Photo Slide Show Survey

I am considering starting a business to provide photo slide shows for special occasions. Photos to be provided by the client in either paper or digital format. Paper photos would be scanned as part of the service. Music could be provided by the client or I could use royalty-free music. Is this a service that you would pay for? How much would you pay?

Father Solanus Center Video

I have posted the latest version of the Father Solanus Casey Center video below. It features the phone number of the center and the web address. Enjoy.

Father Solanus Casey Center 1 (Apple iMovie Format)

Father Solanus Casey Center

I have added a link to the Father Solanus Casey Center in Detroit Michigan. They are doing some great work there so click on the link and have a look.

Skyline Pan

The Ken Burns effect is when the camera slowly 'pans' across a picture creating an interesting effect that is more effective than looking at non-moving picture straight on. I found a good way of creating a dramatic skyline pan last week when I was putting together a iMovie to show off the pictures from New York City.


I started with a normal digital picture of the New York skyline.

I then cropped the photograph to eliminate as much ground, people's heads, and sky as possible. This creates a long and 'skinny' picture. I then imported that picture into my iMovie.

Next click on the crop icon inthe upper right hand corner of the picture.

There will be a greensquare and red square. The green square represents the beginning of the Ken Burns effect and the red square represents the ending of the Ken Burns effect. Until last week I always thought that the two squares needed to overlap to work, but I was wrong. Take the green square and push it the left hand side of the picture and push the red square to the right hand side of the picture. This will create a pan the will go from the far left of the picture to the far right hand side of the picture. Make sure to click on the time icon and increase the time that the slide is shown on the screen. (I used 9.6 seconds) The more time that you give the slide, the slower and more dramatic the effect will be. I'll post an example. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

This is a great song by Lyle Lovett

Father Solanus Casey Center iMovie

Take a look at the newly up loaded iMovie that I put together for the annual Father Solanus Casey Center silent auction fundraiser. It was the first iMovie that I created with royalty-free music. That music was purchased from My Pond 5. Link attached.

Father Solanus Casey Center