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Feb 27, 2010 19:27 |  #1

Hi Friends,

I have a little trouble finding any good inexpensive matted wedding album.
I just got a couple that wants a 10x10 or 12x12 wedding album for $200, I really have bulldozed the net but can not find any decent wedding album in $200 price range, I really don't know what to do, I can not give them a slide in PVC 4x6 album I just can't.

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Feb 27, 2010 21:33 |  #2

You can offer them a press printed 10x10 with 20 pages. I would let them know that wedding albums start at $600 if they want something nice.

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Feb 27, 2010 22:31 |  #3

Adorama's Adoramapix site has a book (external link) offering that is a reasonable album alternative. It is printed on photo paper and the spread can be a single 10x20 image.

With some attention to the layout and design elements it could turn out well.
The cover is a wrapped photo, so you have control of that as well.

As for matted, I have no idea.


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Feb 28, 2010 04:22 |  #4

I charge way more than $200 for my time to design an album. I charge more for books as they usually have more pages than albums and so they take longer. For $200 suggest they use a consumer oriented book and design it themselves, there's no way they're getting a decent professional product for that. My albums start from NZ$1800/US$1200 or so, and go up to about US$5000.


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Feb 28, 2010 07:33 |  #5

Does it have to me matted? I don't hear any (really, zero) interest in matted albums anymore. Mpix offers an assembled album that is very nice for the price and I think it hits your budget, but it's flush mounted.


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Feb 28, 2010 18:05 |  #6

I still sell 20-30% matted albums.


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Feb 28, 2010 18:09 |  #7

My wife and I did our albums through Shutterfly... the end result was actually rather impressive... might not be what you were looking for... but, it's an option you can look at.


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Feb 28, 2010 18:45 |  #8

Do they offer pro coffe table flush style albums where lab prints are bonded to rigid pages, or are these the lightweight litho style (magazine) albums? I haven't done anything through shutterfly myself so I'm curious.

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Feb 28, 2010 18:47 |  #9

They're hard-bound books... not a big thick cover though... like the cover on a hard-bound children's book... nice thick weight paper... glossy... they do a good print job...


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Feb 28, 2010 19:00 |  #10

Thanks VA - sort of a hybrid construction then. High quality magazine style flexible glossy paper with rigid binding, but not the bound rigid photo pages of something like a Leathercraftsman, Zook, Finao or Artcarved book.

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They're hard-bound books... not a big thick cover though... like the cover on a hard-bound children's book... nice thick weight paper... glossy... they do a good print job...


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Mar 01, 2010 22:09 as a reply to  @ sapearl's post |  #11

Thanks for the advise, I have tried TAP, zookbinders, Renaissance etc. they all start from $180-ish cover only no matts, I really don't see any sense buying that type of albums for $500 or more when Photo books with hard cover and hard page type go for about the same price or even cheaper :), it does not make any sense does it?


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Mar 01, 2010 23:10 |  #12

Armans Photography wrote in post #9710844 (external link)
=Arman's Photography;9710844]Th​anks for the advise, I have tried TAP, zookbinders, Renaissance etc. they all start from $180-ish cover only no matts, I really don't see any sense buying that type of albums for $500 or more when Photo books with hard cover and hard page type go for about the same price or even cheaper :), it does not make any sense does it?

Book = flimsy and may wear out in a few years. Album = substantial and will last decades or generations. I haven't supplied books for weddings in years, albums only.


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Mar 01, 2010 23:39 |  #13

Pictobooks has a 10x10 album that is just a little more than the price you're looking for, but they're 20% off through the end of the month so you could get one for that price. They'll even do the design work for you (for $45). This price is for a 16 spread (32 page) album and I'd recommend including 65-85 images for them to work with. They will only sell to professionals (they ask to see your website) but I love their work. I normally charge my clients quite a bit more but if you're looking for a way to break into the business and make a name, I'd try them (look for their Bijou series).


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Mar 04, 2010 15:33 |  #14

Hi Arman,
Hopefully Im getting it right, but I found this:
http://www.lbalbumfram​e.com/LibraryBoundAlbu​ms/08.htm (external link)
http://www.lbalbumfram​e.com/PostBoundAlbums/​11.htm (external link)
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Mar 05, 2010 15:40 |  #15

Armans Photography wrote in post #9696715 (external link)
=Arman's Photography;9696715]de​cent wedding album in $200 price range,

That is a tall order. If there were many quality albums priced at a point where we could sell them for $200 we would all be doing it. But, quality is going to come at a price. You also have no mention of the time and labor costs. Is that included?
You could look into a blurb book, 12x12 at about $100. Then tell your client the design is done, if they one day find themselves with the means to upgrade to a higher quality album the design is already done in a very standard format.


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