Wedding Slideshows - Boring or Brilliant?

Have you ever wanted your wedding planning to be really prestigious? Wouldn't you love to have a celebrity make an appearance, as in Bridesmaids or The Hangover? We found this comedy spoof of the traditional wedding slideshow from the tongue-in-cheek folks at Olde English, and it features the bride and groom - with a persistent celebrity appearance in the background....

All joking aside, I asked Caroline Wolfe Papocchia, our wedding and event planning student advisor, what she recommended for a wedding slideshow that wouldn't put people to sleep. Her suggestions:

1. Avoid glitzy slideshow effects, like photos that warp and zoom out of frame. Juvenile.
2. Add a narrative to the slideshow that helps tell the bride and groom's special story.
3. Make sure the photos have a rhythm to them, giving the bride and groom equal billing.
4. Arrange the photos chronologically, from youngest to oldest.
5. Avoid a jumble of visual looks; keep the photos all black and white or all color.
6. All photos in the slideshow should be crisp and clear. Make sure the bride or groom is the prominent one in the photos, especially in a group photo.
7. Make sure the slideshow will look good on whatever it's going to be projected on, like a screen or wall. It should be shown at a comfortable viewing angle for all guests.
8. Loop the slideshow on a tablet or laptop computer at the guest book table as a crowd-pleasing attraction.
9. Keep the running time of the slideshow brief. If anything goes too long at a wedding reception, from speeches and toasts to slideshows, it will create a boring space in the festivities. Pace the photos briskly with a short transition time between photos, and try to cut it at a few minutes.

As lead curriculum developer for Sheffield School, I'm interested in seeing how weddings and other events can be planned for everyone's enjoyment. If you'd like to know more about wedding and event planning, I encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Yeah, slideshows sometimes can be boring if not done the right way, it's better to ask someone with knowledge than doing it yourself.

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