Gallery music and pacing
How to think about a wedding gallery the way a music supervisor thinks about a film.
Updated 2026-05-13
Open soft, then build
A gallery is a movement. Open with a quiet detail, getting-ready hands holding a ring, before the first portrait. Earn the hero shot.
Breaths between energy
After a high-energy dance-floor sequence, three quiet frames. After the ceremony, an empty-chairs frame. Without breaths, the viewer fatigues by photo 30.
End on a still
The last frame is the one the couple remembers. Pick something still and tender. A hand. A back. Twilight on the venue.
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