Wedding Are you doing a photo montage or slideshow at the reception?

[marchswallowbird]

Just wondering who''s planning to do a slideshow at the reception, and if so, when you plan to run it. I''m having a daytime reception and am doing about a 5 minute slideshow with music (maybe a minute or two longer) but I''m not sure whether to do it during the meal while people are still eating (has the benefit of catching everyone while they are a captive audience), duriing the social hour before we even get there, or when.

I felt crappy so stayed home from work today and had fun playing with the slideshow for most of the day.

 

[katamari]

We seriously have so little decided yet--but we do know that we are showing a slide show during dinner. We are having a destination ceremony and then a reception in his hometown. We figured that the dinner would be the best time to do it because it will give the guests something to talk about and dinner is the time where there is the least competition for their attention. Plus, if they want to talk through it or not pay attention, they still can.

I hope you feel better soon!

 

[Smurfysmiles]

We are doing a slideshow too and I''m pretty sure it will be shown when dinner is starting to wrap up right before the first dance. I already know all the music I''m going to put it to and I think it will be a nice segway to the dance

 

[lliang_chi]

My FI mentioned he wanted to have one, but my parents lost all their old albums. My mom''s really sad about that. So, long story short, I''m not having one.

But for the few weddings I''ve seen, they did the photo montage after the speeches, just before dinner.

 

[emilina22]

we''re having one...usually ours play right as lunch (most weddings are afternoon weddings) is ending and before dessert comes out...

 

[Tacori E-ring]

We had ours play between the salad course and the main course.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Lliang Chi, are you not having one because you don''t have any photos of yourself during the years you were growing up and before you met your FI?

My slideshow consists exclusively of photos of FI and me together after we began dating. Because this is FI''s second marriage and we are both older, it seemed inappropriate to do the "growing up" photos. The purpose of my slideshow is to show everyone who we are as a couple, and it''s turning out great. You may want to try to do something similar.

 

[Shoopy]

I doubt we will be doing one but I have to mention the video I saw of my coworker''s sister''s wedding.

BEAUTIFUL!

They did side by side shots of them growing up until they met. They both met on E-harmony so they reenacted the day they saw each other''s profiles. It was really cute she was on the computer frustrated and he was on his computer frustrated as well. Then both profiles pop up. Then that led into pictures of the two of them. He''s a pilot so he took her to Hawaii for the proposal. His friend videotaped the entire proposal (hidden in the bushes) so they played pieces of that. Then that led into the wedding planning pictures. It ended with the friend asking her how she felt (at the moment he proposed). She had tears in her eyes and said to the camera, this is the greatest moment of my life.

Goosebumps

 

[Diva0413]

I just came from a reception about 2 weeks ago and they did a slideshow/video before the intro of the bride and groom. It was a nice touch.

 

[Sabine]

We did ours right at the end of the meal. I think it ran a little long for people...

I''ve been to a bunch where it was during the social hour, and that was really nice, especially when the bride and groom/wp were a bit late.

 

[kittybean]

I will probably not be doing one--FI doesn''t really like them, and I''m indifferent.

I''ve seen a couple cute ones. One that wasn''t as well-received happened right before the buffet dinner, which was already quite late, so people were starving and cranky and really didn''t want to see a bunch of photos. I think during the dinner is a great time, and allowing people to chat through it is a good idea as well.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Chat through it!

Aren''t they as enthralled with my pictures as I am?

 

[DMBsGirl]

I won''t be doing one, they just seem a lil too cheesy for me.

I also don''t want to interrupt the party any more than need be!

 

[noelwr]

god NO! I think they are only special for the couple getting married.

as it would bore me to tears if I had ever had to watch someone else''s, I think I will save my guests the torture.

 

[modernsparkler]

We are doing a 5 minute slide show at the rehearsal dinner- that way it is only family and close friends, therefore people more likely to apreciate a few baby pictures and pics of our evolution as a couple. However, as we have been dating for 10+ years, we are going to have a few pics on display at the reception. The foyer has a few dark wood buffets and we are going to have maybe 5 pics of us from early in our relationship to now with an e-pic as well as our parent's wedding photos on display. We figured it could be a fun conversation piece without being too over the top!!!


ETA: we actually got some gorgeous frames at Filene's Basement that we can use after the wedding too!!!!

 

[cammy85]

We''re actually doing ours at the rehearsal dinner - which will be very low key. Our reception is going to have the basic things (bouq toss, cake cutting, first dance) but it''s mainly going to be to party and socialize, so I don''t want to take time away from the reception and socialization for people to sit and watch a slide show (but my family/friends also use these events to catch up, so it all depends on the group of people! Silence during dinner would be near impossible!)

At the rehearsal dinner It''ll be something that people can glance over at every once in a while during dinner and socializing, but I think I''d be bored if I had to sit through a time solely dedicated to the pictures. That''s just me though.

 

[marchswallowbird]

I sent a very rough, early version of my slideshow to my best friend, and she said it moved her to tears. She said it was so romantic. We''re not doing the "here''s me growing up and then him growing up" photos, it''s just a montage of the two of us backpacking, bike riding, kayaking, skiing and doing fun stuff together as a couple. It''s also only 4 and a half minutes long.

Personally (probably because I am doing one!) I don''t think it''s cheesy at all the way I''m structuring this. Also it helps that we will have only about 35 immediate family and friends at the wedding, all of whom obviously know one or both of us very well.

Still trying to figure out when to show it, though. Our rehearsal dinner is an extremely casual backyard bar-b-que, so that is also an option, as opposed to the reception.