Why wedding albums cost so much

Somebody Please start a high end wedding album company that is as easy to use as Shutterfly. I've ordered a few personal albums from Shutterfly.com . It's so easy. You send the the image just as you created it, and they print it the way you've sent it.
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The wedding industry albums are no where near that easy. You have to leave 1/16th of an inch on the outside of the image, you have to split the image precisely down the center. The image has to have specs of 600x300 dpi, and 300x300 after you finish. That includes the 1/16th of an inch extra. It makes me dizzy. Oh, and I forgot some of these companies are overseas, so they emails you get describing what you need to fix need to be translated. By the team you finally get it right you realize you are making about $3.00 an hour after all of the hours you've put in.
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I have to raise my prices. I'm on a quest to find the professional album that is easy to use. It's my problem until the brides have to start paying more for the albums. Next time I won't complain so much.


www.premierproductions.smugmug.com

Behind the name Premier Productions

When I started working in the wedding industry I knew I wanted to be diverse. I wanted to learn as many aspects of the industry as possible, and I really enjoyed taking it all, and making it into a big production. At my peak production level I would Photograph the wedding, do a slide show after dinner, and then become the master of ceremonies, and DJ the wedding. I love working my tail off, and getting the satisfaction of seeing everything come together beautifully.
In recent years I've chosen to focus on Photography only. It has been great, but I've had the feeling I should be doing more. I didn't feel like I was delivering a "Production". My skills as a wedding photographer are as good as anybody in town, but I want to work harder.
An Idea hit me in the middle of the night 2 nights ago. I couldn't sleep. I had to keep getting up, and write my ideas on a note pad as they came to me. I got about 3 hours of sleep that night, and amazingly I wasn't tired at all the next day. I was too jacked up I guess. I will be announcing the changes to my service after the first of the year. Don't worry, I've retired from the DJ business. Let me just say it will be a production again.


Tony
www.premierproductions.smugmug.com