I’m Stephanie, a wedding + lifestyle photographer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Warrenton, Virginia. Whether I’m by the mountains of Colorado or Virginia, my soul feels at home, surrounded by rural living and the raw beauty of nature. I genuinely love what I do, and feel so passionate to share the enthusiasm and joy of these celebrations with you!

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February 18, 2015

Why Invest in Wedding Albums

Stephanie Messick Photography | Madera Wedding Sample Albums

Why should you invest in a wedding album? This is a loaded question but I hope that this blog post will show you the importance. Not only are they gorgeous, but THIS is the one thing you can pass down from generation to generation … that itself is priceless. Wouldn’t you want your children to share your love story to their children’s children? Thankfully to my mom holding on to some albums from a LONG time ago, I have had the opportunity of glimpsing in to my great grandmother’s life. As a Shoot and Share photographer, it is easy for my couples to love their USB Drive with all of their edited hi-res digital files. However, there is a downside to this … leaving those precious memories/images on that very disk for it to go nowhere. I try to encourage my couples to print on a great quality printer opposed to Walmart, but I realize that life gets busy and we tend to push these tasks off. I mean, posting them on Facebook is good for now right? I wish I could agree but Facebook will soon be diminished before we know it! I absolutely encourage to get your wedding album done before those images sit on the shelf for years to come. I offer wedding packages including a wedding album and without a wedding album  as I realize that this is something my couples may not have the money to pay at the moment. I have had several of my couples approach me about doing albums for them after the wedding and I am thrilled they decide to come back to have it designed/printed! Absolutely an investment, but SO worth it!!!

I just received my new sample albums in the mail and I’m thrilled to be sharing them with you all today! If I was this excited about the albums, I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be a couple receiving their own album! 🙂 I know my couples are going to love these as much as I do! The quality is amazing with the thick/heavy pages and the craftsmanship is amazing! Beautiful leather and linen choices with variety of colors/textures, on point coloring of images not to mention that the images can pan from the left to the right page seamlessly creating a panoramic shot. The designs are customized to each couple. I personally design them and will send over proofs for my couples to make changes so it is tailored to their vision. The design is laid out in a pristine, modern design so the attention is 100% on the photos. If you want to see a customized design from start to finish, check out the virtual magazine at the bottom of this blog post for a first hand look. 🙂

To my past/current brides, if you are interested in learning more about these albums feel free to email me and I will send over information for you to check out. 🙂

Here’s a peek at my sample albums!

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Stephanie Messick Photography is a Virginia + Destination Wedding & Portrait Photographer based out of Warrenton / Northern Virginia. Stephanie is now booking for 2016 weddings and specializes in farm, winery, plantation, estate, manor, garden venues. Contact her at info@stephaniemessick.com for more information.

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