Vistaprint Photobook Wedding Album

*makes not of this for later date*

We are having a storybook album from our tog as part our package but decided to do parent album ourselves from the printable disc, so this is good to know.

thanks

L x

Also, they almost always have offers on. I got a book printed from a similar cheap site and expected the quality to be awful, the outside cover was a bit cheap looking but the actual photo quality inside was great, I was pretty impressed!

I can see me making them for hubbys 40th and our kids 16th 18th and 21st birthdays next year..... Gonna be a bloody expensive year lol!! :0) do go for the super glossy tho.... It's about an extra £7 but the pages are so thick, and wipe cleanable for all those tears which are bound to fall looking at the album haha xx

The Photobox £100 premium books have a decent print quality. Not perfect, but good enough for most.

They won't last forever but they're 100 sides for £100.

(I don't use them, I just ordered one for a client who needed something without a 4 week lead time).

People are ALWAYS really surprised when I tell them how much a pro photobook costs, hehe! It's why I don't offer an album service, it just doesn't fit within my price bracket at all!!

Thanks to all you TOGS for your comments. I fully appreciate what is being said, and agree.... You're not going to get as good DIYing as you are using pro services. However, for many B2Bs this isn't an option, which is why I highlighted the photobook point. I would have loved a pro shoot by a particular local guy but I know this is totally out of my budget, so I am being realistic about what I can comfortably afford.... These books are a great option for those wanting a nice souvenir, and can be placed as a multiple order for parents etc too. Please don't think I am in any way trying to suggest a TOG album is not worth the money..... Of course they are :0)

"Please don't think I am in any way trying to suggest a TOG album is not worth the money..."

Yep I know where you are comming from I just wanted to point out the difference.

The £30 ones are woth every penny and by the same token the pro ones are woth every penny too.

Ive just done 4 of the cheep books for family christmas prezys - all old photos of grandparents and Mum and Dad.

Gonna pitch in here for some advise ... Lulu? what do you TOG's think of them? quality wise that is. saw the vista flip book and I'm not won over. My TOG has some nice new photobook vendors (KISS is one of them) and i MIGHT get one

But my OH is a printer so .... he may be doing it for us and at cost price for materials only. Lulu might be another option if he cant strike deal with his boss. buuuuuuuut I'm also making artbook for my digital artwork and so far lulu looks like a good distributor (primarily because it gives you a ISBN) but i'm not sure of the quality of print ...

We had ours done with Photobox. Its fab! Really good colour & quality. The total came to over £100, (as we had loads of pages in it) but we had a 50% off voucher, so it was a no brainer.

I think i'll use Vistaprint for my holiday pics though as that sounds loads cheaper.x

The main issue is that like anything, you get what you pay for.

The cheaper 'DIY' albums are certainly good value for money, but are they really what you want for a wedding?

You're spending thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) on the big day - so why go for an album that costs £30-£50, has inferior print quality and binding, and most probably won't last 5 years, let alone fifty. It's the only thing you'll have to look back on your wedding in the future (except maybe the video), so it should also be looked on as a good investment.

Yes, we're biased, but for an extra £100 or so you can have your album(s) professionally designed and printed, and as we say, you'll have something to treasure forever.

Marc ?

It might just be me but I really don't buy the 'longevity' argument.

Better design, better colour, better print quality? Yes.

Lasting a lifetime? No. Why? You can just get a new one made. Gives you a chance to jig things around a bit as well...

Our photographers recommended Bobs books and I think it is great. I wasn't fussed enough to spend literally hundreds on the Queensbury album which is handcrafted by New Zealand virgins in white gloves made of mink hair, or whatever it was.

Reality is I don't look at my wedding album that often and I think the quality appears fab to the layperson.

Also, my togs were brilliant and happy to go with their recommendation.

Gonna add it here, Milk books? they're from new zealand, pretty good reviews online so far, I'm thinking about going with them for my DIY album. further research is needed.

As a designer i MUCH prefer how they look than the Graphi ones. Do get me wrong they're very well laid out, but i find a lot of their graphic designs 'jars' with me. compositions have the 'almost there' feeling, but I think that comes with personal preference on design from someone who does it day in, day out, I like slick, clean and simple. especially with photos (unless its a ad its has to be IN YO FACE!) I have the same little gripe's for the vista print ones (and others of a similar ilk) the kerning, the guttering etc etc.

I'm actually being VERY fussy. But my printer OH is even fussier but at the same time were VERY control freaky over design. So I think taking the time to choose a book publisher more to our needs will be best course of action. I'm babbling now, I'll shhhh again.

? My SIL is forever mentioning her Queensberry album which is SO precious that it can't be taken out of the house! I am looking into doing a DIY photobook once we get the pics back from our TOG so thanks for all the different recommendations on this post ?

I love photobooks, thank you!

I recently found a great article about it

Me and my wife couldn't afford a photobook at the time but I got our wedding photos turned into a photobook for our 10th anniversary with www.supaphoto.com and she absolutely loved it! I had a look at the vistaprint one and I'm so glad you're happy with how yours turned out, it just didn't have the same personalisational touches that these smaller companies have. if anyone needs any recommendations then absolutely, vistaprint do have amazing deals on photobooks but I'd also say it's worth taking a look at smaller companies because a wedding album is one you keep forever so making it as personal as possible is always important!