Posted on November 8, 2009 - by Brian

Choosing Images for Your Wedding Album

Choosing photos for your magazine style wedding album should not be an unpleasant and overwhelming experience, but picking out just a few images out of several hundred may be difficult without some guidance. Here are some useful tips to help make your image choosing a fun, quick and easy process.

Page layout with a clean, elegant and simple style.

A busy and energetic scrapbook style.

Go Through the Photos as Chapters

To start, think of your wedding day in terms of chapters: then separate your wedding photos into groups based on your wedding’s major events, or chapters. With your photos separated this way, go through the images one chapter at a time instead of of the entire wedding. This technique will keep you from being overwhelmed with images. Chapters may include: getting ready; first glance; ketubah signing, ceremony; wedding party; family groups; bride and groom together; cocktail hour and reception.

These are the common chapters – your wedding will likely have events or chapters not included in this sample list. Luckily, you do not have to worry about these details: your only task is to narrow down the photos to your favorite images that best tell the story of the day. We need to know your absolute favorites – the images you can not do without.

The background image can be a map, invitation, letter, etc.

How Many Images Should I Choose?

How many images you choose will depend on how many pages your album will have. A good per-page average is three images. Of course each page will be different: some pages will have five or more images, while others may have only one, but this is a useful guide when choosing images. At the same time, keep in mind that albums can go up to sixty pages without a problem, and extra pages are not very costly – be sure to ask about our current cost for additional pages.

Page layout with an image as a background.

Above are samples of different layout styles, from clean and simple, often using white backgrounds, to busy and energetic scrapbook styles with lots of images that often overlap… your album can easily have a mix of the two styles.

Using Images As Backgrounds
Since we are making an album that allows us to layer one image on top of another, we have the ability to use various images such as details, flowers, table settings, etc. to serve as background images. Using background images help tell your wedding story, give depth to the album layout, and make your album absolutely unique.

A beautiful background!

I am always looking for interesting and colorful backgrounds.

Details help tell the story of your day.

A closeup as background.

Cake details for color and design.

This guide should make your album image-choosing fun and easy. Give it a try, but if the task is still overwhelming, I will be glad to get together with you to help out!