the studio. So, for them we’ve tried our best to illustrate the various options online.
We use the term “album” to describe products with thick, rigid, pages. We use “books” to describe products with thinner, flexible pages (think of a fine coffee table book you might purchase at the bookstore.)
Our albums and books fall loosely into two design styles, matted and magazine. With a matted album the album page is constructed from a solid mat board, and photos are mounted in openings cut into the mats.
With the magazine style pictures are printed on the actual page just as they would be in a magazine. The magazine style allows the most creativity; if you brand your wedding paper goods with particular colors, fonts and graphic elements, we can best carry forward your brand with the magazine style.
All albums include three rounds of revision at no extra charge. If you need more revision, extra rounds are available at an hourly rate. Images captured in color can be converted to black and white or sepia-toned. Many of our product lines also allow photos to be used on the cover. Click here to download a price list and here to download an album order/contract.
QUEENSBERRY MATTED ALBUMS
Our matted albums come from New Zealand album maker Queensberry & Co, which produces some of the finest albums available.
Queensberry can cut whatever size, shape or arrangement of mat openings we can imagine, which means we can plan the page around the photos, instead of trying to fit photos into a limited number of mat options.
Queensberry matted albums come in traditional (single mat) and pagemount (double mat) styles. Click here for a traditional (single mat) style Queensberry album from a recent Kittery, Maine wedding.
Whether single mat or pagemount, our matted albums are Queensberry’s top-of-the-line library-bound “feature” albums. Clients can choose a cover from Queensberry’s array of fine fabrics and rich leathers; a photo cover (left) is available as an upgrade. We offer 12×12 or 10×14 albums that start at 20 pages/60 images and an 8×8 album that starts at 30 pages/60 images. Additional pages can be added in pairs. Here are some more photos of Queensberry matted albums.
ALBUM CRAFTERS MAGAZINE-STYLE ALBUMS
A magazine-style album is designed much like a magazine; we start with blank pages and few restrictions. Not having to worry about fitting photos into mats gives us incredible design flexibility; we can run photos all the way to the edge of the page, across the center of the page, and we can add color, type and other graphic elements to the page. Click here to see a magazine-style album from a recent Southport Island /Boothbay Region wedding.
Magazine-style albums are available from many manufacturers. We choose to work with Miami-based Album Crafters because of their superior workmanship, wide range of options, affordability, outstanding customer service, and fast turnaround.
Album Crafters’ magazine-style albums are made with real photographic paper. The entire page is output as a single photographic print, then Album Crafters mounts prints to rigid boards and binds the boards together to make the album. This yields thick pages like those used in a child’s first picture book. Album Crafters offers leather, silk and full photo covers. Albumcrafters 10×14 albums start at 20 pages/60 images; additional pages can be added in pairs. Click here to see more photos of Album Crafters’ magazine-style albums.
JONESBOOK PHOTO JOURNALS
Our photo journal from Jonesbook, is a magazine style book, with thin pages like you might find in a fine coffee table picture book.
When we added Jonesbook to our line-up, every other product we carried started with roughly 60 images. Many couples found it challenging to narrow down their choices to 60 images when we had delivered almost a thousand images from their wedding, so we looked for an album or book product that would allow couples use many more photos.
Jonesbook is a perfect fit for this need, so we introduced Jonesbook at 60 pages/100 images. Additional pages can be added in multiples of four.
With 60 pages to work with, not only can we use many more images than in our other products, but we also can run the individual pictures much larger than we do in any other products. Our typical Jonesbook photo journal will have four to six double-page spreads (a photo that completely fills two pages) and a dozen or more full-page photos. Our vision for the Jonesbook is to use photos as large as possible so that they can be enjoyed. On the other hand, our Jonesbook photo journals tend to not have colored pages or extensive graphic elements. Instead, the book is all about the pictures. Click here to see more photos of a photo journal from a recent Bar Harbor wedding.
VISIONART MAGAZINE-STYLE BOOKS
Visonart is a magazine style book.This means we use the magazine style to design the pages, but the pages are then assembled without thick mounting boards in between, resulting in a lighter-weight, thinner and more affordable product. Visionart pages are made with archival fine art paper using a printing process that yields rich colors. Pages are printed on one side only, then pages are affixed back to back, so they will be stiffer than the Jonesbook Photo Journals (below). Visionart books feature photo covers, are roughly 8×10 and start at 30 pages/60 images; additional pages can be added in pairs. Click here to see more photos of Visionart magazine style books.
FLUSH-MOUNT ALBUMS
The Flush Mount album, an 8×8 magazine style album, is a good fit for intimate weddings, couples on a budget, couples who want a smaller album, or parents who want to design their own album (as opposed to getting a copy of the couple’s album.)
We purchase our flush mount albums from Finnao, and cover options include a wide range of leathers and fabrics. It’s also possible to get a cameo (window) on the front cover where we can put a small photo and/or your names and date of the ceremony. Flush Mount Albums start at 30 pages /60 images and it’s possible to add more pages two at a time. Click here to see more photos of Flush Mount Albums.
PRESS-PRINTED BOOKS
The press-printed book (think Blurb, but with thicker pages, better printing and better construction.) A thin-page book, the Press Printed Book is a popular budget offering. We use several professional labs. Books have full photo covers, and pages lie flat (so we can design photos that cross the spread.) Press-printed books are popular copy albums (when you want to get parents exact copies of the couple’s album.) A gallery of the Press Printed books will be added soon.
COPIES OF ALBUMS
Exact copies of any album or book are available at discounted prices. We can also make copies of some magazine style albums and books at reduced sizes or in a less expensive line. If you are interested in copies–for yourself or for parents–please ask us about the options.
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