Quit Boring People With Your Travel Slideshows

I wouldn't say I've travelled extensively (like some of my friends) but I have been to quite a few "exotic" countries (India, Egypt, Turkey, all over east Africa) and have taken gigabytes and gigabytes of pictures (that's one of my pics in this blog post).

I never seem to get around to putting all my pictures together into a nice slideshow that I can burn onto a DVD with nice music to show others though. Everyone has had the experience of going through other people's photos and being bored so it's hard not to feel a bit intimidated when putting a slideshow together of your own travel photos. After all, who wants to bore others?

Brave New Traveller has a good article about Creating Memorable Slideshows. They have some great tips to help you avoid embarrassing yourself:

• Tell A Story
• Use Appropriate Transitions & Movement
• Insert Movie Clips
• Pick A Good Soundtrack
• Avoid Photo Repetition
• Mix Scenery With People
• Keep It Short
• Don't Narrate It

This article is inspiring me to get my photos together into a show...if not for others, at least for myself. The article ends with "When the lights come back on, they will applaud your genius, and wonder when you're going on your next trip". That's the best outcome. I'm only hoping they won't be fast asleep.