The Look Back

I actually managed to zip through a whole bunch of pictures over the past few days to pull together my year-in-review slide show.

I went through various folders and copied the pix I wanted to share into a separate folder. Then I added all of the pictures in that directory to a slide show. The duration for each slide was three seconds with a one-second transition between images. Any idea how long the initial show was? You’ll never guess so I’ll just tell you… 19 minutes.

Dang.

So I made each slide duration shorter and deleted a bunch of stuff. Now it’s just under seven minutes long.

Watch if you like. I did it mostly for myself. I know seven minutes is long. But remember, I shot over 10,300 images last year!

I hope your 2011 is going smoothly so far. I have the day off, which is awesome. Only because January 1 fell on a Saturday.

I’ll be heading down to Southern Maryland to visit with my girlfriend Carol today. It’s her birthday. We’ve been friends for more than 30 years. That’s a long time.

I’ll take my camera, of course, but won’t promise any great pictures. We’re just going to hang around the house, and she’s not a photographer-type. I’m not even sure if she owns a camera to tell you the truth.

Crazy, I know.

By the way, I did not get to test this video before I left. I decided to add audio at the last minute. So, I apologize in advance if it doesn’t work.