Your special day is just around the corner. You want it to be magical, romantic. Most of all, you want it to be yours. Your wedding should be as unique and wonderful as your love story leading up to it. For those special touches that will make the day truly memorable, it’s important to think outside the box. And what better way to do this than by creating a bespoke photo album to showcase your wedding memories?
A wedding is a sensory experience like none other – the laughter, the tears, the speeches, the music, the dancing – and so much of that experience is lost when you depend solely on photos to recreate it. Even the most expansive photo book can never reproduce the hush that falls over the wedding as you walk down the aisle. Or the cheers when you and your honey share your first kiss as newlyweds. Or the swish of your gown as he twirls you during your first dance. The sound, music, and motion of your big day can only be preserved in videos.
VideoBook helps you relive these precious memories in vivid detail. Not only is it a premium, handcrafted album for displaying your photos in a physical form, it also includes printed QR codes that link to your videos. By seamlessly combining digital and physical content, VideoBook brings your memories to life in a new and dynamic way.
How Does VideoBook Work?
With its vegan leather binding, luxurious felted interior, and high-quality posterboard pages, VideoBook has the look and feel of a classic photo album. It’s perfect for curling up on the couch and lingering over each photospread. Its dimensions are 320mm x 233mm, and the photos have a definition of 350 gsm. This means your memories will be sharp and crisp as you peruse them.
VideoBook then combines the nostalgic experience of leafing through a photo album with the tech-savviness of the 21st century, by adding a digital video gallery to the mix. Once you log in to your VideoBook account, you will have the opportunity to upload both photos and videos to the storyboard. Once you’re satisfied with the layout of the photos, the next step is to add your own unique flair to your videos. Choose from the wide range of filters, styles, and themes in our vast music library.
Once your album design is complete, click ‘I’m Happy’ to proceed with your order, and the printed photo book will be delivered to your address. Each page will have a unique QR code in its corner. Anyone with a smartphone can hold their camera over it to watch the video it links to. A QR code linking to the complete digital album will also be printed on the title page of the album.
Your VideoBook costs €99.99, with extra project pages available for €29.99. Unlike other hybrid digital-physical photo books, VideoBook doesn’t charge a hosting fee for storing your content. Once you buy your VideoBook, your photos and videos remain securely on our server at no extra cost.
Creative Ideas for Adding Videos to Your Wedding Photo Album
Every wedding is going to have its own unique feel, and every bride will have her own vision for how her wedding album will reflect that. Will you want your photo book to have a sweet and romantic vibe? Fun and quirky? Or maybe a little bit of everything?
Perhaps you’ll organise it like a storybook. Start at the beginning, walking the viewer through the arrival of the guests. The excitement as they greet each other and take their seats in the venue. Try to build a sense of anticipation. Include artistic photos of your dress, shoes, and bouquet in the leadup to the bride’s appearance. Pair this with a celebratory video of your bridesmaids cheering as you enter the room in your dressing gown, ready for your hair and makeup.
Will your VideoBook then recreate your wedding as it unfolds, with photos and videos arranged in chronological order? Or will you take a more avant-garde approach by weaving in material from your history together? Illustrate how far you and your hubby have come by including photos from your early years. That video of the two of you splashing in the Mediterranean during your first mini-break together, or his fumbling attempts to ski the bunny slope on your Alpine holiday, will really accentuate the romance of your elegant wedding photos.
Get Friends and Family to Share the Love
In addition to videos from the past, don’t forget to collect video memorabilia of the love that surrounds you on the day.
Make sure you include videos of your vows at the altar, so you can always remember the way you felt the moment you officially became husband and wife. The same goes for the vows and speeches at the venue. The loving words of those closest to you will fade from memory if not preserved in a physical archive. With a VideoBook, you can access them whenever you want, rather than their being buried in a folder on somebody’s smartphone or laptop.
Have members of the bridal party go through the reception recording guests as they give a few quick words of congratulations for the happy couple. They can recount their favourite memory of the newlyweds. Or if they have a musical flair they could even sing a song. Afterwards, these short snippets can be edited together into a video guestbook, and fitted with a heartwarming soundtrack once uploaded to the storyboard.
So much care and thought goes into bringing a wedding together, and your photo album deserves no less. By combining photos with videos, VideoBook lets you tap into these memories and relive them. This makes it a perfect activity for you and your sweetie to do together on anniversaries or date nights. Hearing so many loving messages from friends and family, taken on a day of pure happiness and togetherness, is sure to bring tears as you rewatch the video for years to come.
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