Street scenes, my video slideshow...

[.ken]

I just got to putting together some of my pictures in an imovie slideshow and it was fairly easy. Although some people don't like the slide show effects since it doesnt really show the entirety of a photograph (being that it zooms in and out), I think that creating these short movie clips makes it easier for other people to digest pictures... plus It breathes new life to photos... here's mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuZOVzHd-GY

please share yours... thanks for looking 🙂

 

[viggi]

Some very fine photos in there. Harder for me comment on any single one as they slide by in a nice visual series but they certainly leave an impression.

There may not be any single narrative in a slide-show sequence but somehow seeing photos in this format implies there is. Maybe I'm accustomed to seeing photos presented in a similar manner after watching documentaries, as a part of a larger context, a subtext to a place or an event.

I haven't really thought about the technique itself. One thing I found a bit uncomfortable when watching was the constant zoom in/out. One photo in, next out. I would have preferred (I think) some photos just appearing full size, still, while others would have had movement.

Thanks for posting. I really enjoyed watching.

 

[yanidel]

Here is one I did two months ago

http://blog.yanidel.com/2009/05/31/sound-slideshow-albert-kahns-garden/ (click on picture to launch)

Video slideshows are an interesting excercise but not easy to balance out. Pictures, music, rythm, speed must work together. If there is a tie between them the pictures, much better, it becomes a story.

 

[.ken]

I fully agree about the zooming in and out... but imho is that i hope it will "entice" the viewer to checkout the full sized images. I guess this might be more like a teaser. I hope to play around more with some kind of a series where the images have somewhat of a theme or story to tell...

@yanidel : that's a great example... i like how you do have a story... definitely in this format music is also key. I find it interesting though the music choices that people decide to use for their "street" images and they go with hiphop music (not that I don't like hip hop)... but it's just not something i would've chosen.

 

[shayallen]

Very nice Ken! I really enjoyed watching these amd I loved the music on the one you did in Seattle. Thanks for sharing.

 

[viggi]

Ken - yes, your slideshow and using the zoom does 'entice' me to check out the photos - to find out 'more'. The choice of music plays a part - and yours was excellent. I guess it is stating the obvious - photos, music, movement do affect the viewer and changing the combination alters the impact (as Yanidel points out).

Yanidel - good stuff! A simple topic really but once again, it was the colour of the photographs and the music (and the pace of the cuts etc.) that made the experience a bit meloncholy, slightly ethereal. Beautiful.

The zoom-in influences the viewer; the author is drawing the attention to something in the photo - like a hint. You might argue that the photo as a whole should do this and one shouldn't be pushing the viewer in one direction or another. I recently watched a show called 'Shooting the Past' (made for BBC), 3 episodes that take place in a photo musuem/collection. And in one scene they tell a brilliant story with old b&w photographs, music, camera-movement, and voice-over. It was engrossing.

 

[.ken]

@shayallen: thanks, the seattle one I didn't do but here it is for everyone to take a gander: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsboJU9aosE&feature=related

@viggi: thanks, i'll have to find that episode, I still haven't watched all of them