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s A COURIER SUN SPECIAL SECTION bride today bridal QUEENS SPRING 2014 How best to display your digitally captured memories SHARON NAYLOR Creators.com At many weddings over the years, brides and grooms have displayed elegantly framed family photos at their receptions. Now the trend has gone high-tech, with those priceless family photos kept safely at home and a slideshow of those same gorgeous photos displayed on a digital photo frame. Wedding guests delight in seeing generations-old photos, many of which have been digitally retouched or enhanced by a photo editor to correct coloring and fi x fading. The digital photo frame has become a top decor choice for the reception, as well as for additional pre- and post-wedding parties, and it’s used to display a variety of photos -- not just ancestral wedding portraits. Here are some fun ways to use your high-defi nition digital photo frame to show images at your wedding celebrations. At the Engagement Party • Display photos of the bride and groom from their dating days. Gather everything from their prom photos to shots of them at college football games to pictures of vacations and their engagement. • Display childhood photos of the bride and groom in a slideshow that can then be inserted into the wedding video. At the Bridal Shower • Display childhood photos of the bride, showing her as a baby, in dancing school costumes, in Halloween costumes, in sporting uniforms and at milestone moments, such as her graduation. Display photos of the couple, especially if this is a coed shower. At the Reception Display the couple’s offi cial engagement portraits. Display not only family wedding photos but also fabulous casual family snapshots. Place a digital photo frame by the fl owers set out in honor of departed loved ones, and display photos of those loved ones with family members. When you show happy family memories, it makes the remembrance display a more uplifting one, as opposed to a photos-of-the-departed-only slideshow that’s seen more often at funerals. At the After Party • Insert a fl ash drive or camera card into your digital photo frame and play a slideshow of photos from the wedding day that just happened. These will be candid shots from friends’ cameras, so expect a few out-offocus pics among the gems. Styling Your Photo Slideshow Just as professional photographers do, you can create a highly stylized photo slideshow with artistic elements. For instance, your digital photo frame might have a fade-in/fade-out function that lets each image emerge from a white screen and then dissipate. You might take all of your digital images and show them in black and white, which lends a classy style to the photos. Sharon Naylor has written more than three dozen wedding books. COPYRIGHT 2012 CREATORS.COM also inside: Modern trends that are building new traditions Budget-friendly honeymoon destinations


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