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Yay! I bought it. I just bought a 30D from someone on Shawn's forum(COFphoto) Then I ordered a 50mm f/1.8 lens. I still plan to buy a wider angle lens & a flash. But, I'll start with this for now. Thanks for the advice everyone!

Hey, I didn't realize you were already a member before I "met" you. I emailed Chris the other day about a friend's wedding near Wilmington (writesville beach). I find myself playing matchmaker between brides & photographers pretty often lately. Welcome!

I made some improvements & uploaded the new pictures on the front page.

Quote: Originally Posted by niels408 I love this show too! Last year my girlfriend, Sarah, made it to the top 4..though she didn't get picked as winner, she's now dancing for Rhianna, Timberlake, etc. so its great to see a show help out some struggling dancers really make it in the industry!!! Sarah was one of my favorites last year. I loved the sexy suspender dance! This year my favorite is Katee for the girls & Mark for the boys, although I like all the guys. Twitch's solo (mad conductor) was one of my favorite solos. I'm a big fan of tabitha & napolean (love my hip hop with emotion) and mia michaels (as a choreographer NOT a judge). This seaon my favorite dance has been the one to "no air." I save every episode on my tivo & rewatch the dances. The show is so good. Oh & I love kat deeley.

maybe leigh miller? I think her slideshows are 2 seconds each picture. We helped her pick a time when she set up her new site & I think she went with something quick like that.

OK, you guys said you are not sick of seeing my pictures, so here they are again. It's a 5 1/2 minute slideshow set to music. This is just the first draft. I still need to add in some pan/zoom effects. I'm would like to incorporate my wedding video when it arrives if that's possible. I don't know what kind of file it will be. Our wedding slideshow- first draft on Vimeo Created with windows movie maker. Transitions will be done with Rehan's pan zoom effects $8 Rehan Pan Zoom Effects UPDATE i finished the second draft. I added some panning & zooming. is it too much? I'd like to slow down some of the zooming, but you can't with the program I have. I don't like to overdo effects to where it's hard on the eyes. I really think it will be nice once I have my video & can add some movement to it. Our wedding video- draft 2 on Vimeo

yay! welcome back & thanks for the quick pics!

Quote: Originally Posted by MelanieS OK, Morgan, I thought since the weddings were over I was done having to copy and steal all your cool DIY stuff and now you've set a whole new standard of plagiarism that I'm going to have to commit. You've made a beautiful, awesome, stupendous, magnificent photobook! thank you! I'm working on something else for you to steal. I'll probably have it finished today to post. the projects just get started when the wedding is finished

Mike stopped playing WOW. The game is too much of a time suck. He switched to another game that allows you to pause. a big problem with warcraft is how you have to get a team together so once that is organized you don't want to stop. so once he was playing he was really stuck. now he plays this game with his dad so it's cool that they are "hanging out." We live in a different state so they can't go do something real together & they aren't much for talking on the phone. So they talk over their headsets as the kill people.

Quote: Originally Posted by morenaindc Wait a minute Morgan....I just realized something. Did you do your own photobook? Incredible. thanks! Yes, I did that. I love photo projects.

Great pictures! Your blue slip is so cute. worth the hassle!

I have a shutterfly question for you. I just read this on another forum. Is it true? I was reading some other posts on another board when I came across this comment on the popular photosharing web-sites and decided that I need to repost it to let everyone on here know: Just make sure to READ the fine print when you sign up for those sites - photobucket, snapfish, shutterfly, etc. all own the rights to your photos after you upload them their and can do with them whatever they please (e.g. sell them as stock photos, sell them to advertisers, etc.). Picassa does something similar, though not quite as bad, in that they own the rights to use them in anything Picassa and/or google related. The only one I know about at this point that DOESN'T steal your photo rights is Mpix (Mpix.com Online Digital Imaging Service - Order digital photo prints online from professional imaging lab). I haven't used them yet, but my photog recommended them b/c of the photo rights issue. I'm sure there are other companies out there, i just haven't taken the time to investigate them....

Quote: Originally Posted by Amarillis my e-ring does this sometimes (platinum) and it is because it is so thick - that, when you wash your hands your hands aren't dry underneath your ring. Best advice - for a while, take it off so the bumps go away - hydrocortizone cream can solve this overnight. then, be really careful about drying your finger off under your ring... The girls who I know that had the problem had yellow gold rings. I'm not sure why it grows there, but if the ring is wet under that would make sense that a fungus would start to grow there. From what I've heard it's common. I take my ring off & dry it on my tshirt everytime I wash my hands. I don't like the way it feels with water under. thats why I never wore a ring until my ering. I've gotten used to it.

Quote: Originally Posted by ashrose Morgan, which version do you have? The essentials, enhanced or extreme? enhanced that is $120. You can buy the basic & if you want to upgrade you just pay the difference. Quote: Originally Posted by Helen_S81 Thanks so much Morgan. I think I found it. Was it this one? http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t9563 yep that's it. the free trial lets you do everything, but when you export the picture it watermarks it. but, you can get a feel for the program & see if you like it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Helen_S81 Your photobook is fabulous! Great job Morgan. I want to do this with the pictures we have from Katie's wedding but I wasn't sure how to start so thanks for the tip on the software. Is it fairly easy to get started for a beginner? yes, they even have a video on the website to walk you through it. search lumapix in the forum & you'll find sarah's tutorial. if you get stuck, there are so many of us that use the software & we can get you unstuck. it's very user-friendly though. i'd locate it but I have to run. I'm playing 4-square & badminton with my department!

there is also white gold without nickle. it could also be a fungus. 2 of my friends had this fungus from their rings. they had to get it cleaned really well & it went away.

Quote: Originally Posted by mummergirl the underwater pics are so surreal ... i LOVE them! and i LOVE that you quoted chili peppers "soul to squeeze" haha ... "i might end up somewhere in mexico" ... how appropriate! I cropped the song to include that part & played it after the ceremony. Our music taste only overlap on a few artists so I made sure to include them all. Counting crows, u2, DMB & red hot chilli peppers. I'm sure there are some more. We walked down the aisle to a counting crows song.

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride Awesome job. So with lumapix is it just a drag and drop your photos in (like my publisher?) or do you completely create your own page? How easy is it to do the superimposed photo (big photo in the background with a few photos on top)? Also do you order the book from them, if not, who? I used my publisher for our families' books but I still haven't started on our book because I want to customize the pages more than I was able to with my publisher, and I figure it will take me forever. But you have given me hope! I LOVE the use of all the quotes and wording from your ceremony. It adds SO SO much. I was just going to put our vows and nothing else, because normally I find quote overload (i.e. using more than one or two quotes) to be cheasy, but I love how you used the songs from your wedding day. I'm gonna steal the "Celebrate we will becuase Life is short but sweet for certain" quote because it's so perfect and we are big DMB fans. Other than that I'll look at our wedding day songs and see what else I can pull out. THANKS for the inspiration!!! lumapix is only for making the pages. then you export them as jpgs & upload them to any website. I'm uploading my families into shutterfly or snapfish. i have a bunch of free book codes. for my book i might do asuka books or something a little nicer. i do find it really hard to find quotes that suite me. but, there are so many song lyrics that really do reflect my feelings. lumapix is so easy once you get the hang of it. you should download the free trial. sarah made a tutorial thread. you just drag & drop in your pictures & then size them how you want. it's very easy to put the big picture in the back. you just say "set as canvas background." Now that I've worked with lumapix, I can not stand being stuck with templates. You can get by with the basic $40 version for most stuff. You just cant export over 2000 pixels for your biggest side. But, I even made a 12x12 book using the basic version & just kept the resolution lower than ideal. It still looked very nice. I went ahead & paid the extra to upgrade to the next version because I use the program so much. hope that made sense. it is the kind of program you can just pick up & play with and learn as you go.

Quote: Originally Posted by laybar LOVe the photo book.. did you do it yourself?? The layout is awesome & looks professionally done! Good job! thanks! yes, I made it last night.

Quote: Originally Posted by ErinB Morgan! You are far surpassing me as a June 21 bride!!! I still need to post my review and pictures! I have no idea where you find the time. On a side note, be happy you are having a casual AHR. Mine has turned into a BFW as Abbie would say. You photos are stunning and I won't ever get tired of looking at them. I love the underwater TTD! Kristie - great job! I like the use of the quotes and lyrics. I might have to steal that idea! steal away. I got the inspiration from another BDW bride. Those were the songs we had playing after the ceremony when we were toasting. They were still on while mike & i were taking pictures near the site. the rest of the text is from our ceremony. I need to add our vows. I just don't have them typed up. And maybe a few quotes.

Quote: Originally Posted by msam007562 Girl, you are def. on the ball and on top of your shit! I can't believe you put all this together so quickly, everything looks so freaking good What program did you use? I LOVE the layout, it looks so professional like albums the photographer would make, but everything is so much better because you've personalized it. You seriously need to flip your talents into a career, or at least a sideline gig, you're stuff always looks so nice! And, I echo the sentiment that looking at beautiful pictures never gets tiring, it just makes me more excited about my own wedding day!! Thanks! I used Lumapix fotofusion. You can get a free trial on their website (not for macs though). I was really surprised how fast I got it together. It usually takes me much longer to make a book. I think I spent about 3 hours on it last night. The final versions will take much longer, especially the one I make for us to keep. Quote: Originally Posted by Kristie Ottinger wow morgan, thats really pretty, who took those pics? i love em! so are you gonna make an R rated version too? because those sexy sexy pics are the bombest! i got the chills when i saw the "two step" page...awww Dave. what a beautiful 3 days. i cant believe im heading back for another round the day after tomorrow. adios amiga! thanks for the memories and the referrals xoxo oh and i love the shot of our sexy legs! thats was fun! its so wonderful to see it all come together like this in an album made by you. just a PG-13 version Our book will probably have 40 pages. There are so many great pictures I had to leave out of this book. I can't believe how many "favorites" I have. Quote: Originally Posted by NewOrleansbride Morgan, your wedding looked so perfect! And you have the best photos I have ever seen, by far!! It all looks gorgeous! Thank you!! That is a huge compliment! Quote: Originally Posted by cja1976 Wow those pictures (book) came out great. How did you do that so fast?? You really don't waste time. Great job. I had the quotes ready to go & a layout in mind. I was sketching it out on the flight home. The first photobook I made in lumapix took me about 20 hours. It's getting a lot easier. I also did so many repeptitive layouts so i was able to just drag & drop in the new pictures. I plan on spicing things up for v2.0 Quote: Originally Posted by Kristie Ottinger WOW! i know that was to morgan but thanks...thats was really great to read. especially after today, morgan knows...thank you!!! glad you saw that. you are amazing!!

Congrats! Looks like fun. Especially the slideshow dancing.

I need to wait until I get my video to remember what we said

I hope y'all are not tired of seeing my wedding pictures! Our AHR is back on. We canceled it because my brother is getting married in August & we thought there would be too much going on. Then Mike's mom offered to throw us a really casual AHR. I wanted to put a photobook together quickly before then. Mike is watching the midnight showing of batman so I decided to start working on it tonight. I still need to make the cover, first page & probably make some changes the the first version. The words are from our ceremony script & songs we played after the ceremony. Front cover Back cover & spine