Photo by Carrie J. Photography
For some reason, there aren’t a ton of reviews out there when it comes to wedding photo album companies. No Google, Facebook, or Yelp reviews to point photographers in the right direction. That said, it’s no wonder so many photographers end up working with several different companies before finding the perfect one for their business. Personally, I think this user information should be more available so that wedding photographers don’t have to go through this whole trial and error process. I’ve spent a few weeks coming up with this list of recommended album companies for wedding photographers and scouring the internet and Facebook to give you guys pros and cons for each company. Here’s to finding the album company that truly matches your brand!
Artifact Uprising
Pros: High-quality flat lay albums and great customer service
Cons: Expensive, final prints may have muddy tones, and some people have reported bugs with the album builder. Also, Artifact Uprising has their pricing online for everyone to see
Learn more: https://www.artifactuprising.com/wedding/photo-albums
Kiss Books
Pros: Reasonably priced and great quality. Kiss also has an album builder with their free account
Cons: Design options are more simple and clean, which isn’t necessarily a con if that’s what you’re looking for!
Learn more: https://www.kiss.us/
QT albums
Pros: Beautiful albums built for fine art photographers and affordably priced
Cons: If you shoot a different style of photography, these albums might not fit your aesthetic
Learn more: http://qtalbums.com/
Red Tree Albums
Pros: Great quality, neutral and clean album designs
Cons: Pricing is steeper than other album options
Learn more: http://www.redtreealbums.com/
ZNO
Pros: Affordable and great customer service
Cons: While these albums are more affordable, you might miss out on quality and appearance. ZNO also includes their pricing of albums online
Learn more: http://www.zno.com/
Dekora
Pros: Amazing quality and great customer service
Cons: Based in Toronto, so shipping outside of Canada is more expensive
Learn more: https://www.dekoraalbum.com
ProDPI
Pros: Affordable
Cons: Not the most intuitive album builder
Learn more: https://www.prodpi.com/
Miller’s Lab
Pros: Ships in 24 hours
Cons: Album design not intuitive
Learn more: http://www.millerslab.com/
Nations Photo Lab
Pros: Great quality, affordably priced, and quick shipping (if you live in the US)
Cons: Pricing is listed on their site and if you’re shipping outside of the US, delivery times and costs may differ
Learn more: http://www.nationsphotolab.com/
Visionart
Pros: Reasonably priced, lots of cover options, and they offer free standard shipping all around the world
Cons: I have tried my hardest to find one bad thing about Visionart, but I really can’t. I’m actually surprised Visionart isn’t talked about more in the photography community. Let me know in the comments section if there’s a con I should list here!
Learn more: https://www.visionart.com/
Luxe Wedding Albums
Pros: Wide variety of cover options and high-quality albums
Cons: Very traditional
Learn more: http://www.modernalbumdesigns.com/luxe.html
Queensberry
Pros: Quality albums with cool options such as metallic leather covers
Cons: Expensive
Learn more: http://www.queensberry.com/albums
Graphistudio
Pros: One of the oldest and biggest album making companies
Cons: Traditional designs
Learn more: http://www.graphistudio.com/
Finao
Pros: Their customers love their albums and you can’t find a single bad review online about this company
Cons: More traditional designs, although they do allow for custom covers
Learn more: https://www.finao.com
I know that this list isn’t complete, and I want to hear what you have to say. Please share your feedback below!
I shoot documentary, my work is super colourful and it looks amazing inside a QT Album. They have so many cover and customization options that they’re honestly versatile enough to suit any photographer’s work.
Thank you for a great, complete and honest review, Carrie!
Can we take the opportunity to ask you to include our workshop in your comparison?
We’re a niche, traditionally handbound, European photo book maker.
Granted we’re not cheap but I’m confident you’ll agree there is nothing in the market like what we do, certainly some of your readers will be looking for a premium option to treat their most demanding clients?
Thank you and congrats for the excellent work!
Great post, but I miss Folioalbums in the list.
You noted in the “Cons” section several times that the design solution providet by the album companys was “not intiutive”. Folioalbums customers have acces to A very fast and intuitive album design & sales solutions. (Including client gallery and album-proofing). The stand alone version of the album designer is compatible with all manufacturers and can be found here: http://bit.ly/1QjwzUy
Hi There, which of these are uk based? I’m looking to change suppliers and struggling to find something local which suits my adventurous clients. Sue x
Great List!!! Thanks for this post!!!
I have to agree with Laura Babb’s comment above. I too shoot documentary (with maybe only a touch of fine art) and my work looks spectacular in a QT Album. Their Hahnemuhle Baryta paper is beautiful!!!
Such and awesome list. We’ve worked with most of these companies. As photographers we used Finao, Graphi, Miller’s, Artifact. As founders of Banti Album Proofing , we have seen photographers using all of these companies. You pretty much can’t go wrong with any of them.
Can I just throw our hat in the ring please?
Thank you
I find Vision Art cover design to be absolutely woeful and long winded. It is the main reason I don’t order their albums.
I made the mistake in putting all my eggs in one basket (Album Company) and after ten years and spending over $100,000.00 , I now have a problem and this tree does not bend 🙁
So i’m on the search for 2 or 3 Wedding Album companies and came across your reviews.
Your assume to take your time to research these album makers with your feedback and links to each company.
Thank you!!
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These are all great choices and this article is really well done. For my wedding photography, I used Millers and GraphiStudio for a long time. However, I have recently switched over to a company that is new in the market…at least in the US, named Saal Digital. Has anyone else ever heard of them? If not, they are definitely worth a look since their design program is easy but completely customizable. They also are really fast production wise and the prices are great for the quality that get. If you are in the US, here is a link: https://www.saal-digital.com/en-us/photobook/
Hi Carrie
We are Heritage Photo Albums and it is not my intention to try to publish links to our site and I hope this will be moderated. Heritage have been making hand made wedding photo albums for many years now and offer a range of albums from faux leather to leather, silk effect, linen and slip in’s all at dedicated trade prices for trade professional photographers. I wondered if you could include us in your review as you do invite submissions?
You can find us at – https://www.heritagephotoalbums.co.uk/
You can also see that since we bought the company we have received 5 star reviews on Google and Facebook.
With kind regards
Jerri Smith
Director
Heritage
Wonderful list. I’d like to add US-based Black River Imaging https://www.blackriverimaging.com/. Very easy to design and order your album with free Cascade Software. Albums are handmade in leather, fabric, acrylic or metal in just 4-5 business days. Free standard shipping too!
have you tried flipchap.com before?
They are specialist in Hand made wedding album. also added variety of customization on the book finishing from pages, material, cover finishing, layflat ount sheet thickness, color and tons of handmade box type.
the signature would be the leatherette wedding album
https://www.flipchap.com/photo-book/leatherette-layflat-customize
check them out.
Do most of these do greeting cards too?
I shall explore but Apple have shut down their printing operations in Australia. Hoping to find a good alternative……
Cheers, Kerry
Hi Kerry! Some of the listed companies have greeting card options that you can look into for your business. I’d start looking into Artifact Uprising and go from there. Best of luck to you!
Loktah 100%!!! Their quality and price are unmatched. Surprised they weren’t in the list.