Wedding photo book: what is it and how to make it?

For any couple, a wedding is one of the most memorable and important events in a life together. But even significant events are erased in the memory over time, and such a reverent and touching moment, like your own wedding, begins to be forgotten. At this moment, usually remember about the wedding photo book.

Various events can be included in the wedding photo book: how the newlyweds got acquainted, how the wedding went and the honeymoon. After many years, turning over the pages of this book together with relatives and acquaintances, one can recall the happy moments that were experienced in the past. It is better to think over the name of the photo book and its design in advance. Some points should be noted.

• Many newlyweds keep photos taken long before the wedding even during the acquaintance period. It is recommended to start creating a photo book with such pictures, because they can be made the starting point of a joint relationship. With them you can start the plot, add warm memories of past meetings, dates, gifts.
• It is better to highlight the most remembered periods in the relationship, try to reflect them through the pictures.
• It’s a good idea to include outdoor photos in your photo book. A flower, a candelabrum, a translucent curtain that sways in a gentle breeze - such details create a positive attitude.
• The best shot is one taken spontaneously.

After completing work on the pictures taken before the wedding, you can go to the photos taken at the wedding ceremonyas well as during the honeymoon. Of course, at first they add pictures that capture the moment of marriage proposal.If for some reason the original picture of this solemn moment is not preserved, you can beat this situation. Parents are also among the first to be filmed. Fun, entertainment, bouquets, photo zone, any beautiful frame capturing a decorated wedding room - everything can be placed in a photo book. After all, when wedding photos are reviewed, a complete picture of the events taking place is created.

For a wedding photo book to be truly exclusive and original, you do not need to stop only at the wedding ceremony. In addition to gifts after the wedding, a huge number of different greeting cards and cards are usually found. They can get lost over time.

A popular application for a wedding photo book is the video recording of the wedding on a CD or DVD. Recently, in connection with the development of computer technology, flash memory cards have become widely used, which can also be issued in a wedding style. Such a video can serve as a great addition to photographs if you put a disc or a “flash drive” into an album. You can complete your wedding photo book with honeymoon shots.

If you want to create a wedding book with a professional design, then cooperation with a professional photographer will help to translate it into reality. The specialist will help create such a photo book, which in many years will be pleasant to watch. Keep in mind that cover design must be consistent with page design.

• How is framed cover, what material it is made of - it is of great importance. The possibilities of modern printing are very wide, so it is unlikely that one will have to face any limitations in its manufacture. The cover is made in a wide variety of options - with inscriptions and illustrations, scrapbooking is also widely used. The cover is leather, wood, plastic or, in special cases, even metal.

• In the manufacture of covers can be used gold and silver embossing, ribbons, curls, monograms, openwork lace. This design of a wedding photo book makes it unique, exclusive, so the cover design deserves the closest attention.

• Correct selection is important photo book format. The options are varied: from very large, about the size of an old folio, to tiny pocket formats. The most popular wedding format is 20x30 cm. It is believed that this size is optimal for posting high-quality photos and allows for various design options.

• Important to discuss the number of pages of a wedding photo book, since some couples have a desire to capture the maximum of images, while others need only a dozen photographs.
• Important, what paper the pages will be made of. Noble matte and glossy sheets are used. Pages can be partially woven with silk or metallized thread or other unusual materials.

The form of the book can be any.

One of the successful finds of designers can be called Puzzle. The idea is that one of the photos is transferred to a plate cut into irregularly shaped parts. The task is to assemble these parts in such a way that a picture is taken. For this idea, a photo is perfectly suitable, where the newlyweds exchange rings, for example. On the back of the plate of the puzzle, you can add some warm wishes to the newlyweds.

Plots, scenarios, which are planned to be reflected in a photo book, as well as the background of the pages, must be thought out beforehand. The background of the wedding book should also be chosen no less carefully - it should be extraordinary (the stylistics of the wedding must be taken into account). It is necessary to avoid its excessive variegation. In general, a photo book is created in a single style, but if each page is special, it will make it very original.

For example, for a wedding in the French style, a background solution with flower fields or the French countryside is quite suitable. You can make a background with sunbeams, reminiscent of the smell of freshly cut grass and the scent of flowers. A wedding book in the Gothic style, at the request of the newlyweds, can be decorated in dark colors: with scenes from films about vampires, using ancient stone walls, cobwebs and other attributes corresponding to this topic. If the spouse is bikers, then you can use motorcycles, brutal photos of bikers, scenes with the participation of friends of the bride and groom in races and pictures taken at biker rallies in the design of the album.

A photo album is a kind of path along which memory carries a person to those happy times when everyone around seemed young, happy and everyone had hopes for a happy future. Perhaps, for this reason, you should not choose the standard design options that are offered in photo studios. It is better to create your own extraordinary, special photo album. Here are some tips for self-production and design of original wedding photo books:

• The front side of the sheet is sometimes replaced by a cloth.
• It is not necessary that the photo book look like a simple album - you can use rings as binding, as is done, for example, in flip calendars.
• The flyleaf can and should be designed in the same style as the pages of the photo book - this will expand the usable area for the design elements. At the same time, it is recommended to use combinations of two or three colors, moving from more saturated to more calm, and saturated colors should not prevail.

• If you choose wood or wood veneer for the cover material, it will look very advantageous if you emphasize the structure of wood. Also, a burning technique is often used on a tree ;. When making a leather cover, the technique of artificial aging always looks advantageous - this will also be a reference to the past years.
• The first page can be arranged as a title page or as an envelope - in any case, it will look unusual.

• A box for a wedding photo book is a very useful accessory. It will not only serve as additional protection against dust during storage and will help the book maintain its original appearance for a long time, but it can also be designed in accordance with the design of a wedding photo book. Instead of a box, you can use a fabric bag, a special box - they will all be an additional means of storing a photo book.

• Using a passe-partout in the design of a photo book is a very successful and unusual solution. Such a frame evokes thoughts of the past and adds a book of originality.
• A photo book differs from a photo album in a longer life, but it is hardly worth arguing that the pages of even the most beautiful wedding photo books can lose their original gloss over time. From frequent viewing, they are worn out, the cover is covered with scratches, and photos lose their color. To avoid this, coating the sheets with a special fixing protective composition will help.

In conclusion, you can cite as examples beautiful examples of page layouts, covers, styles and designs of wedding photo books.

See how to make a wedding photo book in the next video.