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Selecting the Right Type of Photo Album

Exposures photo albums offer unlimited flexibility in arranging and displaying your photos and memorabilia. With so many album types to choose from, how do you decide which Exposures photo album is right for you?

You’ll want to select a photo album type based on the number, size and subjects of your photos. Some Exposures photo albums are available in multiple styles, giving you display flexibility and a stylish coordinated look.

To help you choose the perfect photo album, we’ve compiled this easy guide to Exposures photo album types.

 

Classic 3-ring Photo Albums

A classic 3-ring photo album is always a good choice. It is our best selling album type.  Usually about 11 inches in size, classic 3-ring photo albums hold up to 40 pocket pages and can display as many as 400 photos, depending on the page layout you choose.

Classic 3-ring photo albums allow you to add or rearrange photo pages as you wish. This versatile photo album allows you to create your perfect photo album by selecting a single page style, or mixing and matching.

Often, people devote a 3-ring photo album to a single subject, such as one Christmas or a special vacation. Cover personalization and spine patches make it easy to identify what’s inside.

Classic 3-ring photo albums are available in a multitude of colors, cover materials and prices. Click here to shop classic 3-ring photo albums.

Extra-Capacity 3-ring Photo Albums

An extra-capacity 3-ring photo album is deeper, has wider rings and holds more pages than a classic 3-ring photo album. Extra-capacity photo albums are the same height as classic 3-ring photo albums, but have a wider spine and cover. They hold up to 80 pocket pages and can display up to 800 photos, depending on the page layout you choose.

Extra-capacity 3-ring photo albums allow you to add or rearrange photo pages as you wish.  This versatile photo album lets you create your perfect photo album by selecting a single page style, or mixing and matching.

Extra-capacity photo albums are wonderful for holding large collections of photos you’d like to display together, such as photos of Christmases through the years, extended trips, life stories and more.

For those who want the extra-capacity width, but not the depth, Exposures offers the Charter Extra-Capacity Slim Photo Album.  Using the same 2” ring as the standard extra-capacity photo album, this photo album is only 9 ¾” inches across and holds up to 80 slim pocket pages (#309350) or 480 photos.

Many Exposures photo album styles are available in extra-capacity size, including the Presidential Extra-Capacity Photo Album, the Charter Extra-Capacity Photo Album, and the Shelbourne Extra-Capacity Photo Album.   Click here to shop extra-capacity 3-ring photo albums .

Memo Photo Albums

Each photo tells a story, so why shouldn’t your photo album? Memo photo albums are easy to use.  With slip-in photo pockets and ruled spaces, memo photo albums let you write captions next to each photo. Memo albums contain 50 book bound pages, so all you have to decide is how many photos you want to display.

Small memo photo albums, such as the Shelbourne Small Memo Album hold up to 100 photos. Medium, or 2-up, memo photo albums, like the Cromwell Medium Memo Album hold up to 200 photos.  Our best selling large, or 3-up, memo photo albums hold 3 photos per side, 6 per page, up to 300 photos.  Felicity 3-up Memo Photo Albums will add a splash of color to your memories.

Most memo photo albums from Exposures contain photo pages with an opening at the top to allow the insertion of vertical photos up to 4” x 7” or panoramic photos.  

Memo albums are available in our best selling albums collections: Presidential, Charter, and Shelbourne, and also in many other album styles.  Click here to shop memo photo albums.

Oversized 4-ring Photo Albums

Our oversized 4-ring photo albums have larger overall dimensions than our 3-ring photo albums. Usually about 15 inches in height and 13 inches in width, they’re perfect for large photos and other memorabilia such as certificates and awards that won’t fit in 3-ring photo albums.

Oversized 4-ring albums such as the Presidential Oversized Album hold up to 40 4-ring pocket pages, up to 480 photos depending on the page layout you choose.  Oversized 4-ring photo albums allow your choice of page layouts including pocket photo pages, sheet protector photo pages and panoramic photo pages. Add or rearrange photo pages as you wish to create your perfect photo album by selecting a single photo page style, or mixing and matching.

For those who want to display even more photos per page, Exposures offers the Charter Oversized 4x6 Album. At 15 inches square, this album was designed specifically to hold the Oversized 4x6 pocket page (#309352).  Displaying 6 horizontal 4x6 photos per page, this photo album holds up to 480 of your favorite photos.

Oversized 4-ring photo albums are available in our best selling albums collections:  Presidential, Charter, and Shelbourne and other album styles. Click here to shop oversized 4-ring photo albums.

Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks are the quintessential photo album.  Available in a large variety of sizes and cover materials, scrapbooks contain book bound pages that allow you to arrange your photos and flat memorabilia in any configuration you wish.  Most scrapbooks contain interleaving tissue to help protect your photos and flat memorabilia.

Our most popular scrapbooks are handmade in Italy and range in size from the Bellisima Scrapbookat 13 ¼ inches square, to the ornately embossed Tulip Blossom Album 9 ¾” x 12 ¼” and the classically elegant Kraft Scrapbook9 ¼” x 12”.  Click here to shop scrapbooks.

Exposures offers a wide variety of scrapbook accessories to help you create an heirloom quality photo album.  All of our accessories and adhesives are photo safe to help protect your memories for a lifetime and beyond.  Click here to shop scrapbook accessories.

12x12 Scrapbooks

Available in 2 distinct styles, 3-ring and post-bound, and specially designed to hold 12x12 scrapbook photo pages. 12x12 scrapbooks offer the flexibility and space to let your inner artist run wild.

3-ring 12x12 scrapbooks hold up to 40 12x12 pocket pages up to 480 photos, depending on the page layout you choose. 3-ring 12x12 scrapbooks also hold 12x12 sheet protector pages so you can design pages as unique and special as the memories they hold. 3-ring 12x12 scrapbooks allow you to add and rearrange pages with ease; or mix and match your photo page styles.

Slightly smaller than the 3-ring 12x12 scrapbook, post-bound 12x12 scrapbooks have no rings to interfere with your designs, so you can use twice the space. Post-bound 12x12 scrapbooks hold 12x12 sheet protector pages, safe seal pages and CD holder pages.  Post-bound 12x12 scrapbooks are expandable to hold even more pages with extensions found at any hobby or scrapbooking store.

The Shelbourne and Berkely 12x12 Scrapbooks are available in both 3-ring and post-bound styles. Click here to shop 12x12 scrapbooks.

Specialty Photo Albums

Exposures offers a unique selection of specialty photo albums; albums that have unique page arrangements, sizes, or uses. We offer slim photo albums, snapshot sized photo albums, monumental photo albums, photo albums to hold CD pages, and photo albums that keep all your page edges straight. Click here to shop specialty photo albums.

No matter which album type best fits your needs, you can depend on Exposures to help you protect and celebrate your memories.

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