In today’s digital world, pictures play an important role in our life. We are inclined toward taking pictures on our phones and uploading them on our social media for our followers to see. Open your Instagram and you will see your friends and family posting pictures of small things they did. You will be sitting at home but you will be aware that your friend is having a fancy brunch at their favourite restaurant.
However, excess of anything makes the art and its significance shrink. Your camera roll is full of thousands of images, but how often do you scroll through your gallery to look at the photos you took years ago?
For a moment, imagine a terrible mistake, and you lose all your data on your phone. All those memories you collected on your phone are gone in just moments. After all, It is smart technology and as convenient as it is, it is also full of risks to mishaps. You could recover your data, but the images will be lost forever, and all the emotions they captured are gone in moments.
This is one of the many reasons you should have a photo book of your most important photos with sentimental and emotional value. But why a photo book?
Photo Album and Photo Books.
People commonly think that photo books and photo albums are the same things. Although the idea is the same, photo albums are photo books are two very different things. If you have read this post this far, you are certainly considering investing in a pho book or album. But to find out which one is more suitable for you, you should know what sets photo albums and photo books apart.
The main difference between the both is that photo albums consist of printed photos that are attached and added. However, photos are directly printed on the pages of a photo book. Other differences can be differentiated in terms of:
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Price.
Photo albums are more expensive than photo books. Photo books start at £27, while photo albums start at £166.
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The thickness of Pages.
Photo albums have thick and lay flat pages. These give a hardcover feel to the cover and the pages. However, photo books have much thinner and more convenient pages.
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Capacity.
Classic photo albums have a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 120 pages. However, photo books can have up to 400 pages! This means you can fit 450 pictures in a photo album, while a photo book can fit up to 1000 photos.
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Weight.
Photo albums have thick pages and are naturally much heavier to carry than photo books. This also makes photo albums easy to take to places with you.
What’s The Better Choice For Me?
The big question; what is more suitable? The right choice is the one that fits your needs and requirements. Depending on the occasion of the pictures you’re storing, the number of pictures you have and your budget, you can choose the option that seems more suitable. Personally, I would choose photo books over photo albums.
