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Hi! Just wanted to say that I'm having it also and am very excited!! after the 3 minutes of us, the screen will be off to the side and pictures from guests at the cocktail hour will be displayed, and when we have the first dance and cake cutting etc. it will be on the screen!!! everybody can't always get close enough to see everything, so i think its a great idea!!
I am also having a photo montage done at the reception. My GF did one at her wedding and it went over really well. We are also having the zap photos of the guests shown throughout the night so that it is not just pictures of the two of us. We aren't sure if we are going to do a 'special' presentation or have it run throughout the night. Good luck with your decision.
I had one, and it was phenomenal. I loved it! We started out with a few baby pics of each of us, and then us with various family and friends growing up, and then like 4 or 5 of us from the weekend we got engaged. Music by Michael did an AWESOME job. I have my whole montage on CD, we still watch it! He has a great screen with rear projection, it was off to the side. It started playing when the first course was being served. It then replayed at different times throughout the night. it wasn't the center of attention, but it was there if anyone wanted to look at it. when I danced with my dad, there was a pic of me as a little girl with him holding me, it was quite the tear jerker! And same for DH and his mom. I loved my montage!
it really wasn't distracting. speaking as someone that had one-it was in one corner of the room, the guests basically watched in during salad, and then it ran again during dinner and dancing later. there was no attention called to it, so it was just there if someone wanted to look - and Music by Michael, who is an awesome DJ as well, was WAY more affordable than any of the other DJs whom I had asked about a photo montage, actually that was really the reason why I called him initially. If you want to see what his screen looks like, go to his web page www.musicbymichael.com and click on photo montage, I think it's near the bottom. good luck!
I have seen this at just the cocktail hour, running pcitures of love ones, cousins, friends and the bride and groom. I was also at a wedding recently that had the big screen running pictures of the evening as it progress at the reception. I think it can be a distraction, but it also depends on the size of your wedding and the size of the room. If you have over 200 people and it is hard for some of the guests on one side of the room to see what is going on half of the night, I think that this is a good idea. However, if you have a smaller wedding, I feel it is just not neccesary, and it will take away the elegant of your room. If you decide to do it, I think running just at the cocktail hour is a nice touch. This way, while people are just mingling they can chose to stop and watch it, instead of being forced to.
We're also doing a photo montage. Believe it or not, FH wanted to do it and had to talk me into it. We'll probably do this during the dinner.
I love the idea. If you are not in the immediate family you will not have the opportunity to see what the wedding pictures will look like. This gives the guest a great opportunity to view the pictures. It enables you to fill in the entire story of the couple. Go for it and have fun!
My cousin had this at his wedding. Unfotunately, his father (my uncle) was in the hospital due to a heart attack. So it was great that he could be there in spirit through pictures. But honestly, after that moment no one paid any attention to it.
Our photographer set up a small tv around 13' right by the place cards during the cocktails hour and the pictures just flashed up with no sound. I cannot tell you how many compliments I got on that. I was really against it at first, thought it would be cheesy. But no joke, the day of the wedding I sat for a few minutes and watched the pictures go by. After the cocktail hour, he put it away. Everyone thought it was a nice simple touch.
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