Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
September 13th, 2007 @ 4:21 pm by Mrs. Ant
Weddingbee’s Album & Album Design Series
Album Design Links: Part I
Most brides nowadays educate themselves on the different photography styles available. But did you know that there are several different album design styles out there?
There are many different approaches (traditional, modern, fun, etc), styles (colorful, minimalist, scrapbook-look, etc), and special effects (filmstrip, selective color, fading, borders, drop shadows, text, graphic designs, etc). Here, take a peek..…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
September 13th, 2007 @ 12:09 pm by Mrs. Ant
Weddingbee’s Album & Album Design Series
ALBUM DESIGN SOFTWARE
- Adobe Indesign
- Album DS
- Gary Fong’s Digital Album Designer
- Kevin Kubota Auto Album
- LumaPix FotoFusion
- Page Gallery
- Photojunction
- You Select It
AWARD WINNING DESIGNS
- WPPI Album Competition Winners
- Jerry Ghionis
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
I. DIY Album Design
II. Album Design Process
III. Pictobook Album
IV. The Mysterious Album and How to Get One
Although many of these album companies do not sell directly to the public, some are willing to do so. It doesn’t hurt to ask, especially if you seem easy to work with.
Sometimes, the professionals underestimate us brides. I never needed to contact my album-maker’s customer service at all, save once…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
I. DIY Album Design
II. Album Design Process
III. Pictobook Album
Reasons why high quality albums (such as flushmounts) are so mysterious:
- Album companies do not advertise to the public
- Many album companies do not sell directly to the public
- Instead, many only deal exclusively with photography studios
- Album companies are very protective of their price lists
- The only way to see and feel multiple albums in person is at a photography trade…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
I. DIY Album Design
II. Album Design Process
Having a high quality album was very important to us. We consider it to be our first family heirloom. In the far future, the 4×6 photos will be curled and discolored in a dusty box, and even the JPEG files and DVD video will be obsolete due to technological advancements. But our album will last for generations and be…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
DIY Album Design
When I first started our album design, I had no idea what I was doing.
I know I mentioned that Mr. Ant and I worked on our high school yearbook together, but the truth is we hardly knew a thing about current layout and publishing methods. Our yearbook club cropped photos by hand and used a dinosaur-age layout software. (Public school pride, baby!)
So, like…
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.

Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
Mr. Ant and I actually met while working together on our award-winning high school yearbook. Our teenage romance blossomed amidst layout designs, cropped photos, and publishing software. So when we got married many years later, it was only fitting that we have a kick-ass wedding album.
Here are 42 (out of 56 total) spreads that I custom designed myself for our album.
Photography by Tony Yang. Album…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
A clever invitation design by Chris Maclean.
“Simply removing the dot from the word ‘claire’ reveals the word ‘dave’ proving that they really were meant to be together.”
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
Charlotte (from Sex and the City) had to convert to Judaism for Harry before he would marry her. For Mr. Ant, I had to convert to a Dallas Mavericks fan.
In the Church of NBA, rules of worship include:
1) Wearing matching jerseys on game night- I’m stunned that he’s willing to wear matching anything. But he actually requested that we both wear the customized Dallas jerseys that…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
We’ve been married for some months now. I wasn’t expecting that newlywed feeling because we’ve been together for so long and passed that honeymoon stage a long time ago. In fact, I wasn’t expecting any changes at all because we’ve been living together for years.
But, for some reason, our love has grown exponentially stronger and deeper… and sillier and mushier.
Sure, there are still those days…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
Too cute not to share. (From McLellan Studio’s blog.)
Quick background: McLellan Studios (based in TN) was planning a mock wedding portrait session for their portfolio. They bought the formalwear, scouted the locations, and chose previous clients Daniel and Amber (not engaged then) as their mock bride and groom. Before the shoot, Daniel asked the photographers what they thought of him proposing to Amber on the day…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
I *heart* my photographer, Tony Yang. He truly captured the sweet moments and overwhelming joy that we experienced on our wedding day. I absolutely love love love my wedding photos!
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
You’ve been invited to a wedding for a couple who lives in NYC. They already have everything they could ever want… or more than they can fit into their tiny apartment.
or… You have a bridesmaid or groomsman who hails from “The City.” They’re very particular/ spoiled/ hard to please. (Blame it on living in a shopper’s paradise.)
What do you get them?? .. Here are some…
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Mrs. Ant, New York/Jamaica
Age and Occupation: 25, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Finance
Engagement Date: July 26, 2005
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Blogging Since: February 15, 2006
Venue: Rockhouse Hotel
About Me: I live in New York but I'm planning a destination wedding in Negril, Jamaica. My fiance and I are high school sweethearts!
February 20th, 2007 @ 1:28 pm by Mrs. Ant
**Updated**
Why Wedding Photography Blogs Rock
- they feature the photog’s most recent material
- they often show multiple photos from the same wedding
- you get to know the photog’s personality
- you can drool over beautiful images and get all emotional from the story and captions
- you might discover the perfect bouquet, cake design, etc.
- they are constantly updated and verrrry addictive!
Here’s a list of >80 wedding photography…
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