I love flipping through old stacks of Polaroids and loose prints, as well as old photo albums. Ah, to be a kid again- when your biggest worry was finding that toy you lost, or having to explain to Dad how you broke the TV…
Photos are like time machines. Staring at the details and soaking in the emotion on the faces of each person in the frame takes you back unlike any mental recollection alone can.
Back in October I had the privilege of shooting Elaine and Michael’s Wedding on Lake Conroe. It’s hard to believe it’s already been 3 months since then! But as they say, Time marches on…
And that’s why I feel it’s really important to freeze time with photographic documentation.
I was proud to present Elaine and Michael’s album to them earlier this month. This piece is a Custom Laminated Photo Hard-Cover album, with Leporello binding, true Photographic Prints on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, fold-flat seamless goodness in all it’s Monumental 30.5 cm. Glory. OK, That’s 12-inches to us yanks’. But 30.5-centimeters sounded better. 609 mm. Sounds better still…
You may not think a 12-inch album would be very big, but in person, it’s quite astounding. Opening the album instantly doubles the media real estate for a sweeping 12-inch by 24-inch spread. (30.5 cm x 61cm.) You literally have to set the thing down on a table and step back to look at it all.
Just look how it dwarfs the iPhone:
Mighty fine binding…
Stunning lay-flat panoramas…
That’s detail baby! Even the “small” inlay photos are huge, they were like 5″x7″ in person.
The back cover. A discreet tag is standard on albums. Sometimes it’s inside, sometimes on the back cover. It’s like signing the piece of work that I invested so much time, thought and energy into. I really like the Cameo Inlay print on this one. It looks like a 3-D window on the back cover.
With this particular album we included a custom fitted dust-cover to protect it from minor scuffs and scrapes when you take it around to show all your friends. It also compels guests to ask “Hey, what’s in the pretty case?” at which point you eagerly show off all your fabulous photos…
This is only one of many album options we offer. I highly suggest investing in one for yourself. It’s more than just a great way to share your moments with your friends and family. It will be your time machine 10 or 15 years from now.
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