Album Question for Wedding Photographers

[daletu]

I started shooting wedding last summer and just started offering wedding albums since August this year. A couple of my clients actually wants to order albums after seeing their photos.
Anyway, I have been looking at a few high end album companies and decided to try Queensberry and Leather Craftsmen. I've received an information email from Queensberry as well as their pricing list. Leather Craftsmen also sent out the information package yesterday, I should receive it in a couple days.
After seeing the prices from Queensberry, I was kind of shock by how expensive it is...

My question is... are these two album companies really that great and worth a try? I just don't want my clients spend a lot of money, and receiving albums thats not in their expectation.

Other questions...
Are there other album companies that have the same quality but a little bit cheaper? If there are, what would you recommend?
Should I offer an alternative album that's cheaper so my clients will not be shock (like me) after seeing the prices? And what will be the alternative album?

Thanks!!

[tmcman]

You'd probably get more and better answers by putting this in the "Sharing Knowhow" section...

[daletu]

Thank you! Just posted there.
Sorry for the wrong section!

[timbernet]

I started shooting wedding last summer and just started offering wedding albums since August this year. A couple of my clients actually wants to order albums after seeing their photos.
Anyway, I have been looking at a few high end album companies and decided to try Queensberry and Leather Craftsmen. I've received an information email from Queensberry as well as their pricing list. Leather Craftsmen also sent out the information package yesterday, I should receive it in a couple days.
After seeing the prices from Queensberry, I was kind of shock by how expensive it is...

My question is... are these two album companies really that great and worth a try? I just don't want my clients spend a lot of money, and receiving albums thats not in their expectation.

Other questions...
Are there other album companies that have the same quality but a little bit cheaper? If there are, what would you recommend?
Should I offer an alternative album that's cheaper so my clients will not be shock (like me) after seeing the prices? And what will be the alternative album?

Thanks!!

They are all expensive - which is why most wedding photographers charge a fair bit for albums.

Also check out KISS Wedding Books (KISSweddingbooks.com)
and Kambara USA (Kambara is in Oregon, you are in Washington - so shipping is quick ;-) )

Both have excellent albums.

[Tomi Hawk]

They are all expensive - which is why most wedding photographers charge a fair bit for albums.
Yep .. try Art Leather as well .. been using their books for almost 30 years .. pricey,
but worth every penny, and brides love it!

[debonaire]

My wife and I have make several albums with tuscanyalbums.com. Quality and price seem to be reasonable. They do the the printing in-house as well as binding.