I want to share with you one of the most important aspects of my business and why I do what I do… the wedding album!  From my clients first consultation, getting to know each other, the engagement session, the wedding, getting to know their family, the photography, the editing, the album design and finally receiving that album… it is a great journey indeed!  I love it!  Although there are many other cool mediums to preserve the memories from your wedding day… like slideshows, canvas, prints, ect…  albums will always be the vehicle that expresses everything I do and what my couples have done better than any other:)

In the business of wedding photography, there are many things I love… telling stories, documenting beautiful relationships, preserving memories, and of course… photography!  The wedding album will always be that one consistant visual medium that will remain true forever… no matter how far technology takes us.   It’s physical, it’s tangible and it will last through the ages.  Don’t get me wrong… I love this digital age!  Look how often it changes… from film, to beta, VHS, DVD, Blue Ray and now to the internet and digital devices.  From modern, to obsolete over and over again.  It will always be changing while the album will always remain constant and last forever.

What about the digital negatives or “high-resolution files”???  For some, it’s a great piece of mind to include them in their wedding package.  It makes them feel “warm”.  It did for myself and my wife for our wedding:):)  At least a quarter of my clients choose to include them in their packages… absolutely nothing wrong with that.  But… for anyone that only received their digital files from their photographer, what do they have to remember now???  Unfortunately, nine times out of ten… it’s a round piece of plastic:(:(  Sad but true.

Wow!  I’m typing way to much and like a great photographer said many times at a workshop I just attended… “I’ll get off my soap box now”, LOL!

I’ll just say that for me, my job doesn’t feel complete until that couple is sitting together enjoying their album.  Check out some recent client albums and studio samples I just received below.  These are among the best quality albums in the world, built to last forever.  Oh, and jeck out the wicked wooden style cover at the bottom.  This cover style is designed by Steve & Jen Bebb from The Bebbs in Vancouver… what an amazing couple!  They were recently in town for a workshop and me being the geek I am, I had to get it signed:):)  You can also view some slideshows from a few of the actual album designs.  Thanks so much and enjoy the albums!

Design Slideshow

Design Slideshow

Design Slideshow

Anyways… when she got back home, Bill was still away for work and Whitney couldn’t wait for him to get back!  She met him eagerly at the door with their wedding album bursting with excitement to show him.  They looked through the album together, and when they arrived at the last page with the picture of their first dance, a note awaited him telling him he’s gonna be a daddy!

Yah… pretty awesome hey!!!  Congratulations you two!!!  These albums are the most amazing keepsakes ever and I can’t wait to share more with you from this year!  Below is a nice little message Whitney included in her story plus some pics from the wedding and album to check out.  Thanks and I am sooo excited for you two!!!  (And I can’t wait for the maternity shoot, LOL!)

To see a slideshow of her album layout design, CLICK HERE!

“We love our album, the acrylic cover is super sexy!!  I look at it all the time, it is so amazing, I cannot believe how talented you are!  Everyone who looks at it loves it!!  They love the cover and the feel of the pages.  Thank you for all of your awesome service, I know we will have you capture other milestones in our lives in the years (and months) to come.”

Whitney & Bill – Married from Curtis Moore on Vimeo.

Here are they final layout designs for each wedding…

Whitney & Bill – CLICK HERE

Cynthia & Doug – CLICK HERE

Corin & Ryan – CLICK HERE

Oooo… sexy acrylic cover… Yummy!

These are guest books my clients use for their receptions.  They contain pics from their engagement session on every other page and room for all the wedding guests to sign and leave a comment.

My lovely baby girl:)

I truly believe that it is so important to have a tangible reminder of your wedding day in your life after the wedding.  There are many cool products available like large prints, canvas prints, image boxes and digital slideshows… but nothing beats a story album.  Amanda & I are coming up to our four year anniversary this summer (Yay Us!)… and without our wedding album, we wouldn’t have anything to look back on.  I’ve gone through it at least once a year and I know Amanda certainly has me beat, LOL!  I know the most recent trend for Brides & Grooms is to just get the disc of images… I remember that it was important to us!  I can honestly say that the disc did make us feel warm inside at first, but it has collected dust ever since the day we got it:(

Now, I know this could seem bias since I am a wedding photographer… Yah, I guess it is, LOL!  I’m just trying to say that it is important to think about what you will have after the wedding to view your photos… and not just Facebook:)  Something that will last in your family for generations!  The story album is such an awesome way to remember what happened… who did what… and how you felt on that big day:)

So enjoy the layout!  Hopefully I will be showing a layout for every wedding this year and I will show you details from the actual album on a later post.  I have a shipment due this week so stay tuned:)  Oh ya, I forgot to mention that this was Amanda’s first album design!  She just needed a little technical help from me but other than that I think she rocked it!  Thanks babe!

To see the full Pre-Design, CLICK HERE for the show!

To see the full Pre-Design, CLICK HERE for the show!