how long is too long for a slideshow??

I think its a great idea I dont think that would be to long your guests are there for you and I think to see your childhoods would be a very cute=]

Ok thats what i thoguth too....and i have been to a million weddings with that outline and it barey seems long enough

That or you could have it just lap with no music at the end of dinner and as the dancing starts so people can watch it at their free will and have in run a few times before cutting it off. If you have another area where the music wont distract from the dance music and vise-versa you could run it all night.

We're having ours lap through the whoel reception w/ no music but somefun effects on a large flatscreen on the wall...

Well we are having a specified tiem to run the slideshow and then that will be it so i think the length shoudl be ok

If thats the way you want to do it , I think 2 songs is the perfect length.

If I understand correctly, you are planning on having the slideshow 4 songs long? That is too long. A slideshow is usually showed before dinner and should not be longer than about 2 songs (absolute max. 10 mins).

If you insist on having all 4 songs played, you can cut them each in half. Also the pictures should not be showed longer than 3-4 seconds each.

Where I come from ALL the brides do picture slideshows, so I've seen my share. She shorter the better.

If you still want to have 4 songs, Noel gave a good tip to only use a bit of each. I think a slideshow loses its punch after about 5-7 mins

I agree that 10 min should be the max and something closer to 5 minutes is better. Keep the photos moving pretty fast--5 seconds is plenty.

The photos will be moving quickly..haha honestly im quite surprised by your annswers. i have never seen a slideshow that was less than 4 songs and everyone alwas loves it cause its us growing up then toegther lol i dunno i must be from space

I can understand different parts of various songs, but 4 full length songs, maybe a tad long! I am getting my cousin to to a slide show and it will be one song for me that my FH picks and one song for him that I pick (I picked Hill Billy Deluxe by Brooks and Dunn..lol)

Our videographer did a professional one for us and it's 6 minutes long. We have a second one that we made ourselves that we'll put up to loop throughout dinner and for the rest of the night.

I recently went to a wedding and they did a 2 song slide show. I thought it was too long. At first everyone was paying attention but after the first song was over everyone started talking and it was just way too long.

Haha i'm definietly notthe majority here...oh well

The videos that I normally create for weddings have 3 songs, one for her, one for him and one for them together. The video I created for my own wedding had an extra song for the "pets" in our lives and I am creating one currently that has 6 songs, 2 for each section. It really depends on your vision and how you are displaying the video. If you are showing it during the rehearsal dinner, you may want to stick to under 15 minutes. However, if it will just be playing in the background of the reception, you can have it run as long as you want - my daughter's 1st birthday video was over an hour! TIP - If you want to play at the reception, make sure your friends loop the video so you don't have to have someone pressing play constantly throughout the night. Good Luck!

You may be planning on having it run fast but quicker than 4 seconds per slide won't allow the viewer to realize what they are looking at and then you have a 3-4 second transition. Even for your parents it will be nice the first time through but if they have seen it a few times then you will lose them also. I would keep it to about 70 pictures with a max of 150 which works out to 3.5 to 7 minutes.

Good luck!