A Bespoke Storybook Album with Black Backgrounds

 

I have just finished putting together another beautiful 14"x10" Bespoke Storybook style album today and thought it was worth showing. Interestingly the bride and groom, Dot and Carl, chose to have the backgrounds of their album black, rather than the usual white. This is easy for me to change and gives the album a totally different look. On each page the individual images are cleanly framed with a 0.6mm white keyline to make them stand out more.

The Australian Jorgensen albums I use are hugely customisable - if you have an idea or special request for your own album then please just ask. Both the black backgrounds and the white borders can, in fact, be changed for any colour imaginable (but I would probably try and talk you out of that canary yellow shade...). I can nearly always incorporate your design ideas into your album, whatever they may be, to make it just that little bit more special.

Dot and Carl also had a PhotoCover on half of the front of their album. The image they chose was an enlarged portion of Dot's bouquet - a nice idea and one that was very successful I think.

For more information about the albums I use and how they are incorporated into my pricing schedule please have a look at these other links:

http://trevorwilsonphotography.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-different-types-of-album-styles.html

http://trevorwilsonphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-studio-albums.html

http://trevorwilsonphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/packages-and-prices-explained.html

Jan and John's Wedding Photographs at the Roman Camp Hotel

Today's post will have to be a wee bit shorter than usual as I am in the middle of one of my busiest Octobers ever, with a couple of weddings each week still, even though it is quite late in the year. Also, as usual, many clients from throughout the year, even as far back as 2010, decide it is about time that they all submit their album orders at the same time resulting in a bit of an unavoidable backlog.

The collection of photographs here, taken back in mid-July, are just a few from the wedding of Jan and John at one of my most visited venues this year, the Roman Camp Hotel in Callander. The whole wedding was lovely but the one thing that make it particularly special for me was that they persevered and had the ceremony outside, down by the river. It is a little ironic, I think, that in one of the wettest years I can remember I have done more wedding ceremonies outside than ever before - 5 this year! Perhaps the awful weather has toughened up the brides, or perhaps they are just more persistent... The humanist ceremony, conducted by Mary Wallace, was as lovely as ever and featured a hand-fastening.

Just as the ceremony was in it's closing stages the rain started and it was a bit of a mad dash back up to the welcoming fires and champagne at the hotel. We did manage to pop in and out in between showers and even managed to get some photographs taken in the walled garden.

 As I have said many times on this blog before, I think that the Roman Camp is a wonderful place to have a wedding. In fact, when Jan and John collected their album he said to me "why would you choose to get married anywhere else?". I am inclined to agree!

Bespoke Album Photo Covers

Last night I met up with the lovely Gillian when she came over to collect her 14"x10" Storybook album. Gillian and Gary were married, very near to where I am based,  back in July at St Columba's church in Renfrew followed by a reception at the Glynhill Hotel.

I must make a confession - I am not usually a fan of white covers on an album (maybe I am too anti-tradition!) but Gillian had chosen to have an almost full-size photocover on the front of hers and we both agreed that it looked fantastic!

For those who don't know, a photocover is an actual photograph that is printed onto special paper and then covered in the factory with a tough, but invisible, thin satin laminate. This is then bonded on to the cover of the album at the time of manufacture and the results are always very impressive. The image is, obviously, one of your choice and can cover as much of the cover as in the picture above or, if you prefer, just a half or even less. As well as the image itself it is very easy to add some text - just ask!