"An album allows you to relive your wedding day in a way that single photos, no matter whether they're digital or framed, simply can't," explains Claire Roche, Shutterfly Wedding Expert and Creative Director/Planner at Grit and Grace Event Co. There’s no shortage of album options out there, whether you want to have your photos digitally printed or go old school and insert them yourself. Plus, with the advent of innovative apps like Shutterfly's Wedding Album Creator, you can now design and customize your wedding album right from your smartphone or tablet. These apps offer a wide range of features, allowing you to choose from various materials, colors, layouts, and even add personalized captions or stickers to make your album truly unique.
We researched the Best wedding photo albums out there for all tastes and preferences based on their functionality, size, and materials. We've also added some helpful tips on how to create one you'll want to flip through again and again.
Leather kind Capri Leather Photo Album
This gorgeous Leather kind photo book has a real sense of luxury, thanks to its high-quality, handcrafted Italian leather cover. (The smell of which is lovely, not that fake kind.) The interior is scrapbook in style, giving you maximum flexibility when it comes to layouts – but you will need to think about photo corners or photo mounts, which can be quite fiddly and will take time compared to self-adhesive or slip-in albums.
Artifact Uprising
Named one of Oprah’s favorite things, the Artifact Uprising wedding photo albums are cover-to-cover awe. Designed to take your wedding photos off your devices and place them into your life, the Artifact Uprising wedding album collection spans from a Layflat Photo Album to a Hardcover, Softcover, and beautiful Wedding Guest Book designs.
Milkbooks
Preserving your wedding day with the ultimate keepsake photo album, the MILK wedding albums are a modern way to record your special day. They’re perfect for the contemporary love story and make it easy to celebrate your wedding images in a new, current format with their elegant and basic designs.
LiuMy Photo Wedding Album
Couples who want a more tactile wedding photo album will appreciate this sleek, hard-cover iteration, which comes in over 20 muted, earth-toned colorways. It is not a printed album, per se: This booklet has internal slots, which allows you to develop your favorite snapshots and tuck them into the pages (it fits 4 x 6 and 5 x 7 images), which are grooved for a snug, secure fit.
California-based Heirloom Bindery offers couples and photographers alike high-quality wedding albums with linen covers. Their most popular book size is 12 x 14, but they offer five other options. All of their pages are made of cotton paper, you can foil-stamp the cover using custom artwork or text, and, should you need some help, they offer full design services, too.
Milk Photo Books
As one of the trendiest photo book makers available, this service offers very high-end finishings and add-ons, including leather covers and presentation boxes. They also guarantee vibrant, true to color printing on archival quality paper. But you don’t get this kind of luxury without paying more.
Wedding Moments Album
Picsy presents the “wedding moments” wedding album theme. With muted colours to capture the magical moments of your big day you can add in any amount of embellishments, stickers or quote boxes to make flipping through your wedding album a personal fulfilling experience. Choose our wedding moments wedding album for a subtle, breezy flip-through.
Eternally Engaged Album
You wedding is your big day but there were many special days that led up to it. The time from your engagement to your wedding was exceptionally special and we are sure that you experienced many magical moments which you would like to revisit.
Heritage Photo Albums
Handmade in the UK, Heritage Photo Albums offers a variety of covers including leather, silk effect, and linen. They also use card weight acid-free pages and glassine tissue interleaves between the pages to protect your photos.
Pik Perfect
Pik Perfect allows you to really adapt your photo album to everything from your price point to your desired size and page length. It's a great option for building bespoke as you collaborate with design specialists to create a wedding photo album.