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Photography portfolios don’t have to be boring

Below is a photography portfolio I created earlier today.  The concept came to me a couple weeks ago, so I thought I’d give it a try.

My main computer has imovie 08 software, but I found out the hard way it doesn’t have fast, slow and reverse editing functions. I needed these to complete the video. I checked online and it turns out the options are available on older versions of imovie.  I still have imovie HD from 2004 on my laptop. The work flow was a little slower on the laptop, but I got the job done.

The hardest part of the video production was finding a suitable soundtrack.  I recorded tracks on Garageband, but nothing was working.  I tried narrating the video, but that was boring.  Then, I logged on to podsafeaudio.com and searched for a soundtrack.  It took a while, but I finally found something that works well with the video. The track I used is “Our Pistols Are Useless” by The Dead Ranch Hands.

I’ll use this video as a multimedia component of my portfolio Web sites.

Sometimes photographers are a little too conservative when it comes to displaying their images.  I had fun doing something a little different with my images.  Think about how you can share your imagery in a way that is unexpected and unique — even if it means setting on fire a few of your images.

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10 Responses to “Photography portfolios don’t have to be boring”

  1. Tyler Sid says:
    July 30, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    I’ve been putting my photos and my brother’s photos to music for a long time…Here’s but one example… http://jeffreydene.com/?p=14

  2. Chris Lee says:
    July 30, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    Great stuff rosh.

  3. Tyler Garns says:
    July 31, 2009 at 12:58 am

    This is totally sweet! Great idea.

  4. Frederic Sune says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:12 am

    Excellent! Love the idea. It’s very creative.

    Fred

  5. Dave Warner says:
    July 31, 2009 at 9:16 am

    Great idea Rosh! You can embed a video like that into your blog in some permanent spot and it becomes an add for the studio all the time. I did that with one video on my http://www.davidwarnerstudio.com/index.php area, but was thinking of doing a better commercial to replace it. For music, which is ALWAYS such a challenge, I’ve tried Sony’s Cinescore software. It lets you write your own stuff. Not TOO bad if you want to stay away from royalty issues, etc. Now for the real question – where do you find the TIME for all of this! :-)

  6. admin says:
    July 31, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Thanks for all the nice comments. I had great time creating the video. I’ve already started placing the videos on some of my sites. http://detroitphotographerblog.roshsillars.com/

    Rosh

  7. Rosh says:
    August 2, 2009 at 11:38 pm

    Play Audio Comment

  8. John Vercelletto says:
    August 3, 2009 at 8:02 am

    Creative idea Rosh. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  10. Joseph Cristina says:
    August 23, 2009 at 12:44 am

    I guess I should update my video camera and give it a whack!

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