How much for wedding album?

mromo2813

My husband and I are on the fence about ordering a wedding photo album.  We both really want one, but are struggling with the thought of spending such a large amount of money on it.

Did you or are you going to get one?  If so, how much are you spending?

Ours through our photographer is $1000 for a 12x12 album with 34 sides.  That will be about 150 pictures.

Thanks in advance!

acaponi87

That seems like A LOT.  Are you getting rights to your pictures? Because if you are you can just make an album yourself. 

My photographer included a coffee table book of our photos (30-35 pages) in our package.  Our package, which includes 6-7 hrs of coverage, unlimited photos, a high res disc of all our pictures and the book is only $1825. So $1000 seems like a ton to me just for an album.

rcj2rcd

That's about what ours cost.

zulamay

If you have the rights to your photos, I would highly suggest you not order the album and make one yourself.  Our photographer included a 20 page album in our package, but then tried to sell us a 60 page album for $2,000.  We made it for $70 through iPhoto (available on most Macs) and it looks professional.  There are other cheaper photo sites like Snapfish, but the quality of the books isn't as good. 

Meegles4

Mine is included in my package, but I image it's costing about that given how much the photog is overall.

I agree with Zula on making your own if you can. I just used Snapfish for our guest book, using our engagement photos, and it turned out great! If that was my only option for a wedding album, I'd do it.

If you don't have the rights, ask what it would cost to buy them but not buy an album. Maybe that's slightly cheaper. If not, I feel like I'd still buy an album from the photographer. After paying all that money, I'd want something besides the digital images to look through. FWIW, I still pull my parents' wedding album out, 35+ years later. If anything, to laugh at my dad's paisley tux!

db1985

I agree about purchasing print rights and making your own.  We will be making a large photo album and 2 smaller albums for our parents through the Kodak website for about $100 for all 3.  

emarston1

We used mypublisher and got a great looking album (flush mount, lay flat pages, etc.) for about $150.  I don't think I could justify spending that much on a photo album.  But that's just me

Sue-n-Kevin

I got the rights to our pics from our photographer, and made my own on Costco's website, leather bound, it was about $35 (with coupon) for 8 x 12 pages, you can use full pages, they have pre-set templates, etc. Additional pages were $1.39 (I think).

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My photographer said ours will cost $600-$700.  I want a nice album...something classy that I can keep and will look nice forever.  So, while it's a lot, we're ordering one.

abbeylynne06

If you print one on your own, I suggest using AdoramaPix.  They are a little more expensive than something like Snapfish, but they make great albums, and they have the option of the thick cardboard pages like many professional albums have.  I was really happy with mine.