Using multiple songs in a Lightroom 3 Slideshow
So, Lightroom 3 is out. One of the features I’m most enjoying is the new ability to export a slideshow to video, with sound.
Yes, it was a long time in the making, but glad it’s here. You can even time the slides so that they end just as the music does. Neat.
But everything’s not totally rosy here. Let’s imagine that you have 100 photos that you’d like to show in a slideshow. Let’s say you want each image to have around 4-5 seconds. With fades, you’re probably looking at a 10 minute slideshow. But wait, Lightroom can only use one song. What are you to do?
Watch my video tutorial or read the step by step instructions at the end of this post.
Lightroom 3 – Adding Multiple Songs to a Slideshow from Eli Burakian on Vimeo.
Digital Mountain Climbing Photography
Over on Luminous Landscape, a wonderful in-depth article on digital photography and mountain climbing by Alexandre Buisse has been posted. The discussion ranges from technical concerns to aesthetic decisions and everything in-between. The article is accompanied by a number of wonderful photographs from his recent trip to Peru. Be sure to check out his portfolio and blog. (Right now, since I don’t know the rules about posting other people’s photos, I can’t add any here, but I’d like to. If you know of a good resource about proper usage and crediting of images and content, please let me know!)
Kevin checks out the view from our campsite on the JMT, in what was my first true backcountry experience with digital photography in 2004.
I’ve been thinking a lot about digital photography in the backcountry and hope to use my upcoming hike of the Long Trail, where I will follow the fall foliage southward, to begin to articulate my ideas from many hundreds of days shooting in the backcountry. (By “backcountry” I mean anyplace where there is no access to electricity. Usually these situations occur many days in a row.) Stay tuned!
