wedding slideshow consists of a series of photographs displayed with music. You choose the music that will be used and a variety of other options. A wedding slideshow can range from a simple slideshow to shows with elaborate transitions, zooms, pans, titles, and captions that fade in and out.
Many wedding slideshows start with photographs of the bride and progress from her childhood to her current age, and then continue to do the same for the groom. Then the couple is presented using pictures that show various sides of
their relationship, with each other and with family and friends. Some companies will even use photos taken at your wedding ceremony from that morning to add at the end of your slideshow.
The completed show is burned onto a DVD and can be used for your wedding. It can be presented at your wedding reception. It can run all throughout your reception for people to watch at their leisure or you can showcase it during a special part of your reception, like just before or after the toast. You can present it at your ceremony or your wedding slideshow DVD can be presented to your guests as a wedding favor before they leave the reception. (see our favors section to find out how to make a cute cover for slideshow DVD to present it to your guests.) Most companies will give you the option of just taking the DVD and showing it on your own, or for an additional charge, they will come to your event with a large screen, sound system and projector to show the slideshow like a movie.
If you decide to show the DVD on your own, make sure you make arrangements to play it. You will need a large television or a projector and a screen. These can be borrowed from a friend or rented from an audio visual services company. The projector can hook to a laptop or computer, but make sure you have loud speakers big enough for everyone to hear the music. Test the entire setup before the event to make sure everything goes smoothly. Your guests will love and adore the music and memories as they watch you go from your youth to your marriage. It’s a perfect addition to your special day. Photo slideshows are also popular for birthdays, anniversaries, funerals, or other special events.
Things to Consider
Music
The bride and groom will choose the music that will be used for the wedding slideshow. Remember, this is a memory that you will keep and share with each other, family and friends, throughout your lives so take some time to pick appropriate music. The number of songs that are selected will be a factor in the overall length of the slideshow. Music can be edited to suit the number of pictures that you choose to use.
Photographs
First of all, make sure to have enough photographs to be used with the music. If a photo is going to be displayed for 7 seconds (including transitions) and you’ve chosen one song that’s 3 minutes long, then you’ll need about 13 photographs for your wedding slideshow. The way I got to that number is by converting minutes into seconds and then dividing by the length of time the photograph will be displayed. Then I converted back into minutes.
Put all of the pictures in order for the company that will produce the slideshow. Put sticky notes with numbers on the back of all the photo prints that will be used for the presentation. If digital pictures will be used, rename the files with a number that represents the order they will be displayed (001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc.). Then burn all of the digital pictures onto a CD. If you have a mixture of photo stills and digital pictures you would like to use create a log on a piece of paper that documents when the photo stills will be used and when the digital pictures will be used. Include any titles or captions that you want on the log. This will help communicate what you want in clear terms to the producer of the wedding slideshow. The producer will appreciate this because his job will be made easier and there will be fewer misunderstandings.
Tip: Photo prints can be scanned into a computer and used in wedding slideshows. You can save money by scanning them yourself or having a friend do it for you. Old prints can be scanned and touched up in Photoshop or a free photo editor call the GIMP. Using a professional service to scan and touch up photo prints will save you time and yield a high quality wedding slideshow, but will cost more money because of the time it takes to scan and edit the prints.
Captions and Titles
You can add captions and titles to the wedding slideshow. A caption is usually displayed over a picture while the wedding slideshow is running and a title is usually a static divider that tells the audience what’s coming next.
As I said before it’s important to make a log that shows where you want the captions and titles to be in the series of photographs and what you want them to say. Writing everything out on paper will give you a better idea of what the finished slideshow will be like and the process will inspire you with ideas.
Many wedding slideshows start with photographs of the bride and progress from her childhood to her current age, and then continue to do the same for the groom. Then the couple is presented using pictures that show various sides of
their relationship, with each other and with family and friends. Some companies will even use photos taken at your wedding ceremony from that morning to add at the end of your slideshow.
The completed show is burned onto a DVD and can be used for your wedding. It can be presented at your wedding reception. It can run all throughout your reception for people to watch at their leisure or you can showcase it during a special part of your reception, like just before or after the toast. You can present it at your ceremony or your wedding slideshow DVD can be presented to your guests as a wedding favor before they leave the reception. (see our favors section to find out how to make a cute cover for slideshow DVD to present it to your guests.) Most companies will give you the option of just taking the DVD and showing it on your own, or for an additional charge, they will come to your event with a large screen, sound system and projector to show the slideshow like a movie.
If you decide to show the DVD on your own, make sure you make arrangements to play it. You will need a large television or a projector and a screen. These can be borrowed from a friend or rented from an audio visual services company. The projector can hook to a laptop or computer, but make sure you have loud speakers big enough for everyone to hear the music. Test the entire setup before the event to make sure everything goes smoothly. Your guests will love and adore the music and memories as they watch you go from your youth to your marriage. It’s a perfect addition to your special day. Photo slideshows are also popular for birthdays, anniversaries, funerals, or other special events.
Things to Consider
Music
The bride and groom will choose the music that will be used for the wedding slideshow. Remember, this is a memory that you will keep and share with each other, family and friends, throughout your lives so take some time to pick appropriate music. The number of songs that are selected will be a factor in the overall length of the slideshow. Music can be edited to suit the number of pictures that you choose to use.
Photographs
First of all, make sure to have enough photographs to be used with the music. If a photo is going to be displayed for 7 seconds (including transitions) and you’ve chosen one song that’s 3 minutes long, then you’ll need about 13 photographs for your wedding slideshow. The way I got to that number is by converting minutes into seconds and then dividing by the length of time the photograph will be displayed. Then I converted back into minutes.
Put all of the pictures in order for the company that will produce the slideshow. Put sticky notes with numbers on the back of all the photo prints that will be used for the presentation. If digital pictures will be used, rename the files with a number that represents the order they will be displayed (001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc.). Then burn all of the digital pictures onto a CD. If you have a mixture of photo stills and digital pictures you would like to use create a log on a piece of paper that documents when the photo stills will be used and when the digital pictures will be used. Include any titles or captions that you want on the log. This will help communicate what you want in clear terms to the producer of the wedding slideshow. The producer will appreciate this because his job will be made easier and there will be fewer misunderstandings.
Tip: Photo prints can be scanned into a computer and used in wedding slideshows. You can save money by scanning them yourself or having a friend do it for you. Old prints can be scanned and touched up in Photoshop or a free photo editor call the GIMP. Using a professional service to scan and touch up photo prints will save you time and yield a high quality wedding slideshow, but will cost more money because of the time it takes to scan and edit the prints.
Captions and Titles
You can add captions and titles to the wedding slideshow. A caption is usually displayed over a picture while the wedding slideshow is running and a title is usually a static divider that tells the audience what’s coming next.
As I said before it’s important to make a log that shows where you want the captions and titles to be in the series of photographs and what you want them to say. Writing everything out on paper will give you a better idea of what the finished slideshow will be like and the process will inspire you with ideas.
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