Anyone know of where to find large, good quality photo albums? any other good ideas?
Hi there everybody,
I have recently finished an 11 month trip around the world and have acquired over 2200 digital camera images on the way! I have got round to storing them all on an online storage site, and I have now narrowed my final selection down to 1500 images that I want to print and put in some nice albums.
I know I will never get them all in one album....there's no feasable way! However, I would like to have as many as possible in one album so I don't have to buy loads!! I have seen a few that hold 300 6x4 prints, but they either are slip in albums where there is very little room to write a caption or the pages are white- I would like an album with black pages, lots of room to write captions and not looking too jam packed!! I know I am asking for a lot, but I have found near matches but not quite what I want. I have tried kodak, jessups, whsmith, argos, boots and speciality online pages, but all fall short of what I am after!!
Has anyone had a similar problem, or do you know of any good albums that fit the bill??! I wouldn't mind if the albums held between 200-300 images, just as long as the pages are black and there is enough room for writing. Also...sorry to keep asking, but I don't want a tacky album with crappy designs on the front...less is more and all that!!!
Hope someone can help
Thank you...keep enjoying your travels while you can! I have only been back for one month and it feels like I've never been away!! Thats why I need these albums as hard proof that I did it!!
Bethan x x
P.s have a look at some of my fave pics in our gallery
http://www.travelblog.org/Admin/admin-gallery.html?gallery_id=4270
Reply to this I've faced similar problems when I travel. If you are planning on showing people your fotos, I can tell you that no matter how beautiful they are, people's eyes will glaze over after the 100th photo and their attention will start to wander.
To break up my photo albums, I take the prettiest, postcard type shots and I put those into a photo album with black paper. It looks awesome and its great for people to look at - I usually break up the pictures - sometimes one picture per page, sometimes 3 (then use a glitter pen to write comments and names). As for where to find them, I guess I've just lucked out. You might have luck at a specialized scrapbooking store where you can get albums with refillable pages.
The rest of my photos, I slot into regular photo albums - the variety with plastic slots with about 4 per page dividing them up into area, and if I had a lot of photos... by trek/safari. These are basically shown to nobody as no one cares to look at 20 differently angled shots of Macchu Picchu.
I don't know if I've answered your question but trying to fit 300 into one photo book - it gets really heavy, and a pain if you want to bring it somewhere to show people.... and their eyes will guarenteed glaze over (especially if they've never been to where you've gone and they have no intention of going there in the near future).
Reply to this I use Pioneer SJ-CB Jumbo Black Book --it's a 12x14 post album with refillable black pages. I think the biggest album I have is about 300 photos, but it could hold more or less. I used to be able to get them in stores in Canada, but now order them from Get Smart Products
Get Smart Products out of the US. They are fantastic albums--a page can hold larger prints (2 5x7s, or an 8.5x11), 4x10 panoramas, 3-4 4x6s (depending on the layout), plus ticket stubs, maps, etc. I use the two-sided photo squares to stick everything down, and a silver pen to add whatever comments I want.
My biggest album weighs just under 5lbs (2.5 kgs). My albums usually only have about 1/5 of the photos I've taken on my holidays.
Reply to this Hi folks, thanks for the replies so far...has given me a few ideas. Thought I would put this link in, its a web site I found that does supersize photo albums! Maybe not to everyones liking...but for storage capacity these jumbo albums are the biggest I have seen.
http://www.centralcrafts.com/scp/Photo_Albums/Jumbo_Photo_Albums.html
Have a look, they have a range of smaller albums too
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