A photo montage, also called a photo video keepsake, is perfect for just about any occasion: weddings, anniversaries, memorials, reunions, birthdays and other special events. Artisically combining your photographs, slides and even video with music of your choice, a photo video montage keepsake will preserve memories for a lifetime, cataloging your family history for generations to come! Each montage is custom produced much like a video is editied. We do not use consumer level software to produce our keepsakes, ensuring your video is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
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| Weddings: |
Take your childhood photos, special songs, and/or video clips and let us create a DVD that will bring tears and joy to you and your wedding guests. Show it at your wedding, reception, or give out copies to those who mean the most to you. Play it again at your milestone anniversaries! |
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| Anniversaries: |
Either to be shown at your party or given to your spouse as a special one of a kind gift, let us take your photo's, music, and/or video clips to create a DVD that will be treasured for years to come. |
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| Memorials: |
When words alone cannot express your emotions, let us take your photographs and/or video clips and put them to music on a DVD to help celebrate the life of the one you loved and lost. Your memorable DVD can then be shown at the memorial services. Copies can also be given to family and friends. |
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| Reunions: |
Do you have a family reunion coming up? Have your family members send you photos (you can return them) and we'll create a one of a kind DVD, set to music, that you can share at your next family reunion. Make sure you get enough copies for everyone! |
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| Birthday: |
Given as a birthday gift to others or as entertainment at a special party, let us create a DVD with your special photos and/or video clips, set to music. This sure to be a big hit! |
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| Company Event: |
Whether it's a holiday or the annual company picnic, everyone enjoys seeing themselves on the big screen and nothing is better than boosting company moralel! Let us create a unique DVD with your photos, logos, catch phrases, and video clips. Stand back and watch the energy grow! |
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| Family Photos: |
Video offers you a simple way to protect priceless moments. Instead of having your family photos stored in albums, let us transfer them to a DVD. Having your photographs on a DVD not only safeguards them for generations, it also makes them easily available to all family members. Everyone can now have copies of those priceless family moments. |
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4 Easy Steps to a great Photo Montage Keepsake Video:
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First make the tough decision - which photos to choose and which to lose. We suggest you make a "YES" pile and a "NO" pile, putting all the photos that you may want to use in the "YES" pile and all the rest in the "NO" pile. WARNING: this step can be way too much fun, so don't get caught looking at each photo for more than a moment! Try to zero in on the photos that will tell your story the best. And yes, we can also work with digital images! |
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Gather all of your "YES" photographs together. We suggest you put them in chronological order. Start with the early photos and work your way forward to the present day. You may have some photos or group of photos that will work better in their own chronological sequences, such as career, job or business photos, house photos, vacations, grandkids, etc. You can even accent these by using a special music theme for each group and perhaps even giving each group its own title. |
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Number your photos on the back with either a pencil or stickers (post-it notes work well). DO NOT USE a pen as the ink may rub off onto the other photos. This is also the time to start thinking about music and titles. You will at least want a greeting at the beginning and some closing statement at the end of your video. For example, if you are making an anniversary video, you could simply put "Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad" at the beginning and "With Love, From All of Us" at the end. Or, if you wish, you can be more personal and creative in your titles. Why not use some poetry or a favorite quotation. |
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| Call MVS: |
Pick up the telephone and call McKenna Video: we'll do the rest. |
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| Pricing
All of our Photo Keepsake videos are custom produced according to our customer's desires. The word "cookie cutter" is not in our vocabulary! Therefore, prices can vary greatly, even between two videos with a similar number of pictures. Elements that effect price include:
- Number and sizes of pictures
- Number and type of titles
- Number of songs
- Special effects used
- Mixing of Video and still pictures
- Use of voice-over narratives in video (this can add tremendous impact to the video!)
- DVD format (i.e. auto-play DVD or custom DVD w/Menus)
We can work with just about any budget so please give us a call to discuss your project. We'll gladly give you an estimate over the phone. You can also setup a time to stop by our studio and view sample videos, which is a great way to determine what you might want to do if you’re not sure.
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