Matt Ashton Photography · Fine art wedding albums
Something you can hold.
Build your album here. Pick the size, choose the cover, and see exactly what it costs as you go. Send it to me when you are happy and I will come back within a day.
Choose your album
Every album is handmade, printed on fine art paper, and designed from your gallery after the wedding. The difference is the size and how many spreads you get. A spread is a double page laid flat.
Choose your cover
Five materials, each with its own feel. Tap a swatch to see it in your summary. If you want to see one in person before you decide, just ask and I will bring samples to our meeting.
Your embossing
Your names are pressed into the cover. Included on every album, one placement.
Font
Foil colour
Where it sits
Anything you want to add
All optional, and you can add any of it later too.
Albums for your parents
Smaller copies of your album, same photos, same cover. Most couples order these as a thank you.
Who designs it
Either way you see a proof before anything is printed.
Why bother with a print at all
Your gallery is not going anywhere. But in ten years nobody sits on the couch and scrolls a folder together. They pull something off a shelf.
An album is the version of your day your parents can hold, the one your kids will find one day, and the one that still works when the phone you took it on stopped existing. It is the only part of the whole thing that gets better with handling.
If you are the kind of person who values something tangible, this is the piece worth having. If you are not, skip it, and the gallery still holds every photo.
How it works
You build it above
Pick your size, cover and extras, and send it through. I confirm the price and take payment, then start the design.
You approve a proof
I send you the full layout to look at. Change anything you want. Nothing prints until you say yes.
It is made by hand
Around four to six weeks from approval, depending on the material and the time of year.
It arrives
Delivered to your door, boxed. Parent albums come at the same time.
Questions couples ask
Which one would you pick for us?
The Signature, for most couples. Thirty five spreads is the difference between a highlights reel and the actual day, and you are not cutting photos you love to make things fit. If you want something smaller and simpler, the Keepsake does the job beautifully.
How many photos fit?
Roughly 60 to 80 in a 15 spread album, and up to about 160 in the Signature. It depends on the layout. Some spreads carry one photo across both pages, others carry five.
Do we have to decide now?
No. Plenty of couples order an album months or even a year after the wedding. Your gallery stays live and I keep your files, so there is no deadline on this.
Can we see one first?
Yes. I bring sample albums to our pre-wedding meeting, and I am happy to post swatches if you want to see a material in person before you choose.
What if we do not like the design?
You see a proof before anything prints, and you can change as much as you want at that stage. Nothing is locked until you approve it.
How long does it take?
About two weeks for me to design and get you a proof, then four to six weeks for the album to be made and shipped once you approve it.
Can we add spreads later?
Not once it is printed, no. If you are torn between sizes, go up. Nobody has ever told me their album was too big.