printing of photo album (flushmount)

in case for you girls who want to print extra wedding photo album, i hope this post will be useful for you.... as mentioned in previous posts, i already signed up with the pre-wedding package with Labelle so we will get an album from them... but i also asked our friends to take a casual shoot for us so i need to print my own album.... i was doing some search online on where to print photo album and actually quite a number of people do send their order online instead of printing locally.... & the album i referring to is the flushmount style, meaning those thick plastic like photo album used in bridal stores.... not like printing normal 4R photo and insert into album yourselves, which will be easy and cheap... but i want it to look more pro so you have to spend some $ on printing....

1. blurb
this is an online site & quite a number of people recommended this store in the forums.... i think their prices are not too bad but just that it is overseas so i cant really see actual samples which deter me from getting it from them....

2. photobook

another online store... i think this is like a franchise... they have many stores internationally...although they put there singapore, everything is done online & there isn't a physical store to check out their products... so again... i dont want to get it from them...

3. photogenie

North Bridge Center
420 North Bridge Road
#01-20 Singapore 188727

Store Opening Hours: 9.30am – 7.00pm (Monday – Friday)
10.00am - 5.00pm (Saturday & Sunday) 
Tel: +65 6338 3066


this is a local store with some recommendations.... they have 3 outlets but only 1 is in the central area, the other 2 are in the east side....wanted to check it out but i wasnt in that area so had to forgo this options too... the samples online seem quite good though....

4. Glory Workz
3 Coleman Street #04-33
Peninsula Shopping Centre
(OPPOSITE Peninsula Plaza, NEXT to Funan IT Mall)Tel: +65 67293088
Operating Hours
Mon – Fri: 12:30 pm – 7 pm
Sat:  11 am – 2 pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
 
went down to this store & the shop really look professional... it kind of look like bridal studio but without all the gowns....

store.. photo taken from glory workz website

example of their work..store.. photo taken from glory workz website

their works really look nice & professional but prices are way too high... for a normal A4 size album will cost $300 onwards depending on the material.... i was like ME GOD!!! so expensive!!!! although i really want to print from them, we really dont have that $ to spend...

5. Tommy print
Funan DigitaLife Mall
108 North Bridge Road #02-L2B
Singapore 179097
Tel: 6338 9338

Store Hours: 11am – 730pm Mon- Fri Store Hours: 11am – 6pm Sat Except Sundays & Public Holidays
 

tommy print

also went down to check out the store... this is more of a normal printing store, nothing fancy but price is much cheaper... but they only have 1 size for flushmount which is 8"x8" with 24 pages & cost $119 if i didnt remember wrongly... i think this is quite a standard price but just that i have to go down to town just to print & collect the album, it kinds of turn me off... so i had to forgo this store too...

6. Fotohub
 i believed this name is more familiar to many people... they have quite a number of outlets around the island and they do all sorts of printing.... so the one we want is fotojournal, they have fotostory which is an even more expensive version... but fotojournal is good enough.... the website also has a free software for you to download and design the album... so we printed our 8"x8" album with 26 pages & hard cover for $109.90.... the quality of the album was not bad... pretty decent... & it even came with a box... which is pretty neat.... and if you print more than 1 copy, there will be discounts... so i think fotohub is a better option if you are not too particular with the quality & you get the convenience... i gotten my album in 1wk.... but the down side is that you MUST have good quality photos... cause some of my photos are not in very high resolution... the print out quality was slightly blur & colour was abit weird... but  this is not the printer fault, is the original photo problem so i cant blame them for that... so in general... fotohub is a good option =)