You don’t have to be a New Yorker to appreciate the 900,000 plus images available online through the NYC Department of Records archives. Some are photographs of well-known icons like the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge, while others are Wee Gee-esque in their grit or as mundane as photos documenting local school buildings. Many of the images date back to the late 1800s. Learn more
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This is a guest contribution by Alison Dias-Laverty
Take your Photos and Videos to the Next Level: Create a Video Slideshow
One of the most memorable photos I have taken was on the highlands of Scotland. It is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking views and experience that changed my life.
Yet as many times that I have tried to capture my feelings and emotions of being in that present moment of magnificence, I could never rekindle those same feelings in all my still photos. Technology is truly exciting for the creative. You can now use your photos and video clips, mix them to music to create a video slideshow.
It is not just about displaying your photos to music. It is about giving your audience an unforgettable experience through your photos and videos. There is an art to creating stunning slideshows and it is in the story from your images.
Your photos must connect and speak to your audience. Your story needs to touch their hearts for the right reason. Whether it is to bring joy or make a strong statement about life. Knowing your audience will make it easier to connect to them.
Why did you take that photo? Was it to embrace the moment, in the hope it would last forever? Therefore, your message must create that awareness of what you want to share. Even a simple text that connects your photo to your audience will give them cue to your message.
Everyone loves a story and when you show your photos, let the beauty of your photos speak out loud. Photos speak louder than words and in many ways, can take your breath away and touch someoneís heart.
I cannot stress the importance of choosing music to create the mood, because it will carry your slideshow to its climax. Music can evoke feelings and emotions that will take your audience on a journey through your lens. If your music in your video is used for anything other than private use, depending on which country you come from, there are Music Copyright Laws that you need to follow. YouTube has a list of Royalty Free Music to use for free as well as a couple more options – Free Play Music and Incompetech.
What you want your audience to feel is the ìWow Factorî. You can create that dramatic effect with your photos to amaze your audience, by using motion effects and transitions, synchronized to your chosen music.
Creating a Video Slideshow is a great way to showcase your photography portfolio. You can create a short introduction video clip to connect with your audience or display a showcase of your best works. All it takes is a little practice and creativity to amaze your audience with your stunning photos.
Resources for creating your own slideshow:
Alison Dias-Laverty is a Video Slideshow Designer and the founder of Photoshow on DVD, based in Brisbane, Australia. Her love for music is expressed in every video slideshow created and bound with the essence of her passion for taking photos. Visit her YouTube Channel to see more videos.
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As I previously posted, we have launched a series of articles where amazing photo projects from around the globe will be featured. Today, I’m dying to share with you the photo project called “Traveling Cars Adventures” by Swiss photographer Kim Leuenberger. She is an avid traveler. While traveling the world, she takes her favorite toy cars to capture them in Continue Reading
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All photographers, with no exceptions, have their own photo projects that show the personal layer of their being, bring some new ideas to life and provide attitude to particular things. However, a huge number of such projects went unnoticed by an audience. Thus, here on Photodoto, we decided to launch a series of articles that is aimed to showcase little-known, Continue Reading
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Canon’s new 70D features a ground-breaking ‘Dual Pixel CMOS AF’ sensor which splits every single pixel into two photodiodes for on-chip phase detection autofocus, promising greatly improved AF performance in live view and movie mode. Canon has created a sample video, called ‘Handmade’, shot with the 70D, which showcases the new AF technology, alongside another short video feature going behind the scenes. Click through to watch the videos.
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Eric Bidelman, Arne Roomann-Kurrik We’ll share the strengths and extents of HTML5, showing magnificent demos of bleeding-edge features in Google Chrome. Digging into high-fidelity graphics, performance, and system integration, we’ll break each demo down on the big screen to show how it was constructed. Then we’ll show you how to use Chrome to its full potential in your own projects.
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This is the Swedish Combat Camera showcase for 2008-2009. A video compilation of some of the tasks that the comcam unit has been assigned with for the last two years. Showcase edit by WO2 Kim Svensson. All footage and video Copyright © Swedish Armed Forces Swedish Combat Camera (SWCOMCAM) is an operational asset for military and civilian decision makers. To support planning, ongoing and future military/civilian operations and evaluation. The capability to follow troops into battle is defining for organisation, training and equipment. SWCOMCAM is a complete visual information agency adopted to military service and crisis management. Professional know-how in collecting, editing, producing and distributing all kinds of imagery and graphics. Unique resources, among other things live-feed satellite communication, 3D-animation, forensic documentation and 360°graphical visualizations. 24/7 Defence Images Bureau supporting military, civilian and news media.
Guys!!!Catch the trailer of the highly acclaimed movie’ THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA’ which is back with a bang!!!The adventure starts on 3rd December!!!For more information log on to www.facebook.com
…now what shall I shoot next???.. a series of works named “Play” by wahliao.com www.wahliao.com A photographic journal of Singapore as seen by lifestyle photographer, Wong Kin Leong, on 10 Shot entirely on a Nikon D300 with a 10.5mm f2.8 DX fisheye lens, this series was inspired by the randomness and chaos of life and its journeys. This video, together with “Colourful” www.youtube.com is a collection of videos that showcase Singapore and its people. Random starts off as Kin Leong leaves the house, and starts a journey of randomness, photographing anything that takes his fancy. The choice of a wide angle fisheye lens for this series is carefully chosen to reflect the cosmopolitan nature of Singapore as the fisheye perspective seems to capture the wide expanse of the country to easily incorporate with ease all foreigners into the country and catering to the needs of the international community at large. Random deals with Singaporeans and their lives, being an entity of a larger community and their intimate mingling with each other on a random chaotic stage, meeting friends, transit through the city, struggling to make it through the day at the workplace, strangers whom they meet on the streets and then end back at home to be with their loved ones.
In this short showcase I show you how to turn a normal looking girl into a natural beauty that doesn’t look too much fake. I hope you enjoy this video. if you like it please visit my personal blog where i show you a lot more photoshop techniques. visit www.martinmelcher.de
First part of the tutorial. Portrait retouching 🙂