Our Wedding Album

Like Mrs. Bee, we haven't ordered our wedding photo album yet. We were married almost 7 months ago and for the last few months our 1900+ photo proofs have been sitting our our sideboard waiting for me to prioritize them.


Daria and Andy Bishop provided us with our proof prints in these nice black archival photo boxes.


There are five of them FULL of lovely proofs. But how do I narrow down almost 2000 photos to 100 or so for our album? I keep thinking I'll tackle the task over the weekend.


And then the weekend comes and goes....


And here our proofs sit. (I have to admit I dusted them before I took these photos.)


We have started talking with our photographers about a lovely matted Queensbury album (photo sample from www.queensberry.com).

I am very excited to get the ball rolling. Because the album wasn't included in our package I think we've put it off a bit as it will be an expense we'll have to budget for now. I think a beautiful archival quality wedding album will be something our children and their children will cherish. I know I'm thrilled to have old photos of my family -- it gives me a real sense of history and belonging.

I'd love to here your thoughts. Were you quicker to get working on your wedding album if it was included in your photography package?

And a little poll...If you are already married have you made your wedding album yet?

Yes
or
No

Album Help

We recently got our professional proofs in the mail -- 5 archival boxes of prints with almost 1,900 images. Now I have to start narrowing those down and pick an album style and I need your help.



Daria Bishop Photography offers three different albums -- Queensberry, Leather Craftsmen and Cypress. Based on the information I've found on each companies website, I think I've ruled out the Queensberry albums as I don't love the "magazine style" albums that they offer that are so popular right now. I want our album to stand the test of time both physically and esthetically. So now it's down to the Leather Craftsmen or the Cyress.




It looks like the Leather Craftsmen albums will really hold up over many years and I love the look of the mounted prints -- very classic.



If I was picking just based on what I liked the look of best, I'd pick the Cyress. The hand made paper and the cloth cover is so visually pleasing, sweet and romantic. I'm just not sure that years from now it will be in very good shape.

I'd love to hear feedback from brides who have used Leather Craftsmen or Cyress Albums. What did you like and dislike about your album. Any tips -- it's hard to make this big decision without actually holding samples in your hands. For those of you who aren't familiar with these album companies, you can check out their websites.

www.leathercraftsmen.com
www.cypressalbums.com

Note: These companies will only work with a professional photographer so if you want to make your own album with them you'd have to have a photographer do this on your behalf.