For me, finding a creative way to deliver our albums has always satisfied some creative itch that’s somehow unrelated to photography. In this case, I designed a delivery package around the iPad, borrowing colors (on the box) from the wedding itself, and a black velvet casing inside that looked great with the glossy display of the iPad. To top it off, I set up a custom slide-show in the iPad which was already playing when Shanel and Travis opened the box for the first time.

I love my job.

After quite a lot of research and review, I’m proud to introduce wedding albums for 2010! These albums are hand assembled and custom designed to last a very, very long time. Albums are currently available in premium black leather and standard black leather. But best of all, every package comes with one of these babies!

Premium Leather Albums

Premium leather albums are durable and heavy, with thick pages. These are perfect for your main wedding album. Each page is custom designed with the images you choose, and the book is constructed so that the pages lay flat, making it easy to look at with friends and family. Premium leather albums are available in the The Works, Extended and Basic packages and come in 8×10” and 10×15” sizes, depending on which package you choose.

Basic Leather Albums

Basic leather albums are constructed with the same care and precision as the Premium leather album, but are lighter weight making them a beautiful, yet economic option. Each page is designed to display one or two photographs that you choose. Basic leather albums can also be ordered as page-for-page duplicates of a Premium leather album—perfect for parents! Basic leather albums are offered in all packages as either the main album, or albums for parents. They are offered in 6×9” and 4×6” sizes.

Have a question about the new wedding albums? Don’t hesitate to make contact today!

Since most people are already familiar with ordering images in print, lets take a quick look at digital files.

Digital negatives, what are they?

Back in the days of film cameras, the ‘negatives’ were what the camera’s film turned into when it was developed. It was what was used to easily make copies of images. Today, the term doesn’t make a whole lot of rational sense—it simply refers to the full sized image files that came out of the camera—the image files you would need if you wanted to go and make duplicates of pictures you had taken.

Because of the huge cost to the customer, It is not typical for truly professional photographers to hand these files over to the customer as a standard part of wedding or portrait packages. Buyers should be cautious when hiring a photographer who’s promising to hand over a CD with full resolution images on it. This is sometimes a sign that a photographer is not truly a professional.

Web-Resolution Images?

When you upload a picture to Facebook or MySpace, the picture is resized so that it doesn’t take up too much space on the server. You can save yourself time by uploading a picture that’s already been resized and optimized for the web. So, if you plan to share your photos with lots of people on Facebook or MySpace, or some other website, you don’t need to spend the extra money on the ‘digital negatives’. All you’ll need are the web-resolution images.

So which should I choose, digital files or print?

You want to get the most for your money and effort, so to help answer to this question, take a look at the suggestions below.

Prints

Ordering your images in print is probably the most cost effective option for you if you’d like single or double copies of lots of different images. If you’re assembling an album or scrapbook, ordering your prints directly from me will be the most cost effective solution.

Web-Resolution Image Files

If you’re mostly excited about sending your images to friends and family through the email, or sharing them on social networks like Facebook or MySpace, then ordering a CD of web-resolution images will be the most cost effective. The images will come pre-sized and web optimized to make the process of sharing them as quick and easy as possible. And remember, if you’re ordering prints, you can still order the web-resolution files, too!

Digital Negatives

Digital negatives always cost the most on the front end—which is why they are not offered as a standard part of any packages. Because digital negatives come with the rights to privately reproduce the images as many times as you like, it’s the most cost effective solution for do-it-yourselfers and anyone who plans to reproduce a few select images many times, for whatever reason.

In conclusion…

Selecting the most cost effective option for you is easy, as long as you know what you’d like to do with your images. Take a few minutes to think about this and your photography experience can be more enjoyable and more affordable.