š Wedding Albums and Assouline
+ the list of trusted film labs and a wild wedding on ice
Welcome to LENSEL. Your secret weapon, keeping you up to date and ahead of the game in the wedding photography world.
Hereās what we have for you this week:
A wedding album kick in the pants
Photographers making amends after not delivering photos for two years
A wedding on ice
A list of the best film labs
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NEWS
Happening this Week
Tiptoeing around churches during the ceremony? Wedding photographers in the UK this week signed a huge petition to call on vicars to stop 'rude' and 'aggressive' behaviour.
Behind with your editing? This photographer is trying to make amends after not delivering wedding photos for two years.
Will content creators take your job? The Wed weighed in on content creation at weddings.
17 Weddings on one SD card? Sandisk released the worldās first 4TB SD card. Crazy. They say never do public math, but this means you could shoot roughly 85 thousand photos from a Canon R5. At an average of 5000 images a wedding, thatās 17 weddings on one cardā¦
For the hybrid shooter. New releases from DJI this week included the new RS4 gimbal with LiDAR focussing.
Magic Editing. You can now use generative fill with video. Adobe extends their AI magic to Premiere Pro.
On the back of NYBFW 2024. We love seeing bridal designers work with photographers to create campaigns that really stand out and push boundaries. Like the latest campaign from bridal designer Danielle Frankel.
BRANDING
Making Better Albums
Photos by: @daniloandsharon and @assouline
Last week, we featured Danilo and Sharonās reflections book we were inundated with responses asking more about the album world. The perfect opportunity to scream from the roof, āAn album is opportunity to build your world.ā Something customers and clients will notice in your feeds which takes your brand from āpretty nice photosā to āhereās my vibe and world and let me invite you into itā.
The beautiful book trend
Books in homes have become a big deal. Weāve all seen that Tom Ford book on too many coffee tables and spied those colourful Assouline books on every shop shelf. Designed to be seen, felt, experienced and be the perfect finishing touch to a space. Proser Assouline himself summed it up:
āBooks are object because you need to live with them. It's not just about what is inside but also the outside. It's part of your life, your decoration and the ambience of your life.ā See more from Assouline for some good album inspo.
Make something better
But here we are, stuck offering our clients the same boring brown leather covers, maybe linen at a push? The couples name and date embossed on the front with some nice typography, if you are lucky. We can do better. It could be a custom cover to match our brand. A unique sleeve to house the album. A concept around the album that shows your vibe. Editorial and edgy fashion? Alternative and loud? Romantic and beautiful? What is your brands world?
Hereās some inspo to get you started:
FILM
Your trusted film labs lists
Photos by: @anotovakseniya and @imryanray
Your film lab plays a huge roll in how your film photos turn out.
The quality of the developing, and the care and time put into scanning them well. So following a little reel on Instagram last weekā¦
Hereās a list of trusted film labs around the world:
The FIND Lab - Utah
Carmencita Film Lab - Spain
Safelight Berlin - Germany
South Sun Lab - UK
Ghisa Film Lab - Italy
Richard Film Lab - California. *work with them to build your own scanning profile.
The Lab Vancouver - Vancouver
*Of course we know there are many, many more labs out there, but we are keeping this list to labs we know and trust will provide consistent, reliable results. Let us know if you have a favorite/trusted lab in your area we should add.
We are almost ready to start sending our recs! Stay tuned.
For now, see our latest reel all more and more wedding photographers starting shoot film in the new film era.
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Till next week,
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