Wedding Album (finally)
Well, our first anniversary is next month (I can't believe in a little over month and a half it'll 1 year since that beautiful day in Huntington Beach!) and I FINALLY really sat down and got a rough draft of my album together for Bella Pictures. I was really shocked at how easy it was... Eliminating pictures was difficult (especially when it came to the most adorable flower girls of all time), but once I had it trimmed down to about 50 pictures more than I actually used (some of which I knew I'd use the one oriented in the way I wanted a picture to be at that point or would use just some of them as background, etc.), it really went very quickly.
I used the Bella Pictures' sample albums to find the things I loved most and the ideas I wanted to incorporate into our album, then I started putting pictures together (in the order of the day for the most part, but with most of the posed pictures towards the end). I had the first rough draft done in a couple hours and fine tuned it the next day. After going over it with David (who I don't think really cares about how it's laid out at all), we're ready to send the person who will be creating our album my first real draft of ideas.
We get a 30 page album in our contract and we've decided to spend the money to upgrade it to 12 x 12. I didn't think this was necessary at first, but it's not much money and those 2 extra inches on top and right can really make a difference in how good the pictures look. We'll have it forever, so why not? We'll also add 4 sheets (or 8 pages), making it a 38 page album. I don't know how much they charge for that, but it can't be so much that it won't be worth it so that we can have all the pictures that are important to us from our big day in one place.
It's strange that I kept putting this off and never finding the time for it and then it didn't take too long when I got to it. The whole process was just so daunting and with no help from my husband (which I understand is pretty typical), eliminating pictures of people I just met that one day seemed even harder than eliminating pictures of those I know well (with the exception of the girls, clearly).
I'm so glad that the process can move forward and I'm sure Bella Pictures will be shocked that I finally worked on it a serious amount. They've extended my "deadline" for ordering twice now, thankfully.
Now, I can't wait to see the draft they show me online!
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