What to do with your wedding images?

You planned the most perfect day for you two to get married. You documented a part of your love story on an incredibly special day for you both.

These images do not deserve to live on your phone or in a folder on your desktop somewhere.

Printing your images brings them to life.

Having these images printed on the walls of your home will serve as a reminder of who you are, who you two were in that era of your life, and why you are here in your life together. These images living in your home should surround you with happiness, peace, love, and adventure.

Downloading your Wedding Images

Digital files are filed digitally, and sadly, sometimes technology can fail us. These images are heirlooms of your wedding day, so let’s chat about how to protect these digital files so you never lose these incredible memories.

The first thing you need to do is download all the images. When you download all, be sure you select high res. It’s not bad to have web-size images, as those are perfect for sharing on social media, but web-size images will not print in high quality. So, for protecting your images, download all in high-res.

How to store your wedding images?

You want be sure you save your images in a couple of different places after having them downloaded. This means not only on your desktop. The hard drives on our computers often fail without warning.

We recommend storing your images on a cloud-based system like Google Drive, Dropbox, and/or iCloud.

Then as well, backing it up onto an external drive.

Be sure to power up the hard drive once a year to keep it running smoothly and be mindful of updates in the world of technology. You don’t want 15 years to go by and no longer be able to see your wedding images because the ports are outdated or that particular drive is no longer supported on future software.

Recommended drives to put your images on here.

Ordering Prints/Products

Truthfully, hard copy prints are the best way to back up your favorite wedding images – no matter if that is an album or single prints.

While you can download your images and print them wherever you’d like, I highly recommend ordering directly through us via email or through your gallery.

Here is why:

• High quality papers, that won’t fade and will last forever.
• Color matching ink – printing your images exactly how they were intended.
• Customer service care – I can not help you problem solve with a print company we are not working with.
• If you are purchasing a framed print from your gallery, it will be properly matted so the papers do not stick to the glass, and the glass will not be reflective, ruining your view of the image you printed.
• I personally approve each print sale, which means I am double-checking the crop and sizing to make sure you are set to get the best print possible.

Here are all the print options we offer through the gallery:

• Matted Framed Prints
• Metal Prints
• Glass box for loose prints (also offer a wooden and linen box)
• Calendars
• Cards
• Ornaments
• Print Packs
• Float Framed prints
• Pano Prints
• Albums (You can design your own album, or you can order an album through us – personally I recommend this direction)

Each couple receives a 20% off discount for print orders when you receive your gallery.

See what past couples have printed and displayed on their walls to get ideas:

Custom Albums

As a kid or even an adult, have you looked at your parents or grandparents wedding album?

Have you looked up at their printed wedding photos on the walls of their home or other family members homes?

I remember vividly seeing my aunt’s wedding photos up on the wall at my grandma’s house. She looked like the most stunning bride, her big smile and the beautiful ball gown. She was so beautiful and happy. Pictures have the ability to tell you so much more about a person’s personality, their spirit, their passion and the history of their life.

Imagine flipping through your grand parents wedding album and not seeing just two people standing side by side smiling and photos the exact same with those they love.

Imagine instead flipping through your grandparents wedding album and getting a glimpse into who they were at the age they got married, getting to see them doing what they love to do together during that time in their life, exuding happiness, love and their true existence. Imagine flipping through their wedding album and being able to read it like a story of two people in love, living their life to the fullest.

Now, you are the grand parent. Imagine getting to share that story with your loved ones – they would probably think you are pretty bada** for an old person and open up more, allowing for a deeper connection.

When we are capturing your elopement day, we are photographing purposefully in a style that is documenting the story of your day.

This allows you to look back through an album that you can flip through for years and be able to share it with someone else. This allows you to fully share the story of your elopement day from start to end.

Hand Crafted Lay flat Custom designed albums

Albums are a perfect gift for your parents or loved ones who were not in attendance at your wedding. It is a way to invite them into the day and allow them to visit it whenever they want. It is a way of saying, we know you were not there, but we still want you to be able to enjoy it.

For you, an album is a way to flip back through the memories and revisit your elopement day whenever you want. Typically, wall prints are the big vista shots, the massive landscapes. However, albums are more intimate, where you can allow the story to unfold, remember the touch, smell, and sound of the day.

Our packages come with a free 10×10 24-page custom album design that you get with your gallery.

You can:

• Order the exact album design that comes with your gallery.
• Order a different album, favorite the images you want used in the design, and I will design an album specific to your order.

Album options:

• 12×12, 50 pages, $1700
• 12×12, 40 pages, $1450
• 12×12, 30 pages, $1200
• 10×10, 30 pages, $1100
• 10×10, 24 pages, $950

Albums come as hand-crafted heirloom albums. Cover options are linen or leather. When placing the order, you will get to decide things like color, if you want anything on the cover, or if you want torn or straight-edge paper.

Just like through the elopement planning process, we are here with you each step of the way to getting your images printed and into your hands and on your walls. We keep the process stress-free, easy, and supportive.

All of our couples also get a 20% discount for their album if the order is placed before their elopement day or within 2 weeks after receiving their gallery.

To order your album, you fill out a quick and easy form, which should only take you 5 minutes max Other than that, all you have to do is approve the design before it goes to press.

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View one of our custom 10x`10, 24 paged album design here:

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FAQ

If we did not photograph your elopement/wedding, can we design and order an album for you?? YES! As long as you give us access to your high-resolution files we can work with you in crafting your album.

How do you handle prints with care?

Our hands have oils in them and often dirt even if you can’t see it. Whenever you are handling prints or album pages be sure you are doing so on a clean surface with freshly clean hands. You can wear gloves to be even safer!!

When do I need to order prints by?

You can order prints whenever you want!! Some couples order prints within one week to utilize the discount, some couples wait months and years. We will always be here to help you when you are ready to order your prints. We love jumping on zoom calls, regular calls or communicating through email to help couples figure out what and how to print.

What’s the best way to store my photos?

Store your album laying flat. Keep it in the box to protect it even more so. We highly recommend not keeping it in any high traffic areas unless you’re sure it won’t catch an accidental coffee spill. When it comes to prints in a frame, be mindful of the wall you are putting a print on. If the spot on your wall receives a lot of sunlight, it could fade the print overtime.

I have no idea what to print or what size, how do you decide??

We recommend looking at the wall space you want to put prints on and using a wall safe adhesive and template to play around with sizes and spacing to see how you want to create the space on the wall. And as always, feel free to ask us to hop on a Zoom call with you!!!!