Michael Kobler · Your Photographer
Handcrafted wedding album with embossing, satin ribbon and roses

Wedding Album

Your wedding album:
the part of your wedding that stays.

The day passes, the images remain. At their best where you can hold them in your hands: in an album crafted by hand in Italy.

Tell me about your wedding day

Designed together · Individual retouching · Handcrafted in Italy

“Elegance isn't to be noticed, but to be remembered.”

Giorgio Armani

Your day as a book

Unlike a photo book, an album tells your whole day: a carefully composed sequence from morning to the last dance.

An album walks you through your wedding day in order and brings it back to life, with all the small moments in between.

That's why each of my albums is created in a shared process. You bring your view of the day, I bring the experience of more than ten years of wedding photography. The result is a one of a kind piece that tells your story the way you lived it.

From the first draft to the embossing: all from one hand.

Wedding album with linen cover in its matching keepsake box Fore edge of a handbound wedding album with thick photo board pages Wedding album with blind embossing lifted out of its keepsake box

The way to your album

Four steps to the finished album.

The first draft

I design a first album draft from your images, with a sequence that tells the story of your day at its best.

Refined together

From this base we shape the final design together. With thousands of material and color options, I guide you step by step to the combination that suits you. All design rounds are included, and it usually takes three to five until every page sits right.

Individual retouching

Once you approve the design, every photo in the album is retouched once more, one by one. Every page shines before it goes to print.

Handcrafted in Italy

Your album is printed, bound and finished in a fine art atelier in Italy, in true handcraft. Once you approve the design, crafting takes six to eight weeks, and your album is delivered straight to you.

The atelier

I've seen where your albums are made.

At Graphistudio in Italy, one of the most renowned album ateliers in the world, I watched albums come to life during a factory tour: leather hides cut by hand, covers stitched on the sewing machine, embossing set in gold.

Since then I know exactly what happens to your images after you approve the design, and why an album from this atelier feels like a book that exists only once.

Impressions from my tour at Graphistudio, Italy.

Album cover being stitched in leather on a sewing machine at the Graphistudio atelier Gold embossed ornament on a black album cover Rolled leather hides as raw material for album covers at the atelier

The selection

Three lines, one craft: Milano, Rome, Napoli.

My albums come in three lines, named after Italian cities. All three are made in the same atelier, yet differ in material, presentation and character. Which one suits you is something we find out together.

The modern one

Milano.

A modern album with a wide range of materials and colors, from linen and wood to fine leatherette. Finishes with a tactile effect, as lettering or an individual graphic, give your album a personal note.

Printed on photographic metallic paper or in Canon HD quality. Timelessly elegant, and on request with a video display, so the film of your wedding finds its place in the album too.

Sizes from 20 by 20 up to 45 by 35 centimeters, from 30 pages, panoramic binding with thick pages. Presentation box included.

Milano wedding album in a handcrafted wooden box with satin ribbon Custom copper engraving as a finish on the cover of a Milano wedding album Milano wedding album in leather with gold name embossing and satin ribbon

The elegant one

Rome.

This album stands out through its presentation: the keepsake box closes magnetically with a transparent acrylic lid, revealing the photo mounted on the album cover.

The box becomes a frame, and your album becomes an object in the room that stays visible instead of disappearing into a cupboard. A wide color palette of leatherette is available.

Sizes from 15 by 15 up to 35 by 25 centimeters, 20 to 80 pages.

Rome wedding album with mounted cover photo next to its box Keepsake box of the Rome wedding album with transparent acrylic lid Rome album box with lifted acrylic lid revealing the photo cover

The understated one

Napoli.

Understated yet stylish: album and box are covered in soft touch laminate, velvety in the hand and calm in appearance. Around ninety shades cover every wedding color concept.

Finishes are possible on both box and album, from embossing to raised varnish, giving this album a luxurious touch.

Sizes from 20 by 20 up to 30 by 20 centimeters, up to 40 pages. Box and satin ribbon included.

Golden raised ornament finish on a Napoli wedding album White Napoli album box with colored satin ribbon Napoli wedding album with gold heart embossing and matching box

My guarantee

For life.

Your album is made to outlast generations. That is why it comes with a lifetime guarantee: if a page ever comes loose or the binding shows a flaw, I will take care of it, free of charge, for as long as your album exists. And if everyday life leaves its mark, a spilled glass, a moving-day mishap, I will order your reprint at cost, without any markup.

You can find the guarantee terms in the Terms & Conditions.

For your walls

Your favorite images, large on the wall.

Some images don't belong on a shelf, but on a wall. As wall art from the same atelier: on acrylic glass, metal or canvas.

Discover wall art

The next step

Your album begins with your day.

Tell me about your wedding. In a no-obligation call we talk about your wishes, your timeline and the album that will grow out of it.

Tell me about your wedding day