Posted: Nov 20, 07 4:06pm
I don't know about others, but I am having a blast uploading videos onto YouTube and other sites. I have two YouTubes, one personal, and one for my wife's Web business. I even put videos on her blog.
When the digital photo revolution started, I moved slowly to join. But when I saw what was available in combining the photos with the help of a computer, adding music, titles, effects, etc. and turning them into movies, I was amazed!
I started doing it just for fun. When we took a trip, I made a slide show and gave it to fellow travelers. If we were at a party and I took a lot of shots, I made a slide show. I gathered shots of family, friends, and gave them slide shows. I bought a new camera and took shots at a company event and Christmas party and made a slide show and loaded it onto the network.
Then I started converting old VHS tapes to digital, then old 8mm film. I made a movie for my sister of some of my footage of our parents (deceased) as well as a family picnic. I showed it to a cousin, who asked me to put holiday presents together for her last year. We jointly discovered the only known movie footage of my grandfather from 1940!
It is a labor of love for me. I rejoice when I hear how people reacted, how tears came to their eyes. I am most happy to share experiences and know-how. In fact just today I contacted local libraries to do presentations. My wife and I started doing this years ago in her party planning business, A-BnC Parties and More.
Please join me....
