So I was kicking around this idea the other day and wondered what others do. Often at weddings, during the reception when I've got a little down time and I've already put out my laptop showing the images from the day, I walk around the room just looking at people from the corners ( I know, sounds creepy) but I'm watching people and how they react to my media. Can enough people see the screen? How can I make it better for them as there could be some potential clients there. And usually is. The laptop though 17" often times seems too small.

So what do you do? One idea I am kicking around is buying a 24" LCD screen and a florists easel, like those big metal ones you see in front of their stores, and put my laptop at the base of the easel and then run the line up to the screen from the laptop. I'm gonna have the easel reworked so it's base stands wider and it will have brackets to hold the screen. Across the top plastic edge of the screen I'll cut vinyl lettering to say my website address.

Ok, so that's what I'm thinking about. What do you do? Or do you have something else that blows this idea out of the water?

Mark

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you want it small - 17" or smaller I'd say. creates crowds & talk. not "objective watching"

(See DJ, I pay attention)

The thought of an easel to me, screams accident. I usually have mine set up on a table with skirting to hide the other components and a couple of the slides I show along with the images are my company name and logo. I place business cards on the table below the monitor and they seem to depleted by the end of the evening.

I have a 17 inch laptop now, but I use my 20 inch imac for reception slideshows. People LOVE it!!! The imac is nice because I get the slideshow setup, and then take the keyboard and mouse away, and its a nice clean presentation, thats bigger than a laptop, but not too big.

This is my first season shooting weddings, but I've done 4 in the last month or so, and my clients absolutely freak out and LOVE the shows. I never tell my clients I'm gonna do it, and they just love the surprise.

Last weekend I shot a beautiful wedding at one of the nicer places in the area, and the owner came up to me and said I was the best photographer he had ever seen there period, and he wants to get work from me to help promote weddings at his venue and me. Its only been a week, and I got a call for a big wedding in august, and the woman said the owner couldn't stop raving about me!

Thanks for the slideshow idea DJ! It really does work!

Shawn