The Slide Show at the Wedding.
Creating a slide show at the wedding is the easiest thing you can do to get people talking about you and buy more prints. You have quite a bit of downtime as everyone eats dinner. First step is to get the reception hall to set up a table to the side of the bar for your laptop or iMac. I always set it up by the bar because that is the corner of the hall people are attracted to for some odd reason. ;) I bring my own round 3 foot diameter folding table and get the reception hall staff to supply a table cloth to cover. If you are on a Apple computer use Aperture and hit 'quick preview' or P after you downloaded all of your images. 3 star the best images and then narrow down if needed. For PC users Lightroom is your best bet. Again 3 star on the first pass then one star the ones you don't want in the slide show. If you do 1 star then go up it takes twice as long to narrow down on the fly. Touch up real fast exposure, contrast, vignette and etc. Make sure you cover the keyboard or unplug it on the iMac. You don't want a child to hit a key so people can stare at your desktop do you? Start up the slide show in Aperture or light room.
The things you must have.
1. 20in iMac, PC laptop or Mac book Pro
2. 10 foot white extension cord and a 30 foot cord in your car if you need it.
3. Small table or let the reception hall supply one (call ahead).
4. Event cards with the web address to view the photos online. You can print 24 wallets for 4 bucks at Cord Camera (ask for the Wallet Special)
** 5 - 7 are optional **
5. Fastest card reader you can buy if you are dealing with RAW images like I am you will need it. Lexar CF Firewire 800 reader.
6. UDMA cards or at least 150x or higher helps a bit.
7. Make a smaller slide show in iMovie for the web. Make your event cards go to the slide show on your website and have a link at the bottom to view the photos. People are more excited to see the video and buy photos. Include the first dance in the video so they can see the whole wedding not just until dinner. Go to www.briankellogg.com/weddings for examples. (www.blip.tv converts and streams in flash for free)
If you have not done this at a wedding before you will be amazed by the people talking about you, thanking you and asking for your business card to do their wedding on the spot.
Thanks for reading.
Brian Kellogg
The things you must have.
1. 20in iMac, PC laptop or Mac book Pro
2. 10 foot white extension cord and a 30 foot cord in your car if you need it.
3. Small table or let the reception hall supply one (call ahead).
4. Event cards with the web address to view the photos online. You can print 24 wallets for 4 bucks at Cord Camera (ask for the Wallet Special)
** 5 - 7 are optional **
5. Fastest card reader you can buy if you are dealing with RAW images like I am you will need it. Lexar CF Firewire 800 reader.
6. UDMA cards or at least 150x or higher helps a bit.
7. Make a smaller slide show in iMovie for the web. Make your event cards go to the slide show on your website and have a link at the bottom to view the photos. People are more excited to see the video and buy photos. Include the first dance in the video so they can see the whole wedding not just until dinner. Go to www.briankellogg.com/weddings for examples. (www.blip.tv converts and streams in flash for free)
If you have not done this at a wedding before you will be amazed by the people talking about you, thanking you and asking for your business card to do their wedding on the spot.
Thanks for reading.
Brian Kellogg