Picture Guest Book

Most of the weddings I have attended have had some sort of guest book available for friends and family to leave their words of congratulations and advice.  It's a lovely keepsake from the day and we will definitely have one.

I would love to have a book, or individual cards for people to leave us their messages but what I would also love is for the guests to leave their pictures too!

I came across the Fujifilm Instax Camera a little while ago.  This super cute mini camera is the Poloroid replacement.  It produces credit card sized photos instantly.

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How much fun would it be for guests to be able to have their picture taken and then stick it in a book or on a card next to their message!?

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A friend of mine did something similar at her wedding.  A few friends were enrolled to take pictures of the guests holding a massive frame.  The pictures were then printed on a printer that plugged straight into the camera and stuck in a book ready for guests to write in.  This was our photo.

I can imagine we'd get quite a few funny photos and messages, it's meant to be informal and silly.  It's a great way to remember the day along with the messages.

I also think the camera would be really fun to take on honeymoon with us.  Obviously the picture quality isn't perfect but I think that is part of it's charm.  This little dude is well and truly on my birthday list!

Lights, Camera, Action!

We have decided not to pay someone to video our wedding.  This is a subject which frustrates Has, he studied Video Production at University and doesn't feel right paying someone to do a job he could do himself. Obviously he's not going to be able to stand at the alter with a video camera, but we're going to set up a few cameras and leave them running to capture certain parts of the day, like our wedding vows.

We're going to ask a few close family members to bring along their video cameras and ask them to record their version of the day.  Then once we've come back down to earth from the wedding and honeymoon Has can start editing the videos and create the Has and Laura Movie!

I came across this video today which would be perfect for us to do.  The couple set up a video recorder and let it run for the duration of the evening.  The play back is sped up so you get this lovely 2 minute video of the evening celebrations.
Something like this would be incredibly easy for Has to set up and leave and it would be so much fun watching it back!

Melanie & Sky's Timelapse Wedding from Michael Antonia on Vimeo.

Love it!