Christine Chang Photography

“Oh and I forgot to mention, the album is stunning.  The quality is amazing.  I know Christine special-orders the album components and the album by far exceeds my expectations.  She gets your input for colors and layout, and is extraordinarily prompt.”  -Erin

I couldn’t have said it better than Erin, whose wedding I photographed last year.  Queensberry Albums are the best!  On a previous post I highlighted the durability and quality of matted pages and the classic elegance that it exudes.  Now I would like to give a fair shake to another type of album that I offer through Queensberry, the digital album.

(Nancy and Ricky, if you are reading this entry I’ve held your album hostage for a few days.  You’ll be getting your album this weekend!)

Nancy and Ricky ordered a digital album.  Digital albums remind me of magazine pages, in the sense that the picture is printed onto the page, whereas a matted album reminds me of a museum gallery, in that each photo is printed and framed. 

The thing I want you to notice here is how thick each page is.  It may remind me of a magazine page, but it certaintly isn’t the thickness of a magazine page.  You can see that a page consists of two sheets of printed paper sandwiching a thick board. 

I photographed the album near a window so that you can also see the sheen.  That’s the protective coating that I request from Queensberry.  It protects the page and adds a subtle gloss that is a very nice touch.

Unlike the matted albums, digital albums come in a velvet draw-string bag.  As usual, with both types of albums Queensberry provides a standard presentation box for storage.

There you have it, two quality albums for you to choose from so that memories of that special day can be preserved and cherished.

Also, a special thanks to Johannes, Nigel, and Queensberry for featuring my blog on their site!   Much gratitude goes to a company who is set on the belief that their photographers are the best and deserve the best!

Here’s my album schpiel for the out-of-state inquiries I have been getting lately.  Usually brides and grooms around the LA area will touch and feel my albums and it’s oohs and aahs all the way.

To continue, I have been including Queensberry Albums with my wedding packages ever since I started photographing weddings.  My first album with Queensberry was ordered as a result of my own wedding, and since then I have loved Queensberry for their classic and durable albums.

I strongly believe in providing albums of the highest quality, and though Queensberry Albums are more expensive than other album vendors I think that the albums are really worth it.  Usually the bride and groom get two choices as far as albums, either a matted style or a digital style (or what I’d like to call a magazine style, where the picture is printed directly on the page).  After the couple signs off on my design I send the order electronically to New Zealand, where the album is printed and assembled.  Gino Demeer is my customer service friend and he usually answers any questions I have promptly and with a very cute New Zealand accent.

Here’s a photo tour of what I’m talking about.  Pictured below is Erin and Sam’s album.  They ordered an 18 page matted album.  When I say pages, I’m referring to two sides.

Notice the attention to detail that Queensberry gives to these albums: even the protective corners have curliques, which I think is a great design finish-minimalist and tasteful.

I choose vinyl covers for all albums so if your future kids gets their cheese whiz fingers on the album all that is needed is a damp cloth for cleaning and care.

With matt albums the bride and groom get to choose the mat color (or colour as they spell it in New Zealand) and the page color.  Here Erin and Sam opted for a classic white mat with black pages.  With mat albums photographs are printed by Queensberry and the pictures are cut and hand-assembled into the album.

Above is a page of Erin getting ready.  Included with every album (mat or digital) is a presentation box that is made of heavy caseboard that is overprinted in bronze.

Last but not least, matted albums come with a glassine cover page that adds an elegant touch and sets the mood for the rest of the album.

So why order an album?  I have thought about this too with my own wedding, and here’s my answer.  In the digital era we take many pictures, but oftentimes those pictures don’t really go anywhere except into the realms of digital la-la land.  There is just something about holding a physical album and being able to pass this treasure on from generation to generation.  Every page tells a story, and every time I flip through my own wedding album I relive the wedding day better than it was on that very day-in other words, without all of the stress I went through for the process of getting married.  It’s just the quiet of my living room and an album with a story that sets my memory into motion.

Nancy and Ricky have also ordered an album, but they chose a digital album instead.  When their album arrives I will go into the unique personality of the digital album next.