Wedding Photo Book Ideas

Your wedding day will probably be the most glamorous day of your life. Pictures can start while you are getting your hair done and they don't end until the fairy tale couple leaves the reception that evening. A professional photographer will manage the pictures during your wedding and take fantastic shots that you will treasure forever. The packages available from the photographer range from albums and printed pictures galore to getting all the shots on a CD to use as you please.

Even with all the glamor of the wedding day, it isn't the only wedding event that has been photographed. If you have an engagement party, there will be friends there with cameras. The same to be said about any bachelor or bachelorette parties, and any showers that you had. These photos are rarely planned and you might not even have many of the pictures yourself. These pre-wedding events can yield some of the most endearing photos you will ever take and they can even capture as much of the wedding feeling as the pictures your photographer takes on your wedding day.

What you do with all these pictures can make a big difference in how you enjoy them. You can even incorporate pictures into wedding events to personalize them in a very special way. Knowing what pictures you have and what pictures you want will help you to make all your photographs something very special. Enjoy reading some of the special chances you have to utilize photos in your whole wedding journey.

Proposal Book

Imagine this scenario: You have planned the ideal proposal. All your "props" are in place and the words have been rehearsed. You've chosen a special location and now the moment arrives -- you pull out the ring and look at the love of your life. According to a recent survey most men lose all power of speech and reasoning once the ring is in their hand. They are not sure what they said, but it could have been just "Here, take this." Likewise, the woman is so overwhelmed that she isn't sure what was said either.

A proposal photo book highlights the relationship and has the proposal included in the book. A photo book proposal book would help you say what you wanted to say and to help your new fiance remember the proposal in the days ahead. Many guys think about creating a special video -- but gathering the video is much more difficult than gathering the pictures that you would need to create this special book.

Here are some tips to help you prepare that special photo book.

Wedding Guest Book

Wedding Guest Books are usually impersonal and rarely looked at. If your guest book is a photo book that you created, then the guest book is more interesting to your guests and will prompt more heartfelt messages. This wedding guest book can be made from any engagement pictures that you have taken or it can be made from pictures you have gathered together. It can be done with a section on the childhood of each of you, and then the joining of your lives as a gradual process of your first date to your engagement pictures. It is perfect to involve your guests in the photos of this book by showing the times you have spent with many of these peoples. They could sign the book on the same page as their picture.

Engagement Book

An Engagement Book can chronicle all the pre-wedding activities on our way to that special day. Many people get engagement pictures taken and then they get lost in the glamor of the wedding photos. Be sure to include these pictures in this book. You can also make sure you document all the steps you go through during the engagement process. Activities that can be included are:

• Pictures from the proposal -- be sure to include location pictures and you could even scan copies of tickets or programs if they were part of the proposal.
• Pictures of your friends and family as you share the good news with them
• If you have a formal engagement party include some pictures of these activities - be sure to focus on the people who attend.
• Bachelorette and Bachelor party photos -- be sure to only include pictures you won't mind sharing with your children in years to come! Make sure you have shots of each of your friends that attend.
• Showers are another good source of pictures. It makes for better pictures if you focus on the people who attend rather than the gifts you get.
• All the wedding planning activities make for good memories. Pictures from your food tasting, choosing your wedding cake, making your "Save the Date" items, visiting the florist are all good things to include in this memory book.

Coffee Table Wedding Album

If you don't get an album from your photographer you can make your own Coffee Table quality Wedding Album. Many of the photo book publishers have samples on their sites.