5 Wedding Slideshow Tips
I’m not sure if the wedding slideshow is “played out” in your neck of the woods, but around here they are still relatively common and growing in popularity at first birthdays and anniversary parties. I’ve made some really amateur slideshows in the past (PowerPoint, whoop whoop!), but I didn’t want to add another item to my to do list before the wedding. Enter: the friendor. Or, in this case, the friend’s friendor.

Image via Arabia Weddings
A few months ago, Mr. Eel and I attended the first birthday party of a close family friend. When the parents gave their thank you speech at the end, they mentioned their friend that had done their wedding slideshow. After the party I asked if their friend would be open to doing our slideshow and how much he would charge. He agreed to do our slideshow for $150, a bargain in my opinion and definitely worth the price of taking one thing off my list.
Now comes the fun part! Mr. Eel and I have been looking through old photo albums at our parents’ houses for pictures to include in our wedding slideshow. We found some real gems, and I will be saving these to show you after the wedding. We’ll be doing the typical photos of me as a child, photos of him as a child, and, finally, photos of us as a couple.
Here are some things to keep in mind if you’re planning to do a wedding slideshow:
1. Slideshow length: According to our friendor, the typical slideshow lasts arou...