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Where can I print wedding albums?

Whereas you are a newly married couple wanting to create an affordable lay flat album, or professional photographers wedding photographers looking for high quality albums for your clients, we will give you some address and recommendations here.

First, we will assume that you have all the photos in High Definition with the personal right released.
Second we will assume you are looking for a lay-flat album.

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Luxury lay flat photo book

Case 1/You are bride and groom and have all the pictures from your photographer.

Creating a lay flat album with your images is a real pleasure when all the technical considerations are handled properly. Arranging the pictures is the moment of wedding photography when you start being a storyteller that creates stories. Keep in mind that there are several steps to properly design and order a lay flat album:

  • Adjusting all the color
    For a harmony between all the images
  • Create beautiful Layout
    That’s the easy part, even if it’s time consuming
  • Exporting the files in the right format with all the correct settings to keep the right colors
    Labs can be pretty strict on formats.
  • Simply order the right album
    It’s easy to choose between the beautiful black leather cover or the ugly green cover. It’s more subtle to select the right binding, and the right paper without being lost among all the options.

Easy Solution: Hire Your Professional Photographer for That

Images are precious, they are your family heirloom. It’s not something you want to screw up with.
If you don’t have time and what your album printed today, asking your vendor to do it would be wiser.

DIY Solution: it can be more expensive!

Creating your beautiful lay flat photo book will take time, but it’s doable. That said, if you need to buy extra software, it would probably be more expensive.

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Step 1: Pick of Software to Adjust your pictures’ colors

Great pictures means great color. You want harmony between each image.

The good news is that some software is free in the list:

  • Gimp
  • Photoshop
  • Affinity photo
  • Krita
  • Pixlr
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Dxo Photolab
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Step 2: Design your photo book with a software

Before printing your perfect photo-book online, you need to design beautiful layouts.
Indeed, you want the photos to tell the unique story of the bride and groom’s special day in a timeless manner. Some software offers modern templates, while other more classic ones.
So here is a list of software to choose from:

  • SmartAlbums
  • AlbumStomp
  • Pixellu SmartSlides
  • MyAlbum
  • LumaPix FotoFusion (with a lot of ugly vintage effect that will please scrapbook fans)
  • DgFlick Album Xpress
  • Zno Album Designer
  • Fundy
  • Album Express
  • Magix Photostory Deluxe
  • Fundy

When you choose your perfect software to create layout consider two options: some adjustable layout and the capacity to export in your lab format.

If you see that that software is complicated and you are looking for any services that offer album design assistance for weddings, then go back to the easy option: ask your wedding photographer.

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Step 3: Pick a lab that works with regular customers

If you are a bride and groom looking to print your own wedding album, some of those laboratories might help you.

  • Artifact Uprising (USA)
  • Black River Imaging (USA)
  • Bob Books (UK)
  • FlipChap (USA)
  • Fotofabriek (Netherlands)
  • Momento (Australia)
  • Pikto (Canada)
  • Presto Photo (USA)
  • Queensberry (New Zealand)
  • Saal Digital (Germany)
  • Shutterfly (USA)
  • Mixbook (USA)
  • WhiteWall (Germany)
  • Picaboo (USA)

If some lab offers free software to design your own album, those are usually tricky. You can easily lose hours, if not days of work, and end up with a design issue that you would notice only when the photo-book is delivered.
So you might want to look on the side of dedicated software offering such services, easy to use.

Case 2/You are a wedding photographer, and you want the best Quality Wedding Album: go with a professional photo lab!

What is quality regarding wedding albums

A top of the top photo book should answer a few conditions:

  • Printed on a solid photo paper: RC paper or, at least, Thermal Paper.
  • have the choice between fancy cover (acrylic, wood, genuine leather, linen, velvet, metallic)
  • feature a real lay-flat binding using extra thin cardstock paper between each page
  • coming with a protective box to take care of your album
  • have the choice among nice endpapers
  • offering customizable option such as gilding, embossing with foil, engraving with laser

Keep in mind that, despite a higher price, you will enjoy the durability of such an album in the future decades:

  • Pages won’t turn yellow in 10 years
  • colors won’t fade
  • you can clean page from any dirt
  • paper is scratching and tear resistant
  • pages won’t fall apart with the binding

All these things would allow you to cherish your album, pass it to the next generations that would continue to share the love and the memory among your family. Such a photo-book is a family heirloom.

How you pick the right lab for you

If you are also selling small album as gifts for parents, you might consider a laboratory that offers such duplicate albums at a good price.
You might as well consider little gift books for any member of the bridal party or a guest.

To pick the right lab:

  • Check for a cover
    Best, look for several covers you love
  • Check for regular prints and fine art prints
    It’s easier to work with only one lab. Make sure they handle the fine art prints you love.
  • Ensure of the quality of service
    Make sure they have great reviews online (you are looking for 5 stars on 5).
  • Ask for Samples
    Samples are necessary to judge of quality of the prints
  • Check how long they have been in business
    You don’t have to invest all your eggs in a basket in a company that will close tomorrow.
  • Free shipping?
    Finally, keep in mind that it is just a marketing thing (even on amazon). So pay attention to the total price including shipping and taxes.

List of professional lab to buy high-quality photo-book

Here is an exhaustive list of professional labs serving professional photographers.
If you have the time and the energy, you can create an account with each of them and see which one offers the best product to the best price for your clients.

  • Finao
  • Lush Albums
  • Miller’s
  • Renaissance Albums
  • GraphiStudio
  • ACI Lab
  • ProDPI
  • RedTree Albums
  • Album Crafters
  • Album Epoca
  • Amber Concept
  • Antal Photo Book
  • Aperture Books
  • Arcoalbum
  • Artisan Craftsman
  • Artpoint
  • Artsy Couture
  • AsukaBook
  • Aurora Book
  • Azura Albums
  • Blacksmith Albums (leather cover)
  • Cahoots
  • Celebra (Italy: uniques italian style)
  • Colorworld Imaging
  • Couture Book
  • Dekora Album
  • Diamant Wedding Albums
  • Dreambookspro
  • Enso Albums
  • Excel Image Group
  • Extrema Album
  • Folio Albums
  • FotoFan
  • Fravero Prophoto
  • FSweddings
  • GTA Imaging
  • H&H Color Lab
  • Henley Albums
  • Hi-Tech Albums
  • ilFotoalbum
  • ImageCapsule
  • Italian Creative Book
  • Jingoo
  • JorgensenAlbums
  • Kiss Books
  • Kleber Azevado Binding
  • Konpoli
  • Koy Lab
  • Labo network
  • Laser Link
  • LeuXo Company
  • Lifethreads Albums
  • LOKTAH
  • Lundeby Foto
  • Madera Books
  • Matisseo
  • McKenna Pro
  • Momento Pro
  • Musea Lab
  • Nations Photo Lab
  • Natural Color Lab
  • nPhoto
  • One Vision Imaging
  • Pafe-Alben Albums
  • PASCHE
  • PCL West Imaging
  • Phaloo
  • Photo Albums Direct
  • Pic Pro Lab
  • PictoBooks
  • Pikto
  • Pixmig
  • Printmakers
  • Priscilla Foster
  • Profotonet
  • PROFOXLAB
  • QT Albums
  • Queensberry
  • Recordia

Again, pay attention to where the lab is located. Shipping price won’t be the same in the USA, then Europe, etc.

Conclusion:

We hope you have found here the best options for designing a wedding photo book and the best lab to print the best quality wedding album online.


Black and White Portrait of Alexandre Mayeur, photographer at French-Touch-Photography

Born and raised in Paris, I am now a proud Wedding Photographer in Rochester, MN, serving MPLS.

I don’t only capture emotions in candid pictures, I also create timeless images and artful photographs.
Recognized as one of the best photographers in the Twin Cities.

I serve Duluth and also far beyond the 10,000 Lakes State (Wisconsin, Iowa, and destination). I am more than happy to discover beautiful landscapes and new horizons.

Have a look at my previous publications to learn more. As an experienced professional photographer, I don’t limit my field to lifestyle, family, or event photography! I invite you to visit my portfolio and discover my photography and work out of the studio.

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