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T he big payoff of the wedding
day is the album. It’s what
every wedding photographer has
worked so hard to produce and
it is the object that the couple will cherish
for a lifetime. The wedding album is changing
drastically, as you will see. Still, album
design is basically the same thing as laying
out a book, and there are some basic design
principles that should be followed.
Like any good story, a wedding album
has a beginning, a middle, and an end. For
the most part, albums are chronological.
However, there are now vast differences in
the presentation, primarily caused by the
digital page-layout process. Often, events are
jumbled in favor of themes or other methods
of organization. There must be some
logic to the layout, though, and it should be
apparent to everyone.
ALBUM TYPES
Traditional Albums. Album companies
offer a variety of different album-page configurations
for placing horizontal or vertical
images in tandem on a page, or combining
any number of small images. Individual
pages are post-mounted and the album can
be as thick or thin as the number of pages.
TOP—Magazine-style albums allow you to incorporate
digitally designed composites on every page. Note
that these pages are not bleed-mounted so that the
pages can be handled more frequently without showing
signs of wear. Photo courtesy of Albums Australia.
RIGHT—Digital albums come in all sizes and bindings.
Note the little “purse” albums, which go to work
with the new bride instead of the priceless full-size
album. Photo courtesy of Digicraft Albums.
12. WEDDING ALBUMS
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