Shannon + Matt {Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer}

Meet Shannon and Matt...Shannon is from Maryland and Matt is from Iowa... they somehow managed to meet in the middle of Arkansas! I'm pretty sure that's called fate:) Matt is a graduate from Air Force Academy so the chapel on base was an obvious choice when planning their Spring Colorado wedding. Little did they know, that the temperatures would be in the teens with blustering cold and winds. However, this didn't change the fact that they were ecstatic to be marrying one another. Never once did they allow the weather to affect their feelings toward their big day!

After the ceremony, the crowd headed to the Falcon Club a few minutes down the road, where they celebrated with an amazing group of friends and family.

Congrats Matt & Shannon! We hope you're having a blast on your surprise honeymoon to Cabo:)

Here is a quick look at their wedding day.

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50% Off Album Design {Denver Wedding Photographer, Custom Wedding Album Design}

Why Order an Album Now? A quality wedding album typically is one of the last things on the list when booking a wedding photography package for you big day.  In this digital age, most couples think that simply getting the full rights to the images will suffice and they can either purchase one at a later date, build their own album later or share the photos online only.  While this may be true there are several reasons to order your album along with your wedding photography package.

1)   You will get busy - Believe it or not, things come along in life that will delay the ordering of an album and you don’t want to look back and wish you had printed it way back when.

2)   Technology Changes - CD’s, DVD’s and thumbnails are easy to lose and technology changes quickly.  You will want to make sure you have something tangible that will live on forever. An Image Box of Prints could suffice, but wont tell the entire story.

3)   Everything is fresh - The album designer (the day of wedding photographer here at Drake Busch Photography) will have first hand recollection of your wedding day and the important details and flow of the day.

4)   Save money by ordering now - When an album is booked within an “album package” as opposed to A La Carte, you are saving a couple hundred dollars on the design costs.

How to Order a Wedding Album?

The following pages give a breakdown of the various albums styles we offer at Drake Busch Photography. The costs of our albums vary depending on the page style and cover option you choose. Our A La Carte design fee is an additional $399 on top of the printing cost.  To start the process contact us and let us know what style you are looking for and the number of pages you were wanting.  We will begin designing based on your preferences and share a proof with you.  From there it will be a collaborative effort to modify and swap images to make sure it is the perfect album for you.

Wedding Album FAQ:

What is the Design Fee and what is the total cost of having my album printed?

The design fee is $400 and includes the initial design plus up to 3 rounds of changes to get the album you want sent to print.  The total cost of printing an album with Drake Busch Photography then is the design fee of $400 plus the base price from the album of your choice below.

Do you design more collage pages or single image pages?

Typically we will design most pages with some sort of collage.  If given enough pages to work with, we like to add in a few single image pages of the bride and groom or any other impactful images the help tell the story of your wedding day.

What is the difference between Pages/Spreads and Sides?

Different album companies word things in different ways when displaying their base pricing. Sides are the 2 individual “pages” in a spread.  Therefore a “Page” in the album companies terms, is the combination of 2 sides.  Kind of confusing we know.

How many pages would you recommend in an album design?

I would always recommend a minimum of 15 spreads or 30 sides to completely tell the whole story of your wedding day. The more the merrier and like mentioned above, the more pages there are the larger the photos can be displayed.

What is the cost if I wanted to add an additional album for parents or grandparents?

Here at Drake Busch Photography, we want as many albums out in circulation as possible.  Because of this we offer companion albums to couples at cost of printing (base price) with no extra upcharge when ordered at the same time as the original. If a duplicate is ordered afterwords, then simply the base price applies.

How do you know what images to choose?

If you were a wedding client of ours, then you have an online proofing gallery where you can create a folder of your favorite images to use for album design.  Simply log into your Pictage account and create a favorites folder and we will take it from there.

How many image should we choose?

The total amount can vary on the number of pages you give us to work with.  On average we like to put no more than 5 or 6 images per side unless they are small detail photos.

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Dunafon Castle Wedding Album {Stephanie and Tony's Colorado Wedding}

The.  The staff at the Dunafon Castle and the coordinator Annie Schumacher  (annie@dunafoncastle.com) did a fantastic job throughout the entire wedding day and the many consultations leading up to it.   As for Stephanie and Tony, they threw the perfect wedding with family and friends traveling in from all around the globe.  The laughter filled ceremony and cocktail hour was capped off with a colorful rooftop dance party with every guest partaking.  Thanks Stephanie and Tony for including us in your wedding celebrations.  

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Jillian + Craig's Wedding Album Design {Custom Wedding Album Design, Destination Wedding Photographer}

You might remember this wonderful wedding of Jillian and Craig from our blog this past December.  Their rustic wedding was full of great details and personal touches that make every photographer giddy.  We love it when couples book us for our Custom Package.  We feel that our photos are great standing alone, but when you get to tell the story of their wedding day in sequence packaged in a nice rustic leather cover book they really come to life.  See for your self... 1-(Scene-Setting) 2-(Details) 3-(Girls-Getting-Ready) 4-(Bridesmaids) 5 6-(Groomsmen) 7-(Ceremony)8-(Ceremony-2) 9-(Family-Formals) 10-(Bridal-Party-Photos) 11-(Jillian-and-Craig) 12-(Jillian-and-Craig-2) 13-(Reception-Details) 14-(Reception-1st-Dance) 15-(Cake) 16-(Reception-Ending) 17-(Reception-Final)

Nicole + Shaun's Winter Wedding {Durango, CO Winter Wedding}

We were honored to be asked to shoot Nicole and Shaun's incredible, snowy, mountain wedding in down in Durango Colorado.
I have been friends with Shaun and Nicole since college and was super excited to be reunited with them as well as all of our college and New Mexico friends. It was great to see everyone with their new families and to see how far everyone has come in the past 10+ years!
Their wedding was absolutely perfect and unique! Their wedding was held at the song he wrote for the occasion titled party photos, we ventured into our snowiest wedding day yet. It was freezing but we managed to get a few photos before anyone got frostbite:)  Nicole and Shaun definitely planned ahead and had a hot chocolate bar waiting for their party once they came back in from the cold. We had a blast with them and are so happy that we had the opportunity to be there to share this amazing day with fabulous friends! We love you guys and wish you LOTS of happiness!
xoxo
~ Ashley

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"Signature" by Shaun Hightower