tears of sadness & joy

Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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hypnosteve said:

Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Isabel Cutler said:

There's a website that features presentations made with this
program here: http://www.beechbrook.com . Go to the PTE
presentations and check out the program on England, The West
Country. The maker of that program, Bill Hines, is the owner of
the beechbrook site. If you want to see another nice program check
out Olga Boritch, Photographer, on page 3. These are pretty big
files. DSL or any fast connection would help!

Bill will giving a presentation on PicturesToExe at my home on
December 11. If anyone lives in the Asheville, NC are and wants to
attend, email me at [email protected].

Isabel

Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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http://www.pBase.com/isabel95
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipets/?yguid=11497599
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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years.

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Shutter. said:

What a great story and effort! We do similar things in our family,
but never one of that magnitude! I can imagine how emotional that
must have been. Says a lot about you.

Two things: I want that Vette... actually, my dream car is a 63
convertible. That one must have been about a 65 or 66?

And, lookin' good Andy! ;-)
http://williams.smugmug.com/gallery/9975/1/325153

Thanks for sharing this Andy!

Jim

Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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Jim Fuglestad
Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase.
-Percy W. Harris
Our existence is determined by the truths we tell.
Why simply live and let live? Live and help live.
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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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zazoo1994 said:

Thanks for sharing!

Lee

Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

Click to expand...

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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MicheleP said:

Wow Andy what a job !! Great of you to do that.

Did you include Moon River in the music ?? I can't help but ask
every time I see your name. LOL

I am off to see your gallery.

Michele
http://www.pbase.com/michelep

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Andy Williams said:

as many of you know, i spent several months after my mom passed
away in february sorting through, scanning, editing and cataloging
over 15,000 family photos going back over 100 years. it was quite
a project. i ended up with over 1500 final images, the best of
the best . in addition, i used a program called microsoft
photostory to create slide shows set to music. i made over 22
different slide shows, all different themes (pretty woman, studs,
halloween, fishing, drive my car, sports, graduations, weddings,
birthdays, christmas, much more). i then put the slide shows on a
dvd so that the computer challenged in my family could enjoy them
as well. i combined that dvd with a data cd of the 1500 images and
packaged it all up in a dvd case, with a photo montage for the
cover - and then handed each member of the family (30 of them!) a
copy at thanksgiving this year.

the response was overwhelming. there wasn't a dry eye in the house
after i played the first slideshow, all about our mom. the music
for this story featured the four tops' "climb every mountain" and
josh groban's "to where you are" which are incredibly moving.
after everyone composed themselves, things picked up a bit as the
more fun shows came on. needless to say, it gave me a very good
feeling that the hard work (over 400 hours on this project) paid
off. i've been getting phone calls from everyone in the family
("where did you get that picture!!??* heh heh...

oh - i also have all the photos online at smugmug - usually they
are in private galleries but for the time being, while my galleries
are being featured on the smugmug homepage, they are open to view
if you are curious: http://williams.smugmug.com/Family/1697

and here's one photo of some of the family enjoying the show last
thursday:



-- andy
http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries

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