Wedding Albums - DPChallenge Forums

03/08/2010 08:41:25 PM · #1

I've been asked to do a wedding this summer. They want an album. I want something similar to what you can get from snapfish - but you know - nice/better. Anyone have any suggestions?

Tez

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

03/08/2010 11:19:36 PM · #2

are they paying for it? Wedding albums can be rather costly ya know...

I would look at Black River Imaging, or KISS albums... they make really nice ones but it depends who's paying and how much they're willing to pay. If they're buying it from you, include your markup. There's a reason why albums go for like $1,500.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

03/09/2010 06:40:54 AM · #3

I told them how much I charge them will depend largely on the cost of the album. But, I'm thinking $1500 is a bit too steep for their budget.

Marty

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

03/09/2010 07:07:38 AM · #4

I did some research on this for a Christmas present. Check out viovio.com. Their 12x12 might be what you need. You get what you pay for though. The pages are much thinner than most wedding albums.

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Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

03/09/2010 10:17:39 AM · #5

I'm leaning toward going through this company for the album. Anyone ever use them?

I told her that I could do a very nice album through snapfish for around $100, but that a real professional album starts around $200 and goes all the way up $1500. The album I was thinking about for her is around $500ish. I told her I would also need $150 to rent a second body and a wide angle lens, and I told her the reasons I need the second body and lens. So far she has agreed to that, and she said she wants to spend about $500 on the album. I told her another $250 for my time because that still has me making less than minimum wage because my real work starts after the wedding. I told her I spent about 50 hours on post-processing my little brother's wedding pictures, and I only shot about 150 pictures total with about 75 making the album.

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Marty

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

03/09/2010 11:13:31 AM · #6

Originally posted by ragamuffingirl:

I'm leaning toward going through this company for the album. Anyone ever use them?

From what I see on their web site, this is going to be much more appropriate for a wedding album than what you will get from viovio or snapfish.