Video from wedding photos: ideas and unusual tricks

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A wedding is always a reason for joy. It is not surprising that every guest wants to give the newlyweds a special gift, one that will be remembered for a long time and emphasize the significance of the event. If you don’t want to be limited to an envelope with money and dream of surprising a loved one on the day when he decided to connect his life with his soul mate, give him a touching slide show. In the article you will find several universal tips and effective techniques that will help you easily create a similar video from wedding photos in PhotoSHOW PRO.

Subject for a photo film: how to tell a story

The most important thing in creating greeting videos is developing the concept. By deciding which idea to start with, you will make your future work easier. Below are described perhaps the 3 most popular and winning ways to tell a beautiful love story.

★ Slideshow – biography

The concept is based on a simple idea: two complete strangers found and fell in love with each other. Typically, such videos have a linear plot and are based on the biography of the bride and groom. You can talk about important events in the lives of both, pick up fun facts and incidents, ending the story with a moment of acquaintance. To implement the idea, you will need childhood and teenage photographs of the couple.

★ Parable about love

The second interesting decision is to shift the perspective and focus not on the personalities of the newlyweds, but on the development of the romantic story. To do this, you can take as a basis a well-known love story from a film, book, fairy tale, or use a beautiful parable. If you wish, you can make up a story yourself. There are two ways to implement your idea in a slide show - add text to photos or record voice-over comments.

★ Slideshow – wish

This idea involves putting together a slideshow of kind words and wishes that you would like to convey to the newlyweds on their wedding day. A great option is to contact other guests in advance and insert video or photo greetings into the video.

These ideas are universal; they will work perfectly for creating a video from photographs for a silver wedding, preparing congratulations for an anniversary, as well as for creating an original wedding portfolio for agencies and photographers.

Impressive tricks that everyone can repeat

Of course, the visual component of the video is as important as the content. I want the slideshow to look decent and surprise with its unusual design and colorful photographs. The capabilities of PhotoSHOW PRO more than satisfy this requirement! Multi-layer editing, collage and effect templates, 3D animation and all kinds of decorations - these and other editor tools will allow you to create a unique video that will reflect your style and vision.

The program will allow you to create amazing videos from photos at a professional level

Even if this is your first time working in PhotoSHOW PRO, you will not get confused in the settings. Everything is as logical and convenient as possible. You can create a video in literally 5 minutes using the template. The program catalog includes a selection of ready-made videos with romantic wedding decorations - all you have to do is replace the gaps with your photos and add text.

Using wedding templates, you will get a spectacular video in just a couple of minutes

If you decide to create a project from scratch, you can manually configure all the effects and animations. The result will be exceptional! You will understand the principles of operation in a few minutes. The two tricks described below will definitely be the highlight of any video. Any beginner can repeat them - follow the tips below and receive enthusiastic compliments from every viewer.

No. 1. Smooth sliding within the frame

☛ Adding and editing photos

To replicate the first slide from the video at the beginning of the article, you will need pictures of women/men. You can find a ready-made collage online or create one by hand. Try choosing photos of actresses/actors or models - this will create a kind of humorous effect.

Create a blank slide by right-clicking on the timeline and selecting the appropriate command.

Create a blank slide on the timeline

In the editor, change the slide duration to 18 seconds and upload the photos.

If, as in the example, you want the portraits to be the same size, use the “Crop”

Drag the selection over the desired area of the photo

Place pictures close to each other. If you wish, you can leave the photos in color, however, a black and white filter will help make the composition more harmonious due to monochrome. To apply an effect to a photo, in the “Layer”

Click the
"Photo Filters"
.
After that, all you have to do is check the box next to the line “Black and white photo”
and apply the result.

Apply a black and white filter to all or several photos for a more harmonious look

☛ Highlight overlay

You can add a bright and stylish accent to a two-color slide using animated lighting. To do this, click “Add Layer”

and select the option
“Highlights and textures”
.

Select a highlight from the collection and apply it on top of the collage

In the window that appears, find a suitable effect and place it on the slide. To customize the movement, go to the “Animation”

.
Add a keyframe near the end of the timeline and use the arrows in the Position
to move the highlight to the opposite side of the slide.

Customize the flare animation to your liking

☛ Camera control

Click on the button with the image of a video camera, which is located on the top panel of the editor.

Click on this button and you will be taken to the slide camera control window

You will be taken to the slide camera control window. All animation in this mode will be applied to all layers at once. Let's set up the camera movement so that portrait shots follow each other, like film frames.

— On the first key frame, zoom the camera 100%.

- Use the arrows to move the viewpoint to the top left corner.

— If you wish, you can add a 3D rotation of 10-15 degrees.

- After 2-3 seconds, place the 2nd key frame.

— Reduce the zoom level to 70-80%.

— Move the camera to the right. Make sure that the frame contains only photographs, the background should not be visible.

- After another 2-3 seconds, add frame No. 3.

— Reduce the camera zoom to 50-60%.

— Move the viewpoint to the very bottom of the slide.

— Add a 4th key frame.

— Reposition the camera so that it is at the opposite end of the slide.

- Remove the 3D rotation effect.

After a second, place the final keyframe and return the camera zoom level to 0.

All is ready! You can return to the layer management mode (see screenshot) and continue experimenting with the slide - add a logo to the slideshow, text, shapes or clipart to your liking.

Click on this button and you will return to normal layer management mode

No. 2. Transparent text

To customize the animation with transparent letters, like in the video, you will need stencils. You can try to make them yourself or download them from the official PhotoSHOW PRO VKontakte group.

Select an image that will become the background and customize its animation. Let it move smoothly on the slide and increase in scale. The photo should be bright and contrasting so that the letters are clearly visible.

Adjust the path of the background image

Place the stencil layer on top and stretch it across the entire slide.

Place the stencil on the background image

If you wish, you can add animation with lighting to the composition, as described in the previous technique, or clipart and other decorations.

As you can see, in order to please your loved ones with a touching video greeting, you do not need any special skills. Enough and you will have access to unlimited creativity. Give sincere, meaningful gifts, and PhotoSHOW PRO will help you with this!

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We film and edit a wedding

When the question arises:

— How to film a wedding?

— Make a wedding video edit?

Can someone who is not prepared cope with this task? I answer you: - YES, it can , you need to know some nuances, which I will tell you about now. “ WEDDING GIFT FROM FRIENDS - FREE PHOTO SESSION ” when ordering photos and videos for a wedding. Lately, friends have often chipped in to give newlyweds photos and videos for their wedding. This has become fashionable and practical, and we will support you with another photo session as a gift (in the end, you get two photo sessions as a gift, when ordering from friends) Before the wedding photo session, drawing up a wedding shooting plan, determining shooting locations, concluding an agreement - all as a gift.

1) MORNING OF THE BRIDE. When the bride is still being painted and she hasn’t put on a dress, I shoot “goodies”: rings, jewelry, photos together in the interior, the bride’s dress, shoes and everything else that will beautifully fit into the video series of the film and clip. This is the very beginning: How to photograph a wedding . Go ahead.

When the bride is completely ready, I photograph in more detail: smile, eyes, hands, garter, general, medium, close-ups in bright and rich colors. The camera is always on manual settings; some moments, usually the most beautiful ones, cannot be captured automatically.

It’s better to shoot in separate – static shots, in which we simulate intra-frame movement. Camera movement is justified and meaningful. 2) MORNING OF THE GROOM. Filmed earlier than the morning of the bride, but if time is limited, we use the following options.

- We shoot the groom in a different interior than the bride, room, room or on the street (park, lake, fountain, flower garden, sports ground, near a car, etc.) - in the frame you can dress the groom or describe the story of how he is bored and waiting to meet with your beloved (for example) Involve a witness and friends.
3) REDEMPTION. As a rule, it starts from the entrance. The bridesmaids test the groom for his “weakness.” We shoot in a reportage style, with a hand-held camera.

Together we go up to the bride, document the touching meeting (emotional moments). Next, the clinking of glasses, the blessing of the parents, leaving the entrance to the applause of those present.
4) LIMOUSINE. We use clips to remove the outfit on the car, rings and jewelry. Next, the approach and landing of the newlyweds. While moving, from another car, we film the happy faces of the young people looking out of the car window.

5) Registry office. While the newlyweds are preparing the documents, we are “torturing” the guests for interviews. We hand them a microphone and ask them a question: Your wishes to the young people or a story from your youth. Next, we film the idyll of the young in a clip style. General, close-up of each person in turn, hands, eyes, hugs, glances, tenderness.

6) CEREMONY. We check the battery, memory card, turn off the phone sound. The young people enter under the Mendelssohn march, we take a long shot, slowly zoom in, signatures of the parties, rings, certificates, congratulations, exit from the registry office. We line up the guests at the exit in a “corridor” and call the newlyweds, fireworks, rose petals, hurray, bitter, pour.

7) WALK. We model walking locations with the young people in advance. If you have 3-4 hours, it is better to use 2-3 locations for filming. This way the video will be richer and more varied. Clip filming, staged. Form the position of the newlyweds into favorable angles, create a romantic idyll, hugging, dancing, jogging, playing, use your full potential. At the moment you are a director and cameraman. That's not all. How to photograph a wedding .
Go ahead. Include guests and use photo props. Use a "flying camera" Steadicam. Young people at all passages and common ones should be together or arm in arm, looking at each other or in the same direction. This is important for editing, when you have them looking around and walking separately, it will be difficult to show their idyll.

You can learn more about wedding photography methods and styles in my practical classes.
BANQUET. The same reportage shooting - “I shoot what I see.” Key points are required: bread and salt, first dance, parents' toast, speech of the newlyweds, hearth, bride's bouquet, garter, cake. Everything else is filmed at the discretion of the operator: competitions, dances, toasts.

If you did everything correctly, all that remains is to correctly edit it into a finished film , burn a DVD and a flash drive.
Give everything in the original design to the newlyweds. “ WEDDING GIFT FROM FRIENDS - FREE PHOTO SESSION ” when ordering photos and videos for a wedding. Wedding photo shoots and videography are increasingly becoming an obligatory part of the main day in the lives of newlyweds. Festive photos and a wedding film allow you to preserve the memory of the special event for the rest of your life.

life, so you should choose a professional for shooting

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