Rich Silfver 
, Oct 25, 2006; 04:50 a.m.
More and more online newspapers, blogs and individuals are getting into audio
slideshows. It's a fun, low-cost way to piece together your photos and accompany
them with text, words and/or music.
I did my first test or attempt earlier today and the result can be seen HERE. It was great fun to
put together and the only 'tools' I needed was a) a demo version of Soundslides and b) free hosting at
WebNG.
All photos were taken with either Leica M3, Olympus 35SPn or Hasselblad
500C/N.
Would love to see others slideshows.
Batteries Not Included
john richard massey , Oct 25, 2006; 05:47 a.m.
Er, Rich, don't know if it's just me but it appears to take forever to download (I gave up after approx 2 minutes), I think you need a tweak. Johnny.
Rich Silfver , Oct 25, 2006; 05:52 a.m.
Sorry to hear. I just checked and it downloaded in about 25 seconds for me (click the 'play icon' in the lower left corner).
Kirk Teetzel , Oct 25, 2006; 06:10 a.m.
That's fantastic. I've been playing with soundslides too but didn't really know where to host it.
Dirk Van der Herten , Oct 25, 2006; 06:42 a.m.
A great slideshow.
Thanks much for sharing.
Alun Severn , Oct 25, 2006; 06:45 a.m.
The playback kicked in fast enough for me and the slides looked great. However -- and I
know there's a huge issue of personal taste here -- I would admit to simply finding the
music in this instance intrusive rather than adding to the experience... Nice pictures,
though.
john richard massey , Oct 25, 2006; 07:16 a.m.
OK, twas temporary glitch on my first look. I found myself with slight sensory overload, wanting to listen to the lyrics at the same time as viewing, but great shots as ever Rich.
Bruno Trematore , Oct 25, 2006; 08:16 a.m.
Hi Rich,
good pics there. I have a question for you: how do you deal with copyright for the song(s) you are using? I was planning to start getting in this multimedia stuff, but I was quite worried about getting sued from some record label...
Mikal Grass , Oct 25, 2006; 08:17 a.m.
Rich
Loved it. Great shots. The music was not intrusive in my opinion and added a nice touch
to the photos.
It got me thinking about what I can do with the legions of negatives that I scanned and are
sitting around.
I am an attorney who has an adoption practice. I deal with both pregnant women and the
adoptive parents. I have been thinking about doing what you did, for a long time.
Thanks for waking me up and getting me thinking.
Mikal
Travis . 
, Oct 25, 2006; 08:28 a.m.
Thanks Rich, nice. Will try too. Too slow for me at dial up actually. Where do you download the song?
