Product Feature: Struve Photography Small Landscape album

I thought I'd write a post today, about my wedding albums.

I really do like my albums, if I'm honest. I buy them from a fantastic local album printer, and the photographs from the albums are printed directly onto the page. From a photographic perspective, this enables me to make the most of the photographs I take at weddings, as I can often incorporate detail shots into the background, which help to tie different photographs together as part of the story. I'm also able to print photographs over a double page spread quite easily, without vital parts of the image disappearing into the centre crease, as the album can be spread out so that the image lies perfectly flat. The overall look is very stylish and makes an absolutely fantastic way of showcasing wedding photographs to their best vantage.

I have four album sizes, and I plan to blog about each size of album.

The sizes I offer my couples are:

• 5x7 inch - small stylish landscape album;
• 6x6 inch - a super cute square little album; 
• 10 x 14 inch - Big and beautiful, classic large landscape album;
• 12x12 inch  - Stylish hip-to-be-square format album.

There are also a variety of album cover options for each album size, so that my couples can get a truly bespoke wedding album that reflects their wedding style, and complements their personality.

Today's focus, is on this neat little landscape, 5x7 inch album.
 

As with all the albums, it comes in its own lined presentation box, to keep it looking gorgeous and fantastic for a very long time. This particular album features photographs from Kerry and Stewart's wedding, in 2010. It has a gorgeous brushed aluminum cover, with the names of the couple and their wedding date engraved on the outside - giving it a stylish and classic feel.

The pages inside are really nice and thick - the album printer uses a high quality paper and ink to make sure that the images will last, which is exactly what you want as something you can pass down to future generations.

I adore this little album - the size is perfect for me to take to show to couples, so it would be the perfect size for you to carry and show to friends and family!

Fabulousness

So the end of 2010 was pretty frantic for me. I landed a rather wonderful photography job and had very little time for anything else, I ended working right up to Christmas Eve and then spent much of the New Year playing catch-up with other work which needed some finishing touches. But now I'm busy working on my 2011 plans, and have been gradually working away in various areas which needed a bit of tending to. So, here we are, it's Springtime and I've got a chance to do some blogging again!

I've also had a chance now to update my design of the blog with my fantastic new logo, by Tom Holmes. Tom was fantastic - it was a bit like those moments when I go to the hairdresser, and say "I want this, this, with this here, and this off, and no shorter than that", and wait patiently, hoping that whatever they translate that into isn't going to be a mullet. Then they produce a fantastic haircut, and I spend a week checking it out in every reflective surface. Well, Tom was able to take my "directions", and translate it into a fantastic design that I couldn't have even dreamt of. Not a mullet in sight.

Last week, I attended the Fabulous Wedding Show at Glasgow's Hilton Grosvenor Hotel on the corner of Byres Road. Leading up to that was a bit frantic with preparing all my samples. I've got two splendid wedding albums now to show off, both from Loxley Colour. I was really pleased with the result of them. (Photos to come!)

I think one of my biggest Achilles is making decisions when faced with lots of good options. That was certainly the case with these albums - trying to decide the cover, the size, the style. However, I was really over the moon when I got them. As a photographer, I have to make sure I have complete confidence in my samples, both with albums and portfolio. I love these wedding albums - they feel so sturdy; the images are printed onto the page, rather than having an aperture window mount, which just feels so refreshingly 21st Century, this lovely storybook feel to it. Plus, it means I can produce an image across a double page spread, much like a fashion editorial, or an art photography book.

The albums have a gorgeous brushed aluminium cover with the names of the couple and the date of the wedding engraved on the front. I've produced two sample albums - a smaller one (which I think would make a gorgeous parents album, or just a small mini album for the couple if they wanted) at 7x5 inches; and a large, landscape 14x10 inch album which really looks gorgeous. I went with a 40 page album, which is the minimum page number I'm producing. I felt that 40 pages was just enough to tell the story of the wedding. A good story needs to include the details - it should be rich and vibrant with setting the scene, and 40 pages covers that comfortably.

My next wedding show is this Sunday, at the Thistle Hotel on Cambridge Street, Glasgow. More details can be found on the Fabulous Wedding Show website.

Last week's wedding show was amazing - I met lots of lovely couples, and lots of lovely fellow vendors. I'm also running a special offer for couples who come up and say hello at the wedding show, but you'll have to come along to find out what it is!