1. Discuss and agree upon the number of photographs from

each major section of your life BEFORE opening the albums. If, for example, you agreed on 6 baby pictures, 12 elementary age, etc. then the groom knows to get 3 baby pictures, 6 elementary age...and so on, and so on. The task is made a lot easier if you know exactly what you are looking for instead of just looking through all those photos and trying to match them up.

 

These sections can be:

 

Baby Pictures

Elementary Age

Jr. High/High School

Post High School

Dating

Engagement

 

2. Put the photographs together in the order you want to see them on

the video. Most people want to see the photographs boy/girl/boy/girl.

That keeps the video interesting to your guests and makes sense to

see the mutual progression through the years.

 

 

 

 

3. Once your are sure you have all the photographs and they are

physically in one stack, write an order number on the back of each

photograph (1,2,3,4,5,6, etc.). That way, if they get shuffled, we know what order they were orginally intended to be in.

 

WARNING

Do not use markers of any type to write on the back!

The ink from markers can and frequently does bleed through

to the front of the photograph.

 

Use a ballpoint pen or post-it notes on the back of the photograph.

 

4. Select the music for your entire video production (including wedding and reception highlight songs). Burn them onto a CD as a playable CD (not as a data disc). We need one song for each group of 30-40 pictures. Write the brides maiden name on the CD.

 

5. Put all the photographs and music in a freezer bag or large envelope and call us (801.733.6631) to arrange a time for us to get the materials.

DIGITAL IMAGES

 

Digital photographs work great in video slideshows.  We need to know where they fit in with the physical photographs.  Here's how it works:

 

Rename the digital image to include a three digit number at the beginning of the file name that corresponds with where it goes with the physical photographs.  For instance, if you have a great dating photograph that has a file name of DSC23043f....and it goes between physical photographs 054 and 056...then add "055" to the beginning of the file name so it now reads "055DSC23043f". Put the renamed images onto a thumbdrive or onto a CD and include with the other video slideshow materials.  Any questions, call us.