Thing 37: Photo Tales

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

I tried using Flickr since that is what I used before. I was unable to access the website, it was having trouble loading. I decided to start an account with PhotoBucket but in order to more forward with it, I need to get some pictures onto my account. I got some pictures that I had taken recently off of my facebook page and uploaded them onto photobucket. I tried to do the tiltshift thing because I thought that it sounded cool but when I actually went through it and created a miniature model picture, it wasn't nearly as cool as they played it to be. I then looked at One True Media and I used this to create a montage or slideshow of my pictures. I thought that this was pretty neat but very limited to the effects and things that you could do to your photos. I liked that they had music available to add to the montage and there was a large selection to choose from. I could see this being used to create a montage or slideshow of an event at the library to put on the library website and promote the different things that are going on. I could also see using this at home for photos from a vacation to share with friends and family but really for me, it is too much to do, I would rather just show people the actual pictures.

Thing 4: Flickr

I have heard of Flickr before but i had never used or seen any of it before. I chose the option of looking at pictures and exploring what other people have already added to the site. I always try to bring my camera with me and intend to take some pictures but I always forget about taking them. I was pretty excited and almost got lost in all the beautiful sights that I saw.
I enjoyed looking at the Clemens and Alcuin libraries sites. I thought that it was a good idea to showcase what they are doing and what their patrons are doing. If gave some inspiration for what we can do at our library. I especially liked the edible book gallery that they had. I loved seeing what everyone came up with and their creativity was amazing. I could see this as being benefical to show the community what is going on at their local library and perhaps draw in more people to use the resources available.

I do not use another photosharing site although I do have a variety of photos on my facebook page. It is simply because I am lazy and some of my most prized photos are in print not digital form. I think that if I took the time to take more photos than Flickr or something like it could be of great use to me.

I searched using various methods while I was perusing the site. I looked photos up by dates and of course searched my birthday and I came across this gem of the chalk cliffs by penwren.

I also searched by tag words. I searched tettegouche, the state park that we are going camping at later this summer. I found some very colorful and interesting pictures of mushrooms in this search. The one on the left is from the photographer Yar Matey and the one on the right is from the photographer snowbud7.