Powis Castle and Grounds. (Slideshow).

[JohnP]

 

[Fogey]

Some great photographs there, John.

Some music to accompany the slideshow would have been nice.

[JohnP]

42 minutes ago, Fogey said:

Some great photographs there, John.

Some music to accompany the slideshow would have been nice.

I wanted to add music but I don't think I have anything suitable. I will look into it further in due course.... Thanks!

[JohnP]

Making videos and slideshows does not come naturally to me... I'm learning slowly!

Following Jeff's advice I found some music but I'm not sure if it's suitable.

 

[Fogey]

Excellent!   The music was lively enough to keep you awake.......I loved the rhythm section periodically coming through, almost like a tattoo, which for a castle was appropriate.  The music had a finalé, which finished the show off nicely.   

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

In the next video you do, consider the transitions between each photograph.  Also consider an opening title screen and a credits screen at the end;  author of the photography, audio visual and the title and composer of the music.

If you look online there are a plethora of music clips specifically for A/V's either free or for a very modest donation.

[JohnP]

I will see what I can do Jeff!  Like I said I'm a slow learner... old dog new tricks... you know what I mean...

[Fogey]

John, when creating A/V's the natural thing to do is to load your images into the software first.

I would suggest loading the music up first.  The reason I say that is by doing so, you are forced to think about what it is you want to do and how you want to present your series of images.

If for example, you have a series of action shots, then a soft musical piece would be inappropriate - a sharp, snappy piece would be far more suitable.

Once the soundtrack  is loaded, then you have your timeline.....and that's important.  You cannot alter the length of the track unless you are a very skilled composer, it is far easier to alter the length of time the images are viewed to suit the sound track.

Now calculate how many images there could be shown for 10 seconds in a six minute timeline, for example.  So that's 36 images.  Now you also need a 1.5 to 2 sec transition between slides; at 1.5 seconds that is 54 seconds needed over 36 images.

So therefore, 36 images, shown at 8.5 seconds with a 1.5 sec transition should equate to six minutes.  Now all you have to do is to load your images and get them sorted how you want them and Bob's your uncle.
 

[Hatter]

Nice pictures, John.
 

As Jeff said - some transitions between the images would improve the flow a great deal.
What software are you using?  

Here are a couple of good music sources:
http://soundimage.org
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

 

[Clicker]

Some really  good advice there John ...     The order of the images   loaded to suit the music can make a huge difference to the feeling and emotions created ...  I hope you try some  more slide shows of  the  vast array of photos  I've seen on   your galleries  and show them  to us .... Well done on trying  out something new too ... 

[Ryewolf]

Great slideshow John.

[Kobione]

Lovely slideshow John and the music does suit it!!