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...nice people are going the way of the tasmanian tiger.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:
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http://williams.smugmug.com - galleries
Thanks for the offer Andy!
I'll let you know how it goes. Like you said it was a lot of work, but it was definately worth it.
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it's my pleasure! i'm pleased you liked the galleries.
that's great... i've been using legacy family tree - i found it first, i guess and that's why i use it. i went back to the 1500's on my dad's side of the family and then stopped for a while... there's a link to my genealogy on my smugmug site at the bottom, and also some more stuff on my personal site, linked as well at the bottom of http://williams.smugmug.comI am so sorry to hear about your mother. I shutter at the thought
of what kind of sorrow that must be. Your mother's photography
style sounds like me. Always with a camera. I have my pictures
into albums and negs stored in their boxes before you can turn
around. I have done this since 1974.. as a mere teenager. If you
don't keep them organized, what a mess you will have!!
amazed people by being able to pull out a negative to reprint for
them, in less than a minute. (Don't ask me about my other
housecleaning habits...)
I am also a genealogist, and have been for 20 years. I started out
with PAF then went to Family Tree Maker. I particularly like
scanning photos, census records, marriage licenses and the like,
into the program. At any point, you can print a pretty slick
book... it does impress the family.
it's called microsoft photostory, part of microsoft plus! digital media edition. i think it costs $20. check out http://www.microsoft.com
see the above post, good information there so i don't need to repeat it;>
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Great job Andy! I remember when my great Uncle passed away. He lived in a house that my great Grandparents lived in. When they went through the house, they found a emormous amount of old photos in several large boxes in the attic. Many lost to a 100 years of no protection and hot moist air in the attic. But I do remember it taking my family months to seperate them all and find out who was who. It was too early for the digital revolution to fix it. Scanners weren't really that good and definitely not the programs to help fix them.
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