But... What Do You DO with them??

Nowadays, I don't know a ton of couples who haven't done e-pics.  Often it's included with the wedding photography package, so there isn't really an excuse not to take them.  Plus, they help you to build rapport with your photographer and it's great to have good pictures of yourself.  But I've heard many people say, "But... what do you do with them??" Here are some ideas:

• Change your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and any other social networking site profile picture
• newspaper announcement for your engagement
• blow up life-size pictures of yourself for your future home.  Then, while you walk down the halls, stop to admire your beauty and how photogenic you are
• headshots for your burgeoning acting and/or modeling career
• make wallet-sized prints and pass them out like your prom pictures with little notes on the back like "Stay Cool" or "K.I.T."

Ok, just kidding.  (Although these are all uses I've seen for e-pics--nothing wrong with it!!) But here are some great uses for your e-pics.  Don't let them go to waste!

• Make an album of them for your parents.  They can then carry them around and brag about them to their friends (literally- we are doing this for this purpose).  If you sign up for MyPublisher, you can get a code for a free photobook with purchase of at least one album.  The catch is that they must be identical albums, but this works since we are making them for our parents.
• Make prints for your Save-the-Dates.  We are also doing this... eventually.
• Make a large print and display at your wedding (tradition for Asian weddings).  You can display it in your house afterwards, or if it's embarrassing or garishly large, at your parents' house.  Our package comes with an 8 x 11 print, so we're doing this.
• Make an album of the pictures and use as a guestbook.
• Use for as many wedding-related items as possible, including your wedding website, favor tags, invitations, etc.

I hope that we get our disc of images soon... there are 146 photos in all (not just the ones on the blog) in an online gallery (if you want to see them and know me in real life, you can e-mail me and ask for the link) but once we get all of those on disc, I do have a few blog posts I've pre-written about our experience but I need to fill in the pics.  There were a lot of great ones! In the meantime, here are a few more from Sarah's blog:

What are you doing/did you do with pro pics of yourself?