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Digital Photo Wedding Album

December 31st, 2010

For a contemporary, unique and highly personal wedding album, have you considered a digital wedding album created by you with the help of your wedding guests? The result is a wonderful collection of intimate, personal pictures presented as a top quality album in the style of your choice.

The days when wedding albums were heavy leather-bound paper tomes, inevitably stuck in the back of a closet gathering dust are long gone. A digital photo album is a fantastic coffee table book that you will want to show off and look through again and again.

Obviously professionally taken photographs are fabulous, but you cannot underestimate the variety and spontaneity of photographs taken by your friends and family. So many couples spend their wedding day in a whirl of excitement, with little time to draw breath, and many admit that after the wedding, they felt as if they missed out on spending time with many of their guests, particularly if it is a large wedding. Imagine the joy of looking through your wedding photos, contributed by your guests, and seeing your wedding through their eyes. Wedding guests often capture moments that are missed by the official photographer, and using a collection of photographs from several different guests will increase your chances of having photographs of the majority of your guests.

If you know in advance of the wedding that this is the kind of album you want, you can let your guests know so that they can use their best photography skills on the big day! If you have a few guests who are keen amateur photographers, they will probably be snapping away all day anyway, but if they know what you are planning to do with the pictures, they can really make the most of their talent. Make sure you have all aspects of the day covered including of course the bride at home before leaving, guests arriving at the venue (e.g. church), the wedding party (bride and groom, bridesmaids, parents etc) after the ceremony, the meal and the reception.

You will undoubtedly find photos that you absolutely love, and you may decide to have these printed to be framed and displayed in your home.

The process is simple. Sign up for the service. Create your album by choosing what page size you’d like to have. A classic wedding album size is 12″ x 12″. Setup your album for sharing with your friends and family. Invite them in to upload their best photos and or just browse through the collection of digital photos. Begin creating your album’s pages using the photos uploaded in to the gallery. Creating a page is as simple as selecting the page design, dragging photos on to the design and optionally adding text.

For a special touch, you could add other elements to the album by scanning and then uploading them to the gallery, such as the wedding invitation, the order of service and the menu.

Once you are done designing your album you then publish it making it ready for ordering. You can decide on what paper weight and finish you’d like (satin or glossy).

Because the album is created online, it is easy to try different layouts and experiment with alternative templates in a way that is not possible with a conventional bound album.

As well as being truly individual style of wedding album, a digital wedding album can be a cost-saving way of presenting your photographs. Once you have your first digital photo album, you may never go back to traditional albums! Digital albums are great not just for weddings but any special occasion; digital pictures of a newborn make a fantastic baby gift and a selection of party photos is a great way to remember birthdays and anniversaries.

By: John Carbajal

About the Author:

John Carbajal is seasoned in Internet, digital imaging and printing technologies. He founded Fotocodex, http://fotocodex.com, an Internet based service dedicated to making it easy for newlyweds to gather together the best digital photos taken during their wedding and transform them in to a truly stunning digital photo wedding album.

Fotocodex brings social networking to the process of digital photo book making. Your wedding guests can easily upload their best wedding photos directly in to your wedding album‘s on line gallery. You decide which digital photos to use and where to use them. You can even allow some of your guests to lend you a hand in creating the album‘s pages!

Fotocodex uses the best in digital photo printing technologies to print your album‘s pages. All their albums are bound carefully by hand by old world craftsmen.

Fotocodex is the digital photo wedding album company.

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Best Photo Album Creator – That is You!

December 30th, 2010

Have you been having a clear out and recently come across some old photos or have just had an event that has left you with a load of pictures that you do not know what to do with?

Why not create a scrapbook? A scrapbook is a decorated album that is different to a standard photo album because it contains far more than just pictures alone. A scrapbook contains scrapbook page layouts that are decorated and embellished with memorabilia such as tickets, certificates, souvenirs together with personalised scrapbook quotes.

Creating a handmade scrapbook will preserve and protect your most treasured memories in a beautiful and unique way. No scrapbook page is the same so you will soon be looking at your scrapbook page layouts and thinking ‘I really am the best photo album creator’.

Not only is scrapbooking becoming one of the most popular hobbies, it is a fantastic way to relax and unwind and there is an immense sense of achievement after each scrapbook page is completed.

Some people may consider they are not ‘arty’ enough or do not possess the skills to attempt such a project but even amateur crafters and children alike can enjoy such a comforting pastime. It is also something that can be done with all the family and need not be expensive.

Even if you feel you are not the best photo album creator once you have started to create your very first scrapbook page layout the ideas soon start to flow.

The first place to start is with your pictures. Choose the ones you wish to use for your scrapbook page layout. Remember this type of album does not have to include every photo you have and more often than not the best photo album creator will only add one or two pictures to each page.

You will then need to find some items to embellish or decorate your page. You can do this buy purchasing items in craft shops or just use everyday items you already own. The most important aspect is to add any memorabilia that you have from the event or time the picture was taken to give the page layout that extra dimension.

If you do not have any suitable embellishments, then always add a date and place name so that in years to come you can look back and remember exactly where and when the picture was taken.

Being the best photo album creator is not all about skill and art work. Sometimes throwing together and experimenting with colours that you would not normally put together creates a totally unique and special scrapbook page layout.

It is always wise when creating a scrapbook page layout to lay the pictures and other embellishments out before securely sticking them to the page, this way you can have a good look at what the end result will be and make any changes before its too late.

By: Vicki Churchill

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Vicki Churchill writes for a site that specializes in Scrapbook Ideas providing you with excellent tips and ideas for creating stunning Scrapbook Page Layouts.

Vicki Churchill also writes for Card Making Ideas A site dedicated to card making.

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How to Choose a Photo Album

December 29th, 2010

Photo albums keep our treasured photos organised and preserved so we can relive our memories with them for years to come. Choosing the best album for your needs will help keep those precious memories safe, so what should you consider when choosing?

Photograph albums come in many different colours, sizes and finishes with differing features. When choosing, it is important to consider its purpose and to select one that complements your own personal style.

Type

There are many different styles from ringed albums to book bound albums. Then there are those with slip-in pockets and those with blank pages on which to present your photos.

Ringed albums allow themselves to be expanded easily by adding additional pages into the ring binder, whilst book bound albums have a fixed number of pages but they can often be more attractive and durable.

If you choose an album with slip-in pockets, make sure it has the correct size photo openings. The most common pocket size is 4×6 inches.

Material

Many photograph albums are leather bound to create a luxurious, thick, and finely crafted appearance, which should allow the album to last for many years. Albums also come in other coverings such as card and paper.

Size

Count your photos and buy a photograph album based on the number of photos that you want store. Albums are available with many different capacities, ranging from those that store just a few photos all the way to those than can store hundreds. Choose a small album that features a single photo per page if you only want to include a handful of cherished images or choose a large album to store lots of photos.

Style

There are many different styles of photo albums. Wedding albums are often white or cream, traditional photo albums will probably be leather bound in dark colours. Baby albums will likely be baby blue or pink in colour. When choosing consider whether you want a themed photo album or a neutral album that will work for many different photos.

Price

There are many different companies selling photo albums in many price ranges so it is important to remember that not all albums offer the same quality and durability. As you are storing your photo memories for the future it is best to choose the album that you like the most that offers the features you want.

Personalisation

Many companies offer a bespoke personalisation service where you could have names, initials, dates and events engraved onto the album. A personalised photo album would make a great gift.

Other important things to consider

There are some other important things to consider when choosing a photo album in addition to the materials used in the construction of the album itself. These will determine how well your photographs will survive over time.

Choose a photo album that is acid-free to protect the surface of your photographs and preserve your memories from damaging chemicals Photo albums that have sticky pages with adhesive are not ideal as the adhesive may contain chemicals that will discolor your photos over time. Also, the adhesive may discolor and fail over time When choosing an adhesive to fix your photos into the chosen album choose a solvent and acid free adhesive

By: Claire Castle

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Claire Castle works for the London-based Noble Macmillan where they sell a large range of leather photograph albums. She has a passion for photography and putting together her photos into photo albums.