Wireless/Digital Pictures Frames at the Funeral Home

I have been to three funerals in the past two years, and all three had a wireless/digital picture frame on display, with a slideshow of some of the highlights of the deceased’s life. Spouse, children, ceremonies, music, voices, etc. were on display for everyone to see and hear.

One of the funerals had a digital picture display that had been prepared by a professional slideshow company to the tune of $150.00 for the making of the brief, 200-picture show. One of the funerals had a slideshow prepared by the funeral home with pictures brought in by the spouse in a shoebox, for a “mere” additional $800.00. The third funeral had a slideshow put together by the deceased’s five grown children; each had contributed several dozen photographs that represented a part of their father’s life, and had solicited pictures from family and friends, also.

I asked one of the sons, who is a personal friend of mine, how long it took to put the slideshow together.

“About four hours,” he replied. “All we had to do was scan the older photographs, make a desktop file with all the pictures, and slide them onto a flash drive. We ended up with enough pictures that our slideshow went through the entire batch about four times in three hours. Plus, now we have Dad’s life on a thumb drive. He’d laugh if he knew that.”

I hope none of you need this information any time soon, but let’s face it: life can hand us some nasty surprises once in a while. If you want a slideshow display of someone’s life, why not use a wireless/digital picture frame and make the slideshow yourself, for free?

There are so many practical uses for a wireless/digital picture frame: weddings, trade shows, nursing homes, schools, businesses. . . . and funerals.

It’s more fun to think of the wireless frame we have in our living room, but these frames are so very much more versatile than merely that.