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04/07/2007 05:07:10 PM · #1

Hey all, I just finished a slideshow that I'm gonna put on my website. It's not available to the public yet, I was hoping to get some comments & critiques from my peers here at DPC!!!

Please, if you have problems, or if it loads slowly - or anything seems off, let me know!
Thanks,
E

Eric Limon Wedding Slideshow

wavelength

Nikon D300

04/07/2007 05:18:51 PM · #2

I'm not sure I'm a fan of the song, it seems a bit to introspective and moody. Just IMO, a more fully cheerful song might be more appropriate. The overarching theme of the song is good, but it doesn't "hit" from the beginning. I think if you want someone to keep watching longer, make them feel good doing it.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/07/2007 05:19:49 PM · #3

First off, I gotta say your photos are mega-impressive! Top notch, first rate, fantastic!

About the slide show - excellent job putting that together! A couple of my observations & suggestions:
- I'm not a fan of the song - (personal preference I guess).
- It seemed a bit longer than necessary
- If your photo sequence has grouped shots from the same weddding, you could divide them with a quote/testimonial from that wedding or just sprinkle testimonials every 10 or 15 images - especially specific ones next to photos that highlight some unique specialty like location shoots, non-traditional weddings, etc.

Overall great work though. Hope this helps.

edit: LOL - I was not a fan of the song before wavelength was not a fan - I just took longer to post. ;-)

Message edited by author 2007-04-07 17:21:51.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

04/07/2007 05:33:44 PM · #4

Looks like, as usual, using music is a dangerous thing. Too many different tastes make it impossible to please everyone.
Just for a change I actually didn't mind the song (usually I am allergic to music being forced onto me), but I think you made it far too important. You carefully timed the photos to the beat of the music, even when that meant some photos went by a little too slowly or too quickly.
I feel that the music has a much too important role in this.

Away from the music now..... the photos are stunning! I adore the wonderful mix of more formal shots with the candids. Many of the less formal ones were carefully posed, but in a beautifully creative way.

The slide show loaded quite quickly and looked very professional. At times I didn't agree with your choice of which photos got more time/importance than others, but you might have some reasons I just don't know about.

After seeing that slide show, I'd hire you in a heartbeat!

Jammur

Nikon D300

Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH

04/07/2007 05:35:47 PM · #5

Great shots, love the presentation, has that "professional" feel.
I don't think the music is that bad, but then I actually listened to it so in a sense it was a distraction to viewing your work. Perhaps something simpler or more familiar would be better.

Just a reminder, make sure you get permission to use the song. :)

dagaleaa

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2

04/07/2007 05:36:07 PM · #6

I wondered what software you used to make the slide show? I liked everything about it!

04/07/2007 05:37:46 PM · #7

Overall I was very impressed. It started out well, I thought the music was good initially, however I was getting rather bored by the end. I would say the start was great and the music was suitable. I would suggest something like:

Start as you have with the music you have, Bride and groom arriving, the romance, the ceremony, the kiss, cut cake.

Cross-fade to an upbeat track, something fun, bring in the reception, the fun stuff, big smiles, champagne, laughing, dancing.

Cross-fade back to the original track, beautiful day, beautiful people, Bride and Groom, fade out.

Message edited by author 2007-04-07 17:39:22.

04/07/2007 05:47:30 PM · #8

wow, thanks everyone!
The song is a bit long huh?

I like the idea of putting quotes into it....
also starting with a slow track, then picking it up a bit!

Well, back to the drawing board!
E

04/07/2007 05:51:59 PM · #9

I guess what I was trying to say is make the emotional feel of the slide-show and the music match the emotional pattern of the day. Anticipation, beauty, joyous outpouring, relief and blissful happiness. Or summat like that!

04/07/2007 05:54:28 PM · #10

As Art said, fading in your name and a few choice words here and there would be cool.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

04/07/2007 06:00:40 PM · #11

Originally posted by mrorange002:

Well, back to the drawing board!
E

I don't think you need to go back that far. It just needs a bit of tweaking. It was very, very good and if I was looking for a wedding photographer I would have been impressed. But why stop at very, very good eh? I think it could be quite exceptional, it is close now on the first draft.

Doh! to my typos!

Message edited by author 2007-04-07 18:01:41.

TechnoShroom

Canon EOS-30D

04/07/2007 06:58:13 PM · #12

One thing I didn't see mentioned... the slideshow should be the alternate option of viewing the images. Few things are more frustrating than watching a slideshow so it should be a secondary method of viewing the photos rather than the primary or sole so as not to seem difficult to work with.

Buckeye_Fan

04/07/2007 07:07:11 PM · #13

I loved it....makes me what to cry it was so nice. Love the music too!!

peace,

g

dleach

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

04/07/2007 07:22:29 PM · #14

Very nice... what software did you use to create the slideshow?

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

04/07/2007 07:35:17 PM · #15

Originally posted by dleach:

Very nice... what software did you use to create the slideshow?

ShowitWeb

Took a few days to get the hang of it, but it's great! I'll be making more soon!

wavelength

Nikon D300

04/07/2007 08:10:56 PM · #16

David Jay's Open Source Photo forum has a thread full of more.

Dirt_Diver

Nikon D3s

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/07/2007 08:14:26 PM · #17

I like them they look really good.

David.C

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

04/07/2007 08:44:52 PM · #18

Very nice. I like it -- even the music -- right up the point the singing started. The music complemented the slideshow well, the singing was just a distraction.

David