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I don't think people would really "miss it" if you didn't have one at all. The past two weddings I have been to didn't have one, and it wasn't a big deal. Instead of doing a slideshow, you could just put childhood pictures of you and you finance in normal picture frames and maybe set them around the guest book, cake table, or even as centerpieces at your reception. I think we are going to do a slideshow at our wedding, right after our ceremony is over(at my church). Our sanctuary has a large video screen, and right after the wedding party walks out, I think we are going to start the slideshow right away. This way, me and my FH will be able to get to our reception venue first, and that way we can make our grand entrance from the upstairs room when everyone gets there!
I've never been to a wedding that had one and FI and I just decided to do one. So, for us it wouldn't be missed.
We were planning on doing one but probably showing it at the rehearsal dinner. Then we got lazy and couldn't get our pictures in time for my friend to put it together. Instead, we're incorporating our baby pictures into our table numbers. I'm hoping that we have enough pictures so that for example, for table number 1, we would have a picture of myself and FI at age 1.
My FI is a film editor, so not doing one was NOT an option :)
I always just wanted it, and he previewed for my dad and me last night and it was absolutely perfect. I'm glad we're doing it (but not glad that it's costing $200 for the projector and screen)
I wouldn't miss it at the reception.
We did one at our Rehearsal Dinner. I rummaged through my old photos, found a bunch, then I had to figure out how old I was in all of them! Lol, also, it doesn't help that my sister and I look almost identical when we were babies/toddlers. My Mom couldn't tell us apart in photos unless there was another sibling or something in the picture!
And my wonderful MIL and FIL put together the slideshow for us. :)
We are planning on doing a slide show at the rehearsal dinner.
We are, but against my wishes.
I wanted at max 5 minutes, which got pushed to 10 minutes and then I found out that FFIL made his half 10 minutes, so it got pushed to 30 minutes, at which point I snapped and said 15 minutes max. We'll see how it goes.
We're skipping it. Slideshows remind me of funerals, which is the only place I have ever seen them.
I've seen them at weddings and I love them, but due to the fact that my parents live far away, it was just wasn't feasable to get all those childhood photos. As an alternative, we gathered all the wedding photos of our family and friends that will be at the wedding plus wedding photos of deceased relatives. We put it together and will play it in a digital photo frame on the same table as the guest book. We just finished it two days ago and I'm super excited about it.
Cool! I'm so relieved that a lot of other bees arnt doing slide shows either...haha.. I am still considering doing either a digital frame or printing out a few baby pics with family as suggested above. Thanks all! 
Cool! I'm so relieved that a lot of other bees arnt doing slide shows either...haha.. I am still considering doing either a digital frame or printing out a few baby pics with family as suggested above. Thanks all!
I've actually never seen one done at a wedding. I don't plan on doing one.
We're having a rather large wedding, so we'll play a slideshow of photos (if we ever make the dang thing) before and after the ceremony while people are being seated or waiting to be ushered out.
That way, everyone gets their fill of photos, they're entertained during that before/after time, and there's no interruption of the reception to make everyone stop and watch a slideshow. Best alternative that we could come up with.
@ceamoste: Oh my - 30 minutes? I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that you win this battle! Otherwise, my only advice is to play it when people are eating or doing something. If I were forced to sit there, most likely starving, for 30 minutes watching a slide show before I could eat, I would not be a happy camper!
@dianeanthony: I definitely don't think you need to feel obligated to do one - It's been about 50/50 with the weddings I've attended. To be honest, I prefer to look at pictures on the guest book table or cake table at my leisure, rather than be forced to watch a long slideshow. And it's a much easier project which equals less stress for you. Win! 
We're doing one, but on a drop-by basis only. We're putting my 32" flat screen TV next to the guestbook table and playing a slide show off my iPhone (not like I'll be able to answer calls that day anyway!). That way it's like a huge digital photo frame and people can look at it for as long as they're entertained, then walk away. I'm usually bored during other people's slide shows so I didn't want to stop everything and force people to sit through a bunch of pictures.
Will let you know how that goes.
In our family/circle they are not the norm so its not expected or needed. So not having it fine. Frankly, thats one trend that I've never really cared for.
We didn't. I personally don't enjoy them at weddings. I always feel like I am being forced to watch old family vacation videos.
@dianeanthony: See a digital frame with a few shots by the sign in table is cute. or some childhood pix. But I really do not want to sit thru some huge production set to music.
Wow i'm getting excited about all the "NO" answers! Yay to skipping this..hopefully this will help FI agree...I'm too tired and lazy to do anymore time consuming wedding stuff! hahah
We have a couple of flat screens behind our bar so we are going to have a slideshow playing on a loop during the entire reception
I think we'll be scattering pictures of us as a couple along the center of the tables (we have long tables, not circle so it works great) and probably by the guestbook, cake, etc. So people can stop and look or ignore them, and we don't have to show the world our awkward 12-year-old selves :)
Were doing one to play during eating and dancing that people can see. So it wont be a big deal if people dont want to watch it they don't have to. FI and I went to high school together and we have the same friends so most of our pictures will be of us with friends including some family pics.
Yes, but we're NOT stopping the wedding for everyone to view it will be on repeat in the background.
We are having ours during the cocktail hour as people are mingling around. We might do it as a continuous loop but we will see when it gets closer. :P They can decide if they want to watch it or chat with friends and family.
We were planning on it, but we ran out of time and didn't. I think it's a cool idea, but we honestly didn't miss it. Everyone at the wedding has seen tons of photos of us both together and during our adolescent years, so it's not like it would have been the first time- haha.
Our venue had a few very small TVs around the area where we had our cocktail hour. We had planned on putting together some pictures that could cycle through the TVs but they were broken the week before the wedding so we scrapped the idea. Didn't miss them at all either.
I actually really dislike slideshows. i think it takes up too much time while people could be mingling, dancing, and partying. And honestly i usually don't care to sit through a 20 minute presentation of baby pictures... :/
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Hey Bees!
Would you really care or notice if one of your family or friends getting married did not do a slide show?? To be honest, we're so stressed out with all the other crafts etc that we feel like we dont want to do a slide show. We'd have to scan all of our childhood pictures as nothing was digital back then... and we dont like taking pictures in general...
Who is doing a slide show and who isnt? OR what is an alternative to a slide show that you are doing??? Thanks in advance!