the essential ALBUM

A Classic Keepsake

An Essential wedding album by Alex Knight Studio Cover and binding details on an Essential wedding album An open Essential wedding album showing a spread

Your story preserved in print

The Essential Album is crafted with beautifully printed, thin lay-flat pages that tell your story simply and elegantly. With curated cover materials and streamlined design options, it offers a timeless way to preserve your day without overwhelming detail. Perfect for couples who want a clean, modern book they can return to again and again.

from a real album

amanda & greg

Turn the pages of Amanda and Greg’s album, designed by our studio from their wedding at the Ravel Hotel in Long Island City. Every album is laid out for the couple, page by page. See their wedding.

Amanda & Greg

04 . 06 . 2024

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Alex Knight Studio

Cover

Click, swipe or use the arrow keys to turn the pages

Essential Album Pricing

Pick a size and a length — the price is where they meet. Every album is designed by our studio and every image is retouched before print.

20 spreads (up to 100 images)25 spreads (up to 125 images)30 spreads (up to 150 images)
10×10″ $850$1,100$1,350
12×12″ $950$1,200$1,450
11×14″ $1,250$1,500$1,750
12×16″ $1,550$1,800$2,050

Parent albums (10×10″) — clone of your design $450 · two clones, one for each family $800 · custom layout $750

Cover options

Acrylic album cover with a photograph of the couple printed edge to edge

ACRYLIC

Superb and Irreverent

Classic ivory linen album cover with the couple's names and wedding date in gold foil

CLASSIC

Versatile and Timeless

Basic album cover with a single photograph inset on white linen

BASIC

Unbound Creativity

add custom touches

Foil-stamped names on a linen album cover, the stamping option

Stamping

A refined finishing technique that uses heat stamping to imprint details onto the cover, adding an elegant, sophisticated touch. Choose from colorless or colored stamping, various fonts, and text styles for a truly personalized design.

UV-printed floral design and lettering on an album cover, the UV printing option

UV Printing

An eco-friendly UV printing process that uses special inks for vibrant, durable personalization in a wide range of colors.

Album with printed page edges, the edge print option

Edge Print

A refined finishing technique that uses heat stamping to imprint details onto the cover, adding an elegant, sophisticated touch. Choose from colorless or colored stamping, various fonts, and text styles for a truly personalized design.

Black leather album with an engraved gold nameplate, the metallic plate option

Metallic Plate

An eco-friendly UV printing process that uses special inks for vibrant, durable personalization in a wide range of colors.

cover colors

Buckram Linen

Aqua Green Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Aqua Green

Baby Blue Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Baby Blue

Black Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Black

Brown Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Brown

Cherry Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Cherry

Dark Grey Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Dark Grey

Green Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Green

Ivory Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Ivory

Lavender Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Lavender

Lemon Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Lemon

Meadow Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Meadow

Natural Black Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Natural Black

Natural Brown Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Natural Brown

Natural Pure Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Natural Pure

Navy Blue Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Navy Blue

Pearl Grey Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Pearl Grey

Raspberry Cream Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Raspberry Cream

Red Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Red

Santorini Blue Buckram Linen album cover swatch

Santorini Blue

White Buckram Linen album cover swatch

White

Leather

Baby Blue Leather album cover swatch

Baby Blue

Baby Pink Leather album cover swatch

Baby Pink

Beige Leather album cover swatch

Beige

Light Grey Leather album cover swatch

Light Grey

Nude Leather album cover swatch

Nude

White Leather album cover swatch

White

Micro Leather

Beige Micro Leather album cover swatch

Beige

Black Micro Leather album cover swatch

Black

Blue Micro Leather album cover swatch

Blue

Bordeaux Micro Leather album cover swatch

Bordeaux

Brown Micro Leather album cover swatch

Brown

Dark Grey Micro Leather album cover swatch

Dark Grey

White Micro Leather album cover swatch

White

Prestige Leather

Black Prestige Leather album cover swatch

Black

Brown Prestige Leather album cover swatch

Brown

Deep Blue Prestige Leather album cover swatch

Deep Blue

Deep Pink Prestige Leather album cover swatch

Deep Pink

Grey Prestige Leather album cover swatch

Grey

Red Prestige Leather album cover swatch

Red

White Prestige Leather album cover swatch

White

upgrades

  • Additional spreads

    $50 per spread (retouching included)

  • Keepsake box

    $150 — free when you order within 60 days of gallery delivery

  • Acrylic or premium cover

    From $350

  • Custom debossing or foil

    From $150

  • Parent album — clone of your design

    $450

  • Parent album — custom layout

    $750

  • Move up to a Signature Album

    From +$650

for booked couples

add to your album

Your Essential album is already part of your collection. Use this to add pages, upgrades or parent albums and see the exact total. Extra pages are priced per spread, and each spread holds about 5 photos. There is never a charge per photo. Prices include tax.

extra spreads on your album

$50 per spread, retouching included. Your Essential album starts at 20 spreads.

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album size

Your album is 12×12. Go larger for a bigger print on every page.

upgrades

For your album. Items marked "from" are charged at the starting price, and we confirm the exact option with you.

parent albums, exact clones

An exact copy of your album at 10×10. $450 each, $800 for two. Any extra spreads you add are copied into each clone at $25 per spread.

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custom parent albums

A 10×10 album with its own layout and photo selection. $750 each, including 20 spreads (about 100 photos). Extra spreads $50 each.

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Anything else, like a different cover material or moving up to the Signature album, just mention it in the notes and we will quote it.

the album process

Essential or Signature

Two ways to keep your story. The same photographs and the same care go into every layout. The difference is in how the book is made and how it feels in your hands.

The feel

Slim, flexible lay-flat pages, light in the hand

Thick, rigid lay-flat pages with a substantial feel

Paper

Professional photographic paper

Archival photographic paper

Pages

20 to 30 spreads, about 100 to 150 photos

30 to 40 spreads, about 150 to 200 photos

Covers

Linen and leathers

Italian leathers, suede, silk, acrylic, metal and photo cameo covers

Personalization

Foil stamping, UV printing or debossing

Debossing, foiling, engraving and gilded edges

Design

Clean, streamlined layouts we design from your favorites

Fully bespoke layouts, designed with you in a one-on-one consultation

Presentation

Keepsake box available

Premium cover and keepsake box included

Starting at

From $850

From $1,500

Best for

A modern book you’ll pick up again and again

The heirloom centerpiece, made to be passed down