Wedding albums

Why do we need a wedding photo album?

From the pre-wedding couple poses to pictures of your niece’s cake-covered face, your wedding photographer captures countless moments on your big day. A wedding album brings all your favorite memories together into a beautiful keepsake you and your loved ones will cherish for generations to come.

At Zola, our free Album Wizard tool takes care of all the heavy lifting — like helping you pick, organize, and lay out your favorite photos beautifully — so you can focus on the fun part: customizing an album fit for this special milestone in your lives. It’s the easiest way to create a home for your favorite wedding memories that you can relive time and time again.

What are Zola’s wedding photo albums made with?

Our photo albums are made with luxe, high-quality paper in a variety of thicknesses and shine levels from Semi-Matte to Soft Gloss, so your wedding album will have a feel that’s just right for you.

Customize your album cover with the most beautiful essentials and upgrades, including:

• Linen
• Vegan leather
• Italian leather
• Colored foil
• And more!

What are the benefits of creating our wedding album online vs. paying wedding photographers to do it?

There are many benefits of creating your own wedding album online with Zola, including:

• Creative control – You don't need a professional photographer to design your album. You're the creative director of this project. By creating your own custom wedding album, you can guarantee that your favorite moments are captured exactly where you want them. Plus, you can add your own style and flair to every page.
• It’s cost-effective – If your wedding photographer creates your wedding album, you will pay for hours, equipment, and materials — and that can rack up quite a bill. Doing it yourself allows you much more flexibility and helps save you money.
• It doesn’t take long – Our free Album Wizard tool takes care of all the heavy lifting for you, from picking the perfect photos to organizing them and laying them out beautifully. Then you can customize as much as you want. You’ll save tons of time and take home a beautiful album designed by wedding experts.
• It’s so much fun! – Building the perfect wedding album with your new spouse is half art project, half stroll down memory lane. Feel free to pop some champagne, order some takeout, and go through the images together and reminisce over your first married memories.

Does Zola provide wedding album templates?

Yes! Zola offers a variety of beautiful album templates specifically designed for weddings, by wedding experts. We can help you find the wedding album template that suits your style and layout density — that is, how many photos per album and per page. You can also add your own personal touch to these templates when you customize your album.

What should we include in our wedding album?

Whatever you want! When it comes to your wedding album, the only thing you “should” do is make yourself and your partner happy. Whether that means including photos from your engagement session, ceremony, or honeymoon, the perfect wedding album is one that feels uniquely yours. But if you need some advice, Zola’s Album Wizard is there for you every step of the way, with sage advice and guidance on which photos to use and how many you need.

Why should we create our wedding album at Zola?

Zola is the only place where you can create a layflat photo album designed by wedding experts, no heavy lifting required. Whether you’re looking to create an heirloom wedding album or a coffee table keepsake, our Album Wizard listens to what you’re looking for, then helps you pick the perfect photos and layout. You can go with its expert suggestions, or play around some more for a stunning keepsake that’s totally your own.
We also found smart ways for you to create world-class albums without emptying your pockets. At Zola, you can customize with the finest essentials and upgrades — from thick, luxe paper to beautiful foils, linens, leathers, and more — and enjoy professional photographic printing with all our layflat albums. You won’t find superb quality at this price anywhere else.
On your wedding day, you probably wished the joy, excitement, and beauty of the day could last forever (but if it did, there wouldn’t be time for the honeymoon!). Zola’s wedding photo albums are the perfect way to commemorate your special day forever.

How do we create a wedding album at Zola?

It’s easy! All you need to get started are your beautiful wedding photos. Our Album Wizard will listen to your vision, then do all the heavy lifting for you. Here’s how it works:

1. Tell our Album Wizard what size, cover, color, and paper you’d like.
2. Pick a layout style, so the Wizard knows how to best arrange your photos. You’ll be able to edit its suggestions or try other styles later.
3. Upload your wedding photos. The Wizard will help you narrow it down and ensure you include the little sweet moments as well as the big ones!
4. Organize your photos in minutes with the Wizard’s magic touch. Drag and drop categories onto your images to group them by theme (like Scenery, Getting Ready, Family, Ceremony, and more). You can move or hide images in bulk anytime. Worried you’ll miss something? Don’t sweat it. The Wizard will share expert suggestions on how many photos to include per category. Saves SO much time!
5. Star your favorite photos to highlight them as full-page images in your album.
6. Sit back and relax as our Wizard lays out all your photos beautifully. Then customize your album as much as you want! You can edit any layout, try other layout styles, change your album design, and play around with photo arrangement..
7. Our Wizard will automatically track your progress as you go, so you can figure out which categories you still need to work on and which are ready for final proofing. It’ll also share sage advice and make sure you don’t make any mistakes, like leaving a spot empty in your album, printing the same photo twice, and more.
8. Once you’ve created the wedding album of your dreams, carefully review all your work and place your order with peace of mind. Ta-da!

What's the difference between a "Photo Album" and a "Photo Book"?

Can “photo book” and “photo album” be used interchangeably? Nope! Here are their key differences:

• Page Quality – Photo books are typically printed on the same kind of paper you’d find in your office copy machine, made of inexpensive materials for mass production. Photo albums, however, are printed on photo-grade paper, which results in higher-quality photos and more gorgeous images. Photography-grade paper is also far more precise when it comes to imprinting images so you can enjoy sharper colors and dynamic images for many anniversaries to come.
• Cover Options – They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but your wedding photos deserve to wow from cover-to-cover. That’s why Zola’s wedding albums are available in a variety of beautiful materials such as elegant linen and rich, supple Italian leather, with the choice of three shimmering foil colors for your cover text. Wedding photo book covers are typically printed on cardboard and other lower-quality materials.
• Print Method – If you ever took a photography class in college or high school, you know the breathtaking effects of developing and printing photos through chemical reactions and light exposure. Wedding photo albums are printed using this professional method, resulting in rich tones and sharp picture quality. Photo books, on the other hand, are printed on the same presses used for mass-production which reduces the overall quality of some of your most precious, captured moments.
• Expense – Since wedding photo albums require extensive expertise, labor, and the highest quality materials, they have a reputation for being quite expensive. However, Zola's found smart ways for you to create stunning albums without emptying your wallet. That means you get to take home a beautiful keepsake you and your family can cherish for decades to come... without paying the steep prices on other sites.

What do we need to get started?

Just your wedding photos! From there, Zola’s Album Wizard can help you narrow it down, choose photos to cover every moment of your special day, and create the exact type of wedding photo album you want

How many pages is a typical album?

Typically, most wedding albums are about 30-40 pages. However, we believe that just like your wedding day, you can make your wedding album length your own. That’s why Zola’s wedding photo albums can be between 20-90 pages, so you can fit in every beautiful moment.

When should we start our photo album?

Our recommendation? As soon as you get back from your honeymoon, or even on your honeymoon! The fresher your memories are, the more thought and flair you can put into the album.

How long does it take to print and ship our photo album?

It will take about 5-8 business days to process your wedding masterpiece — that includes printing, assembling the book, and preparing it for shipment. Please see our delivery estimates for wedding albums below, based on the shipping method you choose at checkout:

• Standard shipping: Estimated delivery in 14 business days
• Expedited shipping: Estimated delivery in 11 business days