Wedding reception slideshow

Wedding slideshow software for the photo booth.

This guide is for photo booth owners who want a live wedding slideshow at the reception: every booth photo on a screen moments after it is taken, branded with the couple's names and monogram. It explains how that differs from a pre-made memory video, how to brand and time the slideshow for a wedding, where to put the screen, and how to hide a photo the couple would not want shown.

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Booth photos on a screen, live, all night

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01 / Two kinds

Which kind of wedding slideshow do you need?

"Wedding slideshow" means two different things, and the software for each is different. Pick the one that matches the job before you compare programs.

Pre-made

The memory montage

Childhood photos, dating photos and family pictures, edited ahead of time and set to music. It plays once, during dinner or a toast. If this is what you want, a design tool such as Canva or any video editor will do the job, and you do not need photo booth software at all.

Live

The live reception slideshow

Photos from the photo booth appear on a screen moments after they are taken, all night long. Nothing is edited ahead of time. On a Windows booth, the screen is often the vertical one on the back of the booth, covered in our photo booth rear screen guide. This is what BoothLoop does.

02 / At the reception

Why does a live photo booth slideshow work at a wedding reception?

The line at a wedding photo booth is where guests wait, and the rear screen gives them something to watch. They see the groups ahead of them, which pulls more people into the line, and the people who just stepped out see themselves within seconds.

BoothLoop shows up to three photos at once on a vertical screen, moving up or down, with each new photo sliding into the middle slot. Photos from one photoshoot stay together. Portrait template prints switch to full-screen single photos automatically, and GIFs and videos from the booth play on the belt, muted and looping.

The couple's names scroll along the text bar and their monogram sits in a corner, so the screen reads as part of their wedding, not as a generic display.

Guest photo 1 on the BoothLoop rear-screen belt — Belt · 3 photos · Up

Guest photo 2 on the BoothLoop rear-screen belt — Belt · 3 photos · Up

03 / Branding

How do you brand a wedding slideshow for the couple?

Upload the couple's monogram or wedding logo as a PNG, SVG, JPEG, WebP or GIF up to 5 MB. Place it in any corner and set its size from 5 to 40 percent and its opacity, so it reads without covering faces.

Put their names, the date or the wedding hashtag in the scrolling text bar, in one of eight text styles at three speeds. Then pick one of six themes for the screen around the photos. Warm and Gallery suit most receptions, and Midnight suits an evening ballroom.

Branding in BoothLoop is one global setup, not a saved preset per wedding. Before each event, open settings and swap the logo and text bar for the new couple. For the idle screen, set up a photo booth welcome screen with the couple's image or video.

Text bar styles

Static
Marquee
Pulse
Typewriter
Bounce
Glow
Wave
Slide In

Themes

Dark
Gallery
Neon
Minimal
Warm
Midnight

Before each wedding

Change the logo and the text bar in settings for the new couple. The last event's branding stays until you change it.

04 / The night

What does the slideshow do across a reception night?

A wedding reception slideshow has to look right at cocktail hour with six photos and at midnight with six hundred. This is how a BoothLoop rear screen behaves through a typical evening.

Cocktail hour

Attract screen, then the first photos

Before anyone steps in, the rear screen plays your welcome image or video. The first photo dismisses it, and Auto timing holds each early photo on screen for a long time.
Dinner

A slow, steady belt

Guests visit the booth between courses. The belt shows the last few groups, and photos taken within the set gap stay together as one photoshoot.
First dance and toasts

The booth goes quiet

Everyone is watching the couple. If the booth sits idle past the time you set, the attract screen comes back until the next photo.
Open dance floor

The busiest hour

The line is long and photos pile up. Auto timing speeds up as the count grows, so new groups see themselves quickly. Hide anything the couple would not want shown.
Last song

Every photo of the night

The belt keeps cycling through the full event for guests saying goodbye. Close BoothLoop and reopen within 8 hours to resume the same event.

05 / Timing

How fast should a wedding reception slideshow move?

Slow early, faster later. At the start of a reception there are only a handful of photos, and cycling them fast makes the screen look empty and repetitive. Late in the night there are hundreds, and a slow pace means a group may wait a long time to see themselves again.

BoothLoop's Auto timing handles this for you. It starts slow and speeds up as the photo count grows. If you prefer a steady pace, set a fixed time per photo instead.

Timing and belt settings

Auto timing: Starts slow (60 s per photo by default) and speeds up as the photo count grows, down to 0.5 s
Speed-up threshold: Set from 10 to 500 photos
Fixed timing: 0.5 to 120 s per photo
Belt: 1, 2 or 3 photos on screen, moving up or down
Motion: Stepped (700 ms slide, then pause) or Smooth
Set gap: 5 to 60 s, default 20 s, keeps a photoshoot together

06 / Control

How do you hide a photo the couple would not want shown?

Open bars and photo booth props produce the odd photo nobody wants on a big screen. On the BoothLoop rear screen, hold both top corners for 2 seconds. You can hide that photo, its whole set, or pick photos from a grid. Hiding needs the screen unlocked first.

Hidden photos can be restored later from Manage hidden photos, and the hidden list is saved per event.

Lock the screen before guests arrive. Locked, the slideshow keeps running and guests can still swipe through photos, but settings stay hidden until you unlock with a near-invisible corner button or three taps in a chosen corner. To hide a photo while locked, unlock the screen first.

Hold

Both top corners, 2 seconds

Choose

This photo, the whole set, or a grid pick

Restore

Any time, from Manage hidden photos

07 / Placement

Where should the wedding slideshow screen face?

Toward the people who are waiting. On a booth with a rear screen, turn the booth so the back faces the line or the edge of the dance floor, not a wall. Guests in line watch the screen, and people dancing glance over and walk across to join.

Keep the rear screen at eye level and away from direct uplighting that washes it out. BoothLoop needs the screen connected to the booth PC and turned to portrait, and it does not need the venue Wi-Fi, which our guide to an event slideshow without internet explains.

If you are adding weddings to a new booth business, our guide to starting a photo booth business covers packages and gear. Read who makes BoothLoop, our privacy policy and the beta terms of service before you sign up.

08 / Requirements

What do you need to run a live wedding slideshow?

A Windows photo booth PC with a second screen in portrait, plus booth software that saves photos to a folder. BoothLoop is free during the beta, then $29.99/year for beta users, as the pricing page explains. After you join you land on the beta confirmation page.

Wedding booth setup

Computer: Windows PC running your booth software
Browser: Google Chrome
Booth software: LumaBooth for Windows (formerly dslrBooth), or any app that saves photos into a folder
Screen: Second monitor in portrait (vertical) orientation
Venue Wi-Fi: Not needed for the slideshow
Not supported: iPad, Mac and phone booths

FAQ

Wedding slideshow questions

Do people still do slideshows at weddings?

Yes, in two forms. Many couples still play a pre-made memory slideshow of childhood and dating photos during dinner or a toast. A newer option is a live slideshow at the reception that shows photo booth pictures as guests take them, which runs all night on a screen near the booth instead of playing once.

How long should a slideshow be for a wedding?

A pre-made memory slideshow is usually kept short so guests stay engaged, often a few minutes, built around one or two songs. A live photo booth slideshow has no fixed length: it runs for as long as the booth is open and grows as guests take photos.

How many pictures do I need for a 20 minute slideshow?

Divide the length by the time each photo stays on screen. Twenty minutes is 1,200 seconds, so at 5 seconds per photo you need about 240 pictures, and at 8 seconds about 150. For a live photo booth slideshow you do not plan a count: BoothLoop's Auto timing starts slow and speeds up as more photos arrive.

How do you make a good wedding slideshow?

For a memory montage, pick fewer, stronger photos, keep it short and match it to the music. For a live reception slideshow, put the screen where guests in line can see it, show the couple's names on a text bar, add their monogram as a logo, and lock the screen so guests cannot change settings.

What is the best wedding slideshow software?

It depends on which slideshow you mean. For a pre-made montage, a design tool such as Canva or any video editor works well. For a live slideshow of photo booth pictures at the reception, you need software that watches the booth's photo folder. BoothLoop does that on Windows booths running LumaBooth for Windows (formerly dslrBooth).

What is the best photo booth app for a wedding?

The capture app runs the camera and the guest screen, and on Windows many DSLR booths use LumaBooth for Windows. A rear-screen slideshow is a separate piece: BoothLoop adds one to Windows booths with a second, portrait screen. Our photo booth business guide covers the rest of the kit.

Does a wedding slideshow need the venue Wi-Fi?

Not with BoothLoop. It reads photos from the booth PC's own disk, so the reception slideshow keeps running with no Wi-Fi. Email and text sharing in your booth software still need a connection. See running a live slideshow without internet.

Can the slideshow show the couple's names?

Yes. BoothLoop has a scrolling text bar for names, a date or a hashtag, in eight text styles (Static, Marquee, Pulse, Typewriter, Bounce, Glow, Wave, Slide In) at three speeds. You can also upload the couple's monogram as a logo and place it in any corner.

Can I remove a photo from the slideshow during the reception?

Yes. Unlock the screen first, then hold both top corners of the screen for 2 seconds, then hide that photo, its whole set, or pick photos from a grid. Hidden photos can be restored later from Manage hidden photos, and the hidden list is saved per event.

How much does BoothLoop cost for weddings?

BoothLoop is free during the beta and is not priced per event. After the beta, beta users pay $29.99/year USD for a 1-year license. See the BoothLoop pricing page.

Beta access

Give the next couple their wedding on the back of the booth.

BoothLoop is free during the beta. Tell us about your Windows booths and we will send access for your booth PC.

Want the full picture first? See how the rear-screen slideshow works.