Online Wedding Photo Album

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T H E   C O S T   E F F E C T I V E   B R I D E

Vol 3, No. 6                          December 28, 2001

       *** BONUS ISSUE ***

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This is a Bonus Issue of the Cost-Effective Bride and
features ideas for sharing photos of your engagement
and wedding.  The issue date is December 28, 2001,
however due to a small oversight, it has not been sent
until January 2nd, 2002.  Thank you for patience in
receiving this issue.
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       SHARING WEDDING PHOTOS

Looking for a way to share photos of you and your
fiance growing up?  How about a way to share your
engagement pictures quickly and easily with your
friends and family?  Or, after the wedding a way to
share all the joy of the day with your guests and those
who could not be there on your special day?

If you are searching for a way to do any of these
things or just to share other wedding-related photos,
then I think you should check out the Bwedd.com photo
album. This being the Cost-Effective Bride Newsletter I
would not want to recommend anything to you that you
put you over your budget or not be worth the cost of
the product.  So, I will tell you the price right off
the bat and then explain to you why I think it is a
great addition to your wedding, especially for the
price.  And, I will give you some tips for scanning and
saving your photos when you are going to upload them to
the internet.

So, the price for the Bwedd.com wedding photo album is
$13.49 - this gives you an entire year of using your
photo album and allows you to create an unlimited
amount of albums, each with an unlimited amount of
photos in them.  Now, I have to tell you, there are
places on the internet to get a free wedding website,
but none of these places allow you to share as many
photos as you would like.

Each Bwedd.com photo album also allows your guests to
see the pictures within the album in a slide show
format.  And, the photo managing tool allows you to:
1) Change the order of the photos within each album
2) Add a caption to each photo
3) Resize the width or height of your photos
4) Delete photos from your album
The photo album manager allows you to:
1) Title each of your photo albums whatever you would
like to name them
2) Create new photo albums
3) Edit the title of your existing photo albums
4) Delete photo albums

So, why is this such a great addition to your wedding?
Well, when your guests see these photos and learn more
about you as a couple, they will feel much more
involved in your wedding, and they will truly be
excited to share in your day!  So often we don't look
forward to going to weddings because we only know
either the bride or the groom and we don't know a lot
about them as a couple.  We just happen to know their
parents or are a relative of one of the couple.
Wouldn't it be nice for your guests to feel like they
know both of you before possibly ever meeting you?

Tips for great online photos:
1) If you don't have a scanner or digital camera, be
sure to get your photos developed to a disk.  These
files can then be uploaded from your computer.
2) When scanning photos, set the dpi (dots per inch) to
150 - this is a compromise between 72dpi which takes
less long to upload, but is not as good of quality and
300 dpi, which is very good quality, but could take
very long to upload - especially if you have a slow
connection.
3) Use a photo editor to crop your photos and possibly
even color correct them before uploading them.  Having
lots of blank space around the main focus of a picture
will take up memory and be harder for people to see the
focal point of the photo.  (By the way, most newer
computers come with some sort of photo editor or paint
program, so do some digging in your programs file if
you are not sure.)
4) When uploading more than one photo at a time, be
prepared to wait, especially with slower connections.
Don't worry though, it is worth the wait!

If you have any questions about the Bwedd.com photo
album or need advice for uploading photos, scanning
photos, etc. please e-mail me at kelly@bwedd.com and I
would be happy to help you out in any way that I can!

If you would like to see how Bwedd.com measures up to
other wedding website providers, go to:
http://www.bwedd.com/couples/comparison.asp  If you
would like to see the price of all the features of
Bwedd.com wedding websites, go to:
http://www.bwedd.com/couples/pricing.asp (you may need
to scroll to the bottom of the page).  If you would
like to see an example of a Bwedd.com photo album, go
to: http://www.Bwedd.com/lorianddave/photoalbum.asp

I hope you have enjoyed this bonus issue and have
learned a bit more about our wedding websites!  And, I
hope that you have enjoyed the holiday season and are
ready to dive into the new year!

Sincerely,
Kelly Kons

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