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how many is too many...
A couple questions for you newly married ladies...
I just got my pro pics back, and I want to frame just about every one of them. How many is too many? If you walked in to my house and I had a lot of wedding pictures in collage frames, or regular frames around the house, would you judge me, and think I was self-centered?
Seriously - how many is too many?!
Also, what are you doing with your pro pics? I am making an album for myself, my parents, his parents, and framing a BUNCH!
I have the rights and all of the pics on a DVD. My mom wants a copy of them all. My aunt wants a few. Are you just going to let them have the pics - like let them burn them on to their computer, or email them them the copy of the pic...or are you keeping all the digital copies to yourself and making them order them from the expensive photographer? My HUSBAND and I can't decide what's right, and he actually said "that's a question for the nesties." 
So, what do you think?
Amy 
Re: how many is too many...
Oooh, the digital frame is a good idea!
I'm with Deb, though. There are so many other great pictures of our life together, that I'd rather just have a few wedding photos, and probably only in one or two places. We're gonna look for maybe a frame that holds three photos or three frames to put together. Odds are more visually appealing, I hear. ;-)
Aside from framing them, I am giving a photo to each bridesmaid to complete their gifts, scrapbooking an album for myself, and making photobooks for each of our parents and my grandpa.
I suggested that my friends/family get some prints from the photographer. They are gonna be better quality than an online lab, and I feel bad sort of stealing from him, since the photos on the CD with printing rights are for my husband and me, technically, you know? They all got a 20% discount, though, so that helped. And the prints were reasonably priced.
I think I am going to do a series of 3 related pics large in our bedroom (ie. one of us from a distance on the stairs, a close up, and then sort of an abstract one of just the stairs to make it a little more artistic - we did a whole series on these gorgeous stairs with beautiful lighting), and then I'll probably put one in the living room.
Heart the digital frame idea!!! Maybe I'll do this too!!
I had the same issue! There are sooooo many pictures that I want to frame and hang up, but I don't want it to look as if the only memories we have are from our wedding. Right now we have pictures of both sides of the family, DH with his groomsmen, me with my bridesmaids, and one of just the two of us in frames hanging in the living room. We are trying to decide what picture we want to blow up for our bedroom, but other than that I am doing the digital picture frame and making an album for myself and my mom.
I have struggled with the same questions about making prints for people or making them order from the photographer. I know a bunch of people ordered from the photographer, so at this point I will probably just keep the pictures for us unless someone in our immediate families really wants a print or too.
We get two 11x14 prints with our package so those we will probably frame and hang in our house. We also got 2 smaller frames as wedding gifts. My plan is to put pictures in those and have them sitting on our mantal place. That's probably all we will do around the house. We get an really nice album with our package so we will have plenty of pictures in there to show off!
As for what to do about friends and family wanting pictures, I'm a little bit at a loss on that one as well. We are making each set of parents an album and using pictures for various gifts but beyond that, I just don't know what I feel comfortable with. My Matron of Honor already asked to get a copy of our dvd when we receive it. I just don't know if I like that idea!
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I have the same problem ... but she got some really fabulous family pictures and pictures of my kids.
I've ordered prints of all mine for a *real* album, there are a few I'll be ordering larger prints of ... I've made photo books for me & my MIL ... and I just got another email for another free one, so I'll make one for my brother/SIL, too. lol
The deal I have with my photographer is that the CD is formatted for 4X6 prints only, for unlimited use of printing/emailing/sharing...but anything larger will need to be bought through her to get the correct pixels or whatever. But her prices are ridiculously low, so that's not a big deal.
My MOH (and BFF of 33 years) wants a copy of the DVD, too ... I think I'll just make her a photo book, too. There are just too many horrible pictures of me that I just don't want out there. lol
I can say this, my sister got married 2 years ago and her whole living room is a shrine to her wedding. Including the centerpieces and unity candles, etc...
I think it looks pretty silly, their life is not their wedding day. i do understand the impulse to hang them all, but I would hang 1-3 and have an album on a side table or something.
Instead of albums for family/friends i am making a dvd with pics, and the wedding music.
thanks girls! i think i'll frame a couple from the day in various sizes/collage frame. i might load some into the digital frame too. my mom said that through the years, we'll take a lot of wedding pictures down, replace them with kids and then find the wedding pictures years later and put 'em back.I have to add some of the honeymoon too. I know the wedding isn't my whole life as it is only one day, but there are just so many pics to choose from!
i'm still debating about who to give copies/rights to...but might just extend that to close family members and friends, like a few aunts and bridal party. I don't want to just give away all my pics that i have the rights too.
i've been working on picking the photos for the album and that has been fun.