A wedding photo album holds a visual collection of your favorite memories of one of the most important days of your life. It may very well become a family heirloom that fills you with a priceless feeling as you turn each album page and relive the emotions you experienced on your special day. So, when creating a wedding photo album, it is best not to cut corners. Invest in a professional wedding photographer and have them handle everything from the custom album cover to the stunning wedding photography inside.
Why you should let a professional create your own wedding photo album
While it can be tempting to take the do-it-yourself route, there are various reasons why you should let a professional create your wedding photo album and the custom album cover. Firstly, the professional will relieve you of the whole stress of taking excellent photographs on the wedding day, and you can focus instead on being the center of attention. Additionally, he or she will do the following:
• Use design software to create a customized wedding album.
• Use thick, textured pages in the album.
• Use hefty and sturdy page backing.
• Use lay-flat binding for the wedding photo album.
• Use durable, high-quality materials like linen, leather, and so on to create a custom album cover.
• Use the real photographic print process to print wedding photographs.
• Work with you to create an album that will tell the wedding day story and become a conversation piece.
• Use the right number and size of photographs on each page so that there is no overcrowding and the photos are easy to view.
• Create additional wedding album spreads to include more photographs if necessary.
What must-have photos will the professional include in the wedding album?
The professional will attempt to tell the story of your romance and wedding in the wedding album. To do this, he or she is likely to use the following must-have photos:
• The bride posing with the bridesmaids
• The groom posing with the groomsmen
• The bridal party with bride, groom, bridesmaids, and groomsmen posing together
• The bride getting ready and sipping drinks with bridesmaids
• The groom getting dressed and toasting with the groomsmen
• Candid pre-ceremony moments with various relatives, such as parents assisting with dressing, siblings helping with hair or jewelry, grandparents making affectionate gestures, and uncles, aunts, and cousins helping with the wedding arrangements.
• The groom waiting at the altar with the priest and the best man
• The bride walking down the aisle on her father’s arm
• Flower girls and flower boys
• The seated, clapping guests
• The wedding ceremony
• The exchange of the rings
• The first kiss as an officially married couple
• The wedding dance as a married couple
• Tender close-ups of the newly married couple looking at each other
• Wedding dances with parents, siblings, grandparents, and other relatives
• Wedding guests meet, mingle, talking, and laughing with one another
• Wedding decorations, wedding invitations, and table settings
• The send-off moment with confetti, rice, bubbles, and sparklers.
• The couple driving away together