Know Your Audience:

Shorter is Sometimes Better: We've found that photo montages that are between 8 - 12 minutes in length are ideal. This usually works out to about 3 songs and 75-100 photographs.

Choose Quality Photographs: Photographs that look great printed will also look great while scanned. Photographs that are extremely dark or grainy, while perhaps improved somewhat, will still not appear the best.

Choose a Variety of Photographs: Using a variety of photographs can keep your audience interest.

Landscape Photographs show better than Portrait Photograph: Given the standard dimensions of television monitors, photographs that are in landscape mode (vertical) as opposed to portrait mode (horizontal) show better on a TV. Portrait photographs will typically be a black border that appears around the photograph.

Give Some Thought to Music: Choose music that has meaning to you. Sample of photo montage music (PDF)

Add Short Video Clips: Think about adding perhaps a 10-15 second video clip in the middle of the slide show. The video clip can help break up the video montage and is a great way to keep your audiences interest.

Test! Test! Test!: If you're planning on showing your photo montage video or slide show at an event test ALL the equipment prior to the big day. We'd be glad to consult with you free of charge regarding the best possible setup for your slide show