It's your first family heirloom. Honestly. When I got engaged, the first thing I did was dig through our old worn out cabinet that holds our family albums, searching for that dusty white leather album that lay underneath the rest. I wanted to see her day - the day my parents got married 30 years ago. What it felt like, who was there, what her dress looked like, the smile on my dad's face. I was searching for - what else - photographs. Their album only contains 20 or 30 photos, but those slightly faded prints are treasures to everyone in our family. There's a picture of the two of them standing underneath a cherry blossom tree in full April bloom saying their vows. A picture of my mom's long draping bouquet of soft pink spring flowers flowing in the breeze. A family picture with all of my grandparents still alive along with my aunts and uncles. Myself, my cousins, and siblings weren't born yet, everyone was still single or newlyweds. Its a reflection of where I am in my own life. A series of moments that have lasted forever simply because someone took a picture and placed them in an album to be preserved.
For Jeff and I, we always photograph weddings with an album in mind. We capture certain moments and particular details because we know that they are needed to create a complete and one of a kind wedding story. I've never showcased any of our designs here on the blog before, but I decided it was about time to start showcasing some of our favorite work. To start I want to feature one of my favorites - the beautiful and classic Amy and Garett.
A few specs: I do all of our album design myself using Photojunction, a free software owned by Queensberry that is meant specifically for design wedding albums. You don't have to be a Queensberry customer to use it. In fact, they've worked with tons of different album companies to include certain specifications within the software depending on which kind of album you are producing. For example, this album was a 12x12 leather album from Kiss, and the software allowed me to design and export my files completely according to Kiss specifications. Its brilliant! Adobe's Indesign is also a fantastic program for album design if you'd like to check that out as well, but I would only use CS4 because it has certain alignment tools that CS3 doesn't.
To see all of Amy and Garett's album design, click on the image below.
Hugs,
Erin
7 comments
erica ann - Beautiful pictures and amazing album! I love all of the sequence shots you have in the album.
Mia Marisa - I can’t wait to meet you guys on Monday at the SD shootout. I’ve been following your blog for a few weeks now and love your style and fresh natural images you capture. You did a great job on designing the album. Thanks for sharing.
Lola - Your work is indeed amazing! I am very impressed with Canon quality. We shoot with Nikon, I still love it more than Canon but that just coz I never used Canon
Keep it up guys and keep inspiring newbies like myself!
Stacy Cross - Wow! How’s that for a glowing review (Amy above)?!
That’s awesome! And so is the album!!
Rachel G - I always love your pictures, but I have to admit I keep coming back because of the Amazing stories you put with your pictures. I love it!
Dennis Bullock - Great album guys! I use Photojunction also and agree that is works great!
amy lashelle - Erin, I LOVE, no LOOOOVVVVEEEE my album. I have it strategically placed in my living room so that unkowing friends might just “happen” to see it and want to look.
It captured every special moment of our day, and is a true treasure.