I was pretty excited when this Wedding Guest Book arrived so I grabbed the video camera and started rambling recording. Here’s a preview of the Custom Guest Books included in our Memoirs Photography Package and available for all weddings!

I’ve got to brag on the couple, the idea for the themed shoot was totally theirs. At our first meeting, the bride Caroline mentioned her fiance Josh was in the Navy and she wanted to shoot a 1945 themed engagement session in tribute to the famous photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square. (Note for couples looking for photographers – throwing creative, fun ideas at us will really make the brainstorms take off!) It was all downhill from there.

I’m thrilled with the hinged paper construction that lets guests write right up to the middle of the book, no bending down the pages to add your wishes near the middle of the book!

Closeup of the hinged paper wedding guest book design

Another added bonus was the thicker paper used for this design. One concern was that a pen would make indentations on the next page’s photos, but the thicker paper and using fine tipped Sharpie markers did more than enough to prevent this concern.

Tips on Guest Books from photographer and designer Eric Bucholtz -

• - Personalize! Anything personalized to your clients’ engagement and wedding story will always be a hit! The engagement session is entirely about the Soonlyweds to have a relaxing shoot away from wedding planning while getting a preview of your work to let them know they’ve made a great choice including your photography in their upcoming wedding day.
• - Album Design: Backgrounds. Unless your design concept is for an all white, black or solid page background, personalize your photography even further in the design process by including complimenting colors and textures on album backgrounds. For this vintage book light paper, sand, and other complimenting textures were used to give a freshly printed book a little age to match the feel of the session.
• - Sunset shooting. Especially out on the beach, stick around after sunset. Dusk is a colorful time full of sunset colors without fighting with the sun at the horizon. This means fewer silhouettes against the sun, less high power fill flash, and more available light photos with that great dusk coloring. Aside from the photographic technicalities, especially when the subjects are having fun, there’s no need to hurry and pack up as soon as the sun sets below the horizon.

Specs & Links

This 10×10″ book features photography and design by Eric & Sara Bucholtz, 1945 hairstyling by Genna Bucholtz at Kerri’s Avenue Salon. White House Custom Color printed the hinged paper / lay flat construction.

Take a peek at our latest Senior Session and Trash the Dress photo shoot album below -

Click an image above or click HERE to see the album designs.

Check out more on our Senior Sessions page, drop us aline to set up a shoot of your own – enjoy!

I’m pretty stoked to present one of the many creative things we’ve helped put together with photos from Caroline & Josh’s 1945 themed engagement session last summer.

This shoot was my photographic equivalent of a kid in a candy store. When the couple mentioned the idea for a vintage engagement shoot you could almost hear the wheels spinning in my head. I always liked studying history, and talking to my 96 year old Grandmother is always a history lesson worth hearing. Her eyes light up talking about my late Grandfather, their wedding day, and the love between them. I couldn’t help but think of their love story and the stories she shared about waiting months to hear from him as he served in the US Navy during World War II. With that in mind we went to town recreating the feel of some of those favorite lovebird photos from way back when…

Click an images above or click here to see the book designs in a full browser window, – iPhone and smartphone friendly slide show!

Now that it seems Spring is finally here in South Bend, Indiana, everything is greening up beautifully outside. Today, of course, it seems everyone is trying to do the same for Saint Pat’s celebrations. (Of course, with the exception of my friend Joel who wore red in support of those with red/green color blindness.)

What better time to celebrate Irish heritage than with our favorite photos of the LOVE of the Irish?!

Enjoy the albums below as well as galleries of our favorites from the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Notre Dame University campus at

NotreDameBasilicaWedding.com

Bridget & Doug – 6/7/08

Kim & Scott 6/21/08

Enjoy! Eric & Sara

Click a photo above or click here to see the full album gallery

Bridget & Doug – 6/7/08

Kim & Scott 6/21/08

Enjoy! Eric & Sara

Click the photo above or CLICK HERE to see Brandi’s Senior Portrait Session’s fine art album.

Enjoy!

Click the preview above or CLICK HERE to see Angela & Cameron’s Fine Art Wedding Album.

Enjoy!

I’d like to sidetrack for a sec – a COMPLIMENTARY ENGAGEMENT SESSION!?! You got it!

During our shoots Sara and I have been having a blast getting to hang out with our “Soonlyweds” engaged couples. Trips to the beach, strolls around Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s campuses, parks… and did we mention FUN? Take a break from all the hard work you’re putting into planning your big day and just let it out. Want to shout, laugh, run in the waves, play in the park or just dance to leave your planning behind and hang out with your photographers? Go for it – we’ve planned our wedding too, we completely understand!

Something NEW we’ll be offering is a Custom Guestbook chock full of the photos from your relaxing and fun Engagement Session. Instead of just a plain page for your guests to sign a book you will tuck away somewhere, why not show off your photos too?! Keep those names in a book you’ll look at over and over again! (We’re coming up on our 2nd Anniversary and I don’t think I’ve looked at our guest book once since then. I do, however, keep looking over our wedding photos!)

So for the FIRST EVER design of this kind from eB Photography… feast your wedding planning, photo loving eyes on this page-turner put together from Jaclyn and Tim’s engagement shoot. Enjoy!

Just in time for the weekend we’re thrilled to announce Katie & Joe’s Fine Art Wedding Album is ready to view! We had a blast celebrating with the newlyweds and I got to use some new reception lighting techniques I had been sharpening during the wintry months. Vinylized kept the party going – River Forest Country Club was jumping till the last song!

Click the album preview image or CLICK HERE to view the album designs.

Enjoy!