Variety of albums offered by Tampa wedding photographers nowadays is truly amazing, thanks to technological advances in photo printing over the last couple of decades. Unlike good old-fashioned self-mount/slip-in books, contemporary albums are highly customizable and therefore can be made truly unique. If you have already interviewed any of the Tampa Bay area wedding photographers, you probably have pretty good idea by now what kind of album you want. If not, this post is about your options.
There three most common types of wedding albums you’ll see nowadays are: coffee table books, flush mount albums and matted albums. In this post I’d like to talk about flush mount albums and I’ll try to cover coffee table books and matted albums in my next few articles.
Flush mount albums are probably the most popular type of album among contemporary brides and it’s probably safe to say that every Tampa wedding photographer offers them. These albums usually come with variety of covers and normally have thick, unbending pages which are made by mounting photographic prints on cardboard. Then, the pages are bound and a cover is added. Your cover options are literally limitless – glass, acrylic, metal, leather, leatherette, silk, photopaper, wood – just to name a few. The photos in such albums can extend across both pages, especially in albums which don’t have (or have very narrow) gutter. Flush mount album designs often resemble magazines, although each and every layout is different and largely depends on your photographer’s taste and creativity.
In addition, many manufacturers allow you to select different types of paper for your album. Plain, photographic, laminated, metallic, textured and so on. Personally, I like to favor one type over another based on the feel and mood of each wedding individually. However, it’s always a good idea to see samples for yourself before committing.
Below are few pictures of my current sample albums. While I do the initial design (colors, pictures, layout), these beautiful flush mounts are printed and assembled by hand in Italy to ensure perfection in everything – quality of ink, materials and craftsmanship.
Enjoy!
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