Wedding Blog

I had two last minute projects. One was my bouquet (perfectly imperfect, photos to come once the pro shots are done). The other was a video slide show that played in the library during cocktail hour. It will also play using a projector at our hometown reception.

I used Windows Movie Maker to create it, and it probably took me two hours total to do. Everything is drag and drop and really intuitive. Just create a new project, import your photos, drag them down to the time line, add music if you would like, and then choose “publish to this computer”.

I drove to Seattle with my mom on Wednesday before the wedding, and that was when I imported all of the photos. After they were all arranged, I hit export on Friday night before the wedding, and loaded it to the desktop. I didn’t put any sound on it because we would have sound coming over the master sound system. Also, I was out of time! It’s not particularly fancy or beautiful, but it certainly tells the story of us.


Wedding Slideshow from That Bride on Vimeo.

The quality isn’t as great as I would like it to be, but it works. It starts with photos from our time dating, moves to our engagement/proposal shots, and ends with photos from Poland. Then it loops through everything one more time to make the video 50 minutes long. I don’t expect anyone to watch to the whole thing! If you would like to scroll to see the shots from Poland, move to 21:30 in the time line.

Do you plan on having a slide show? Share the program you used and your tips for making one below in the comments!