© Scott Todd 2009
Wow, I can’t believe it’s Friday already, it’s been a very busy week for this photographer and I’m looking forward to a couple of days off.
For the next few Fridays I’m going to focus on how brides and grooms are using technology in their weddings planning and generating some great ideas in the process, I’m calling this series Wedding Tech Friday.
Once your wedding date is set, you want to make sure that you let as many of your invites know about the date as possible. The traditional way that couples handle this is they sit down and begin the process of creating, ordering, labeling and mailing their Save the Date cards to the people that they are planning to invite to their wedding. Save the Date cards are a lot of work and it’s not a lot of fun, until now.
A few weeks ago, one of my photographer friends, told me that he’s begin seeing videos pop up on youtube were engaged couples are creating Save the Date videos and posting them online.
As an example, here is Melissa and Brian’s Youtube Wedding Save the Date video done by a wedding photographer in Cincinnati OH, take a look.
I think this is an awesome idea and one that I’m going to begin including in my wedding packages. The concept is simple, create a 1 – 1 ½ minute video with nice music, add in some photographs from childhood, from your dating years, and even those incredible Engagement Session photos we discussed yesterday [Link], and we end up with a cool way to promote your upcoming wedding date.
Typically, video production with photos and music and text overlays takes about 1 hour for each minute, so a 1 1/2 minute wedding save the date video would take about 1.5 hour to create.
I think this is a creative and fun way to use technology for your wedding. What do you think; do you think this adds value to a wedding package? Would you use it for your wedding? I’d love to know your thoughts.
Well, that’s it for today’s post and I’m looking forward to seeing your comments on the idea. Until Monday, have a great weekend. Scott