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Do you think slideshows in wedding receptions are too cliché now? As a guest, would you want to see a slideshow of the bride & groom or is this too “been there, done that” already?
i've been to a couple of weddings with the slideshow and no, i don't think it's too cliche at all! i think it's a really nice look at the couple's lives--looking at pictures never gets old!
I had one at my wedding in November and everyone loved my slide show. I only played it during the cocktail hour so it was while guest were mingling and eating and drinking. I've been to one wedding where they play it while you are eating, so you kind of get bored sitting there watching a slide show for 10-15 or 20 min long slideshow. Plus, no one wants to get up because everyone else is all transfixed on the slide show.
We are having one. My FI's aunt really wanted to do it.
As long as it doesn't go on forever I think it is neat. Seeing the couple growing up :)
I like them - I love old pictures though. I also think it's nice when they are in a location where people can choose to watch them or not.
My aunts made us one and we played it on a loop in a corner of our cocktail room (not the main reception area). So if people wanted to stop by and watch it,they could. Otherwise, they could just ignore it.
We're having one at the end of dinner. My mom's wanted to do one since my cousin got married 3 years ago! She and my FMIL are putting it all together and we have no input as to what pictures go into it. They're even picking the music!
I actually like them. Plus, it'll give me a chance to see pics of my FI growing up that I haven't seen before!
I always think the pictures are cute but I feel like it works better for a rehearsal dinner. Depending on when it's played it can really break up the flow of a reception.
I don't care HOW overdone something is, a cute slideshow is a cute slideshow! Eventually, what is labeled as "overdone" is relabeled "tradition!" I always cry when I see the slideshows, they are always so sweet!
i like them, but i think short and sweet is a nice approach.
I went to a wedding a few years back and it was 15 minutes long..which is llllooooooonnnnngggg when you are a guest sitting looking at pictures. I think another problem with it was that half of the pics were of the couple kissing.. you couldn't see their faces...just profiles of them kissing. it got awkward.
We're having one and I'm super excited! Ideally, we would have played it for our rehearsal, but the equipment is being rented through our DJ, so we would have had to book them for TWO dates. Instead, it will be played during some portion on our reception since the DJ will already be there. I'm still not sure the exact placement, whether it should stand on it's own or if we should have photos of me growing up when I dance with my dad, photos of Mr while he's dancing with his mom then some of us while were' doing our 1st dance...
The best part was digging through old photos while I was home at Christmas!!
I have to say I do not really like slideshows... I did go to one wedding though where it started out with their baby pics and then they included old photos of their guests! It went by table number, it was kinda fun (yet terrifying) to see what pic they had of me. But this was a very small wedding, where we all knew eachother, so it was enjoyable for all..
I personally love them as long as they aren't forever long. We did that at my wedding and everyone told us they really enjoyed it (if they weren't lying to our faces, lol)!
We are having one but it will be on a screen by the DJ booth and it will just run on a loop during the reception. It’ll be pictures mostly from when we were little, picts of all of our friends & fam as we were growing up, etc. But there will be no stopping the party to make everyone sit down & watch it, I’m not a fan of that myself.
I love them. They always make me cry!!!!!
That being said, I put one together with music to watch during dinner (it's 10 minutes/three songs).
My circumstances are a bit different. We are renewing our vows for our 10 year anniversary; so I have 15 years of loving each other/and starting our family (we have four young children) that I want to recognize :)
I love them! I also think that older guests really appreciate them. It gives them something to do and to look at. Not everyone likes to dance and drink.
We're having one while guests are coming in and waiting at the Ceremony. It'll be from baby pics to the present of FI and I. This is where my "Something Old" is coming into play.
I'm thinking of having one, like a 3-minute clip of our engagement pics. I'm not a big fan of the uber long ones :)
I really like them!!
We're doing one at our cocktail hour. One song for me and my pics growing up, one song for my FH and his pics growing up, the one song for us together as a couple. That way people don't get bored with it, but they can see our lives through the years!
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My thoughts are approximately "meh". They're okay, but I much prefer photographs. I don't know if anyone else ever considered it, but I love the idea of photographs of the bride and groom in various stages of growth going up the aisle.
I think we are having one but we are playing it in a room that is off of the main room. It will run throughout the reception so people can stop by and watch it if they choose to do so and if not, they don't have to. I'm not a big fan of playing the slideshow during the dinner and having everybody watch it at the same time.
We had one. It would have been during cocktail hour, but ended up being at the end of dinner because our schedule changed due to rain and my husband and my self ariving at the reception early. People seemed to like it.
I've never seen one in real life. I have seen them at funerals and anniversary parties though and they seem much more fitting in those contexts. I'm not a fan of the idea in general, but guests should not be forced to watch them. What I have seen that works best at an anniversary party (which can also be done at a wedding as there really isn't that much difference in the two) is to have a slideshow off to the side with no sound and guests can watch it as the please. That way anyone who wants to view it can and those who don't aren't subjected to it.
we are doing ours during cocktail hour so maybe people can use it as a convo starter or something.
ive been to weddings where everyone has to turn in their chairs and watch it and its like CMON wheres the food!!
this way, the older guests who like that sort of thing can watch it and the guests who just want to chat and mingle can!
we are doing ours during cocktail hour so maybe people can use it as a convo starter or something.
ive been to weddings where everyone has to turn in their chairs and watch it and its like CMON wheres the food!!
this way, the older guests who like that sort of thing can watch it and the guests who just want to chat and mingle can!
I love it, and am also going to do one at our wedding. My grandpa just had one at his wedding that went from baby to current and it was so cute. I probably wouldn't like a 15minute long one though..
I like them and we plan on having one. And we're limiting the time to it being a max. of 5 minutes, I feel like people will get bored after a while. And about the too overdone thing, I think it's nice, I feel like it's almost becoming more traditional, I always enjoy seeing them. So far they are all short and sweet too, I think it really gives guests a nice view of the couple's relationship together. It's always nice when they incorporate pic of friends and family too.
I've been to a wedding where this was done and while I enjoyed it for a while, I think people stopped paying attention to it.
I think if you do it, you need to do it at a time where everyone isn't forced to stop and watch if they really don't care. During the cocktail hour, or later in the evening while people are dancing.
I also think it could be appropriate and perhaps more fun at a rehearsal dinner if you're having one--since it's usually close family and the wedding party, they're more likely to care.
I went to a wedding not too long ago where they had a slideshow, i thought it was a good idea. But when i talked to some of the people who went (all of us close friends with both bride n groom) alot of them said they could have done without. Its your wedding though and it doesnt matter what you do, people are always going to have an opinion about it. Some of them for it and others not so much. But i think its a really cute idea, i didnt know them when they were way younger so it was kind of nice seeing pictures of them then!
We'll be having a slideshow in ours.
One song for me, one for him, one for us together. Hoping to keep it somewhat short (we don't have many pictures of us together so that part WILL be short...haha). I'm editting mine down to about 3 minutes, just have to work on his section. It will be played while people are eating since the hope is that people will wander around the 2 floor venue during cocktail hour (aerospace museum.. lots of nice exhibits, etc).
I am putting a TON of time into editing an almost 5 minute long video for us. It will be both video and photos.
(I do quite a bit of video editing at work, so it was a must on my list!)
Needless to say, I am definitely playing it at dinner and making everyone watch, LOL.
It'll be very different and very touching. I'm excited.
I am even more exicted that the general consensus is that you all DO like them! YAY!
Honestly, I like them. My oldest brother had one. It was more of a "documentary" of their life. The camera guy interviewed them and then added those parts in the video. it was really cute, I even got teary eyed watching it.
I like slideshows, but I prefer when they are done on a running loop, so it's not a huge production. Guests have enough to sit through with the ceremony, announcements, toasts, first dances (B&G, BP, F/D, M/S, sometimes $D depending on your traditions).
A wedding I attended a few weeks ago had their slideshow set up at the church (it was projected on the wall and not a screen)... so when guests were seated and waiting for the ceremony to officially begin they had something to look at... and then the usher turned it off and it slid behind something inconspicuous and then the music started playing and they brought in the mothers.
We are having a photo slide show because we would like to display our history together (We've been dating since we were 17). We haven't decided if we wanted to do a video interview yet. I saw a wedding couple do this before and it was cute. It was short and sweet. I have also been to a wedding where they did a very long one and a lot of guests weren't too happy.
We are thinking about doing it during the cocktail hour so the reception can be all about food and dancing.
I think they are ok to have during dinner. I wouldn't do it during a time when guests aren't doing something else. I also think it's important to not make them too long.
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