Wedding Album Options

A wedding album turns a folder of digital files into something you can actually hold, share, and pass down. And at Weddings by Michael, there’s an album to suit every couple and every budget.

The Memory Album : £125 New for couples who want a beautiful keepsake without the investment of a full coffee table or Italian album. This 8″ x 8″ album features 20 thick, high-quality pages, each one telling a part of your story. You choose your 20 favourite images from the day, plus one more for the cover; a simple, curated edit of the moments that matter most. It’s a lovely option as a standalone keepsake, a gift for parents, or a taster before deciding on a larger album down the line.

Coffee Table Albums : from £185 Our photojournalist-style Coffee Table albums are the most popular choice. Built with flush-mounted images across panoramic spreads, they let your wedding day unfold page by page exactly as it happened. Available in small (around 50 pages, up to 120 images) and large (around 80 pages, up to 200 images) formats, depending on your package.

Italian Albums : from £600 For couples who want the very best, our handmade Italian albums are crafted by Graphistudio — a byword for quality in the wedding album world. Large at 40cm x 30cm with around 40 pages, finished with a choice of acrylic or other premium covers, this is an heirloom piece built to last generations.

Every album is designed around your images, not a template — so whichever option you choose, the result is entirely yours.

Not every couple wants, or needs, an 80-page coffee table album. Sometimes the most powerful way to relive a wedding day is through a small, perfectly curated set of images: the ones that still stop you in your tracks months, or years, later.

That’s the idea behind the Memory Album. It’s a high-quality 8″x8″ album with 20 thick, beautifully finished pages, designed around the moments you choose to keep closest.

What you receive:

You select your 20 favourite images from your wedding gallery, plus one further image for the cover. Each image sits on its own thick page, giving the album real substance and a satisfying weight in the hand. This isn’t a flimsy print-shop photobook, it’s built to the same quality standard as our larger albums, just in a smaller, more focused format.

Why a Memory Album?

Choosing only 20 images forces a kind of editing that’s surprisingly valuable. Rather than flicking through hundreds of photos on a screen, you’re left with a tight, considered set. The first look, the vow that broke you both, the moment your nan laughed so hard she had to sit down. It’s less a record of the whole day and more a distillation of it.

It also makes a beautiful gift in its own right. For parents, grandparents, or simply as a smaller companion to a larger main album.

Who is this for?

Couples who want something tangible without committing to a full coffee table or Italian album. Couples on a tighter budget who still want a printed keepsake rather than just a USB of files. Or couples who already have a larger album and want a second, more intimate one to keep on a bedside table or coffee table at home.

The Memory Album is available as an add-on to any wedding package. Get in touch and I’ll talk you through how it would work alongside your other choices.

Memory Album Pricing

Memory Album £125

• 8″x8″, 20 thick pages

• 20 chosen images plus 1 cover image

• Available as an add-on to any package

If the Memory Album is the highlights reel, the Coffee Table album is the full story.

This is a popular album choice, and it’s easy to see why. Photojournalist in style, it follows your day the way it actually unfolded : ceremony, speeches, first dance, the quiet in-between moments. Across page after page of flush-mounted images. It’s the album most couples picture when they imagine sitting down years from now and reliving their wedding from start to finish.

What you receive:

Available in two sizes depending on your package. The small Coffee Table album runs to around 50 pages, holding up to 120 flush-mounted images. The large version extends to around 80 pages, holding up to 200 images — enough to cover even the busiest, most eventful day in real depth.

Every image is flush-mounted onto thick pages that lie flat when open, so your photographs run seamlessly across the spread rather than being interrupted by a binding.

Why a Coffee Table album?

Because it doesn’t make you choose. Rather than narrowing your day down to twenty images, the Coffee Table album has room for the full narrative — the big emotional moments alongside the small candid ones that you might otherwise forget happened. It’s designed to be picked up and flicked through again and again, which is exactly what “coffee table” means: a book that lives out in the open, not stored away in a cupboard.

Who is this for?

Couples who want the complete story of their day in one beautiful, substantial book. Couples who had a lot happening — multiple venues, big guest lists, long celebrations — and want an album with the space to do it justice. And couples who want something that feels appropriately significant for the day it documents, without quite the investment of a handmade Italian album. Often, couples choose the large album for themselves, and then small albums for parents.

The Coffee Table album is available across our Short Day, Twilight, and Full Day packages, with pricing varying by size. Get in touch and I’ll help you choose the right fit.

Coffee Table Album Pricing

Small Coffee Table Album £185

• Photojournalist style

• Around 50 pages

• Up to 120 flush-mounted images

Large Coffee Table Album £300

• Photojournalist style

• Around 80 pages

• Up to 200 flush-mounted images

Some things are worth doing properly. The Italian album is one of them.

This is a genuine Graphistudio album, handmade in Italy by craftsmen who’ve been doing this for generations. It’s the album I recommend to couples who want their wedding story told at its absolute best — large, substantial, and finished to a standard that simply can’t be replicated by a high-street photobook.

I’ve been offering Italian albums for decades, and I still get the same quiet thrill every time a finished one arrives from Italy. They’re heavy in the hand in a way that tells you something about what’s inside.

What you receive:

A large 40cm x 30cm album with around 40 pages, each one a flush-mounted, lay-flat spread that lets your images breathe across the page rather than being boxed into a grid. You choose the cover finish — including an acrylic option for a sleek, contemporary look — alongside other premium cover choices to suit your style.

Why an Italian album?

It comes down to craftsmanship and longevity. These albums are built using traditional Italian bookbinding techniques, with archival materials designed to last for generations, not just years. The page layouts are designed individually around your images — not dropped into a template — so the album tells your story the way it actually happened, with the pacing and rhythm of a real narrative.

This is the album that ends up on the coffee table, gets handed down to children, and still looks as good in fifty years as it did the day it arrived.

Who is this for?

Couples who see their wedding album as a long-term investment rather than just a nice-to-have. Couples who want the full, large-format story of their day told in the highest quality available. And couples who appreciate handmade craftsmanship — the same instinct that probably went into choosing their venue, their dress, their rings.

The Italian album is available as part of our Full Day and “Everything” packages, or as an add-on. Get in touch and I’ll talk you through the cover and finish options.

Italian Album Pricing

Italian Album £600

• Handmade Graphistudio album

• Large 40cm x 30cm, around 40 pages

• Acrylic cover, with other premium finishes available