Korean Photography Blog

Over the last few months I have been trying to collect photos of Ulsan for a project that I am doing with Benchwarmers Bar for some souvenirs of Ulsan. It is true, that when you want some souvenirs of the place that you have been living for the last year or longer (in my case, much much longer), there really isn’t much choice.

That is when Troy from Benchwarmers approached me to make up some postcards. Simple enough I thought, there are a ton of online places that I could get them done quite easily and quickly. Over the past few weeks, I tried to find places that would print postcards and more importantly, send them to Korea!

MPIX was first on my list as they are the trusted company by many photographers. Their products are professional and of the highest quality. However, they don’t ship outside the US or Canada. I was heartbroken on this one. MPIX’s interface was easy to use and the postcard I made looked sweet.

SNAPFISH was the next one that I checked out and actually used. Snapfish is not the choice among pro photographers and they are more designed for the every day consumer. However, that being said, they are tied in with FLICKR and they make ordering surprisingly simple. One of the things that I hate is uploading a low-res to the internet and then when you want to print it, having to go back and make a high-res and then upload it again. Snapfish takes the photos that you have already uploaded to Flickr and transfers them directly.

The ordering was simple and very easy. You simply made an album from the photos that you already had on Flickr and then designed your card. The order came to Korea in about a week. Shipping costs were about $15, which is not bad for first class delivery. The problem however was that they made a misprint on the postcards. Where the address field was supposed to be, was a weird pixelated box with some codes. Now, according to their site, it will be no problem to reprint and send out the cards for free. I emailed them and I will update you on their service.

**Update** I just got a letter from Snapfish saying that they will refund and credit my account for everything including the shipping. This is great as I am needing to get this project off the ground***

Kodak Gallery I have used this site since 2007 to print posters and photobooks. Their interface is a lot like other sites, you upload hi-res photos and print them. I find that their products are a little to “family” oriented. Colourful borders that block the beauty of the actual photo. This is something I find people do when the quality of the photo is not worth focussing on. It was impossible to find a postcard or a card for that matter that you could put a full frame photo on. They actually don’t have postcards but a wide selection of “photo cards”

The upside is that they do ship to Korea and shipping costs about $15.99. The order should be here in about 2 weeks. For my order, I went with a multiple photo card with text in the centre. Another problem arose when I tried to increase the font size beyond that of 22 pt. It was not an option. Centering text in the middle of the text box was also not an option. The final product looked okay, but not something that I found particularly easy to design.

In the next coming weeks I plan to find printing services in Korea. My friends at PIX-DIX tell that it is possible to get them done. I will update you on that very soon. The weather is hot today and I am going to burn some fat of my body…

A quick post here about a cool case for your iPhone. In a weird “Great minds think a like” moment, I picked up a cool case for my iPhone at the same time Griffin Stewart (great photographer and designer) posted about it on facebook.

The company is called SwitchEasy and their line of cases for the iPhone are great. If you are wondering what this has to do with “Korean Photography” then you need to pull your head away from your DSLR and see what the locals are shooting with, their cell phones. Also in the words of Chase Jarvis, the best phone is the one that’s with you.

The thing that prompted this post was the fact that this case is awesome! You get a two-part case that has a sweet “exo-skeleton” that locks everything in place along with a cover for the port on the bottom. The port cover is sweet because that is the one place that will fill up with lint and dirt. Think of your belly button…

The other thing is that it comes with two extra screen guards and a dock adapter. The dock adapter is important because nothing is more annoying than having to take the case off every time you want to dock your iPhone. Over all for the price that I paid, it is a sweet deal, but it doesn’t end there.

Now, I didn’t order this from the site above, I ordered it through Gmarket. This is the sweet part of the deal. This is Korea and man do I love this place! I ordered the case on my lunch break and by the time that I got home, it was already shipped. It arrived at my school the next day at lunch. It also came with a bonus accessory which was a pen for use with the iPhone when you are wearing gloves. Suffice to say now I am addicted to Gmarket and I will be posting some more on how to order and where to find some good deals in the future.

Go here to get your gear for the photo walk. I just ordered mine and it should be here in a few weeks. I am in the process of setting up the official blog on the worldwide photo walk website and I will send a post once that is finished. The blog will be where you will sign up for the walk and get updates as well.

Until then the important date to remember is July 24th!

This past Saturday I visited Seoul with a group of very talented photographers to check out the Seoul International Photo & Imaging Industry Show. It was a virtual playground for those with an affinity for camera, gear, printers, bags, coffee, lights, etc. I must admit that I was impressed by the displays that each of the major photography companies put out. By and Far, Olympus for some reason seemed to be the most exciting. Mind you that was possibly because there was a brand new Nissan GTR parked in front of their display.

Canon had a ton of toys to play with, each hooked up to an impressively nice iMac that allowed you to shoot and instantly see the results. With all the pizzaz that the other booths had, Canon basically said “here, take a photo and see for yourself” It was extremely nice to be able to play around with thousands of dollars of camera goodness.

The strangest part of the whole show, had to have been the “models” or Doumi as I wrote about in a recent article for Ulsan Online. It was sort of mesmerizing and skanky at the same time in that sort of “what the F**k?” kind of way. Canon was a prime example. In one part of their huge display, they had a model sitting in front of fake European cafe setting. That was fine but where they had their high-end cameras was around a “classroom” replete with naughty school girls.

Not to be out done, each of the major brands had their own models standing there for you to test you equipment out on. It was rather interesting and a clever idea. Though there was that strange feeling of sickness watching hordes of men with thousands of dollars in camera equipment photographing girls in short skirts.

The plus side of the show was the deals to be had! Most of the shops had special pricing for the show. Though, there wasn’t much in the way of dealing on the pricing, there was some pretty good prices around. Griffin Stewart and I picked up some new straps for our Canons. I must highly recommend the Lowe Pro Voyager C camera strap.

If you have a rig like mine, where you have a heavy lens, plus a battery pack, then you no doubt have felt the cut of the seams and the rough edges of your camera strap digging in to your neck. I kid you not, after a lot day of shooting, that strap feels like it is going to decapitate you. The voyager C is like a gift from above! Soft, cushioned, breathable neoprene gives amazing relief on the old neck. Plus the memory card wallet on the strap is cool along with the quick release straps.

A few things that I didn’t pick up that I saw were very cool were the new line of Kata bags. They’ve changed up their logo (the one before looked like it was barfed up from the ’90′s) and updated their like of backpacks. Very cool and extremely functional. The bumblebee back pack looks really cool. Though the website says that it is coming soon, I totally saw it at the show.

One of the highlights of the trip, as sides from the great group of people, was the restaurant we went to for lunch. Taco Rico was quite possibly the most authentic mexican food that I have had in a long long time. They had great friendly service and great food. If you are even in Gangnam pop in and grab a bite, you be amazed. Zen Kimchi has a great video about it here

When all was said and done, I set off on my own in search of stunning photos of Seoul. After getting a little turned around and then losing the light, I decided it was better to grab yet another tasty mexican food place Tomatillo’s I was in the Jongak Station area and tore into a pretty damn tasty chicken burrito. For a good price you get a drink and a plate of chips (handmade) and salsa as a set menu. It was a great way to end an awesome day.

A things that made the trip great were some helpful apps made for Korea. Having an iPhone is a great tool in a city the size of Seoul. An app that was awesome when I got turned around near Jongak station was one called “Odiyar” which was great for searching out locations. This cool app uses a map when you have the camera facing down but switches on the camera and overlays the locational on the screen image of your phone. Thanks to Jon Purdy for telling me about this one.

The other app that I found useful every time I travel in Korea is iKorway This app has all of the information from busses to trains, along with extremely useful subway maps. You can adjust the route you take by minimum time or transfers and plot by just pressing the locations. It is great for navigating the complex network that is Seoul.

I hope that many of you got out and enjoyed the great weather this past weekend. I plan to get out and get some shots of the city one I slog through all of this work that I didn’t do this weekend.

These days everyone has a blog or a facebook page or a flickr gallery, maybe even a website but how you present it to real people is just as important. Maybe because I turned 32 yesterday that I am feeling my age but when I see real prints, I get excited. When I can hold something in my hands, that makes me really look at the photo. So how do we get those professional books to show potential clients or would-be employers or just to show off to your friends and families? THE INTERNET!

In the last 3 years or so, the internet has exploded with sites that will print your photos on to anything from a pair of panties to sheets of metal. So with all the places willing to upload and send you a book with your photos all over it, what sites and what companies are the most notable?

Kodak Gallery
I started using these guys years ago and I have never been let down. Sure there are probably better places out there, but again, I will say, I have never been let down by them. The best book that they have to offer is the “Legacy Book” It is a large, leather-bound, elegant book, perfect for showing off your best work. They will ship it to Korea for a little over $80 and I feel that is a good price for shipping and getting a professional job done. The original price is around $69.99 for a 20 page leather hardcover book.
They also have cheaper smaller books, perfect for little projects and to send friends and family back home. For a 9 x 10.25″ (20 pages) printed hardcover it will cost around $34.99 (USD). Another good feature about this site is the fact that you can ship the products anywhere you want. So if you have an overseas client that wants prints, or your Mom or something, you can send them everything without leaving your desk. It works really well but I would suggest that you order a few samples to make sure that what you up load is of the highest quality.

Aperture Books
I am eagerly waiting to see the finished product of this. As I am a huge Apple fan, this feature come as a pleasant addition to the aperture software that I bought when I got my macbook pro. Right from the program, you can design and order a book! This seamless integrated workflow is a great way to to get your work out there. Aperture is adding more templates to the existing 8 (13 in iPhoto) to give more options. What I like is the automated feature that will fill your pages from your working folder. The price for a 8.5 x 11 hardcover is around $34.94 (USD) Check out their LINK

MPIX
In most of the photoshop stuff that I read, MPIX keeps coming up. With their catch phrase motto “Shoot today, upload tonight, we ship tomorrow” tells you about how fast their service is. So far, I have heard nothing but good things from their service and their products. For a 20 page 8.5 x 11″ hardcover will cost you about $50 and looks much like the Apple ones.

So these are just a few selections from the many across the internet. If you have tried any others like BLURB or Lulu Let me know what you think. How about, just letting me know what you have used and if you’d recommend them. Let’s hear your thoughts.

When it comes down to it, I am a photoshop lover. I have always been a big fan of the flexibility of the program and the awesome amount of non-photo related stuff that you can do with it. Naturally, when you can’t fork out the bucks you turn to alternatives for your photo adjusting needs. Last year I picked up Mac’s Aperture 2, while I was photoshop deficient and was impressed.

I am always skeptical of programs like picasa and other photo programs because I think that they just can’t hold a candle to photoshop, but this time around I thought that I would give Mac’s Aperture 3 a test to see it is worth the upgrade. The Apple site boasts some interesting new features that sound well… interesting.

FACES – Aperture 3 sports a cool facial recognition program that lets you organize your shots into “faces” on a cork board. You can define whose face it is or let it choose the faces and you correct the names. This is great for those people who love taking shots of people, family, and friends. I am not one of those people, so this feature has little to no use for me.

MAPS – Here is a cool feature that does have some use for me. If you are shooting with a GPS enabled camera… uh really? who has one of those? or if you want to locate your photos on the built in map, here is where you can organize all of your shots. This feature is also integrated into the book feature with a new “essay” style that uses the map as a page style. Yeah that is really neat, so if you plot your shots from Thailand into the map, a map of Thailand will pop in your book. As a geography major, I really like this feature.

BRUSHES – They have also increased the usability of the brush sets to achieve maximum results. In Aperture 2, I found the brushes a little hard to use, but they now made a huge improvement that I would say even rivals photoshop! (not really, but close) The first thing that made me say “ah cool!” was the brush styles. They have added brushes like “vibrancy” “sharpening” “saturation” etc so that you can add these elements to specific areas. The also plugged a cool feature called “define edges” which means that if you have sharp lines on your photo then brush will stop at the line. This is a great tool for making skies pop and not having everything else pop along with it.

SLIDESHOWS – I am a big fan of slideshows ever since I started helping with a local scooter club and their yearly inferno. The slideshow was key to peoples enjoyment of the event and the music and video added to the mix. Aperture 3 has an enhanced slideshow feature that lets you build cool looking slideshows, use music from your iTunes library, customize everything and have it play out seamlessly into a quicktime video. The problem with the quicktime is that this is Korea and they love “windows media player” so some of us may have a hard time showing these vids on other computers.

BOOKS - One of the best features about Aperture is the Book feature. Most people have agreed that the quality of books that Aple creates are second to none and Aperture lets you make them and buy them right from the program! It is insane how easy it is to create a cool looking book. If you are lazy, you and just select you library, choose “auto fill” and bam! the pages are fill with your shots. Then all you have to do is click “buy book” and you’re done. I love this feature because a book with your photos can have so many uses. The fact that you don’t have to even leave the application to get a book set to you is even better!

FULLSCREEN EDITING - This is a feature that I really like and it was also in the previous version. With the screen quality of my MacBook Pro, I love the fact that I can not only view but fully edit my photos in fullscreen mode. Move your cursor to the top and all of your tools appear. Move it to the bottom and a filmstrip of your photos appears. Hit “H” and your adjustments panel pops up. Tap the left or right arrow keys and it moves to the next photo. I love it!

FLICKR/FACEBOOK – The new Aperture 3 also has an uploader for these site so that you can upload direct from the program. I haven’t tested this out but I will let you know how it goes. This is a feature that has usability written all over it. With my portfolio down for now, I am uploading to Flickr and Facebook a lot to get my photos out there and my widgets also work with them. Now, Aperture 3 makes it easy to send the images to these sites. They have also put the buttons right at the top of the main toolbar. Before, there were plugins that you could buy that would do the same thing but I felt hard up paying for something so trivial. Now, I don’t have too! 9I bet the guys that made those plugins are a little annoyed at this feature). I will say that there is one annoying feature that I have not figured out how to fix yet. Every time you upload to either Flickr or Facebook, it creates a new album. So it makes it hard to add any pictures to existing albums.

DRAWBACKS – One of the first things that sort of annoyed me about this trial was actually having to rename my licensed copy of Aperture 2 before installing. The second was the fact that I had to create new Aperture 3 libraries. The whole business of importing and exporting photos sort of annoys me. I like having my photos in one place, clicking on the file, editing them, saving them and that is it. Like most apple products Aperture create libraries on your Mac and if you want to edit your photos, you must first import a version into Aperture and then edit it and them export it. I know that it means it is 100% non-destructive but it is also kind of annoying.

The other thing too is how Aperture resizes the photos. It took me a few weeks with the old version to figure out that you have can crop and do what ever to the photo but it will stay the same size and that you resize it when you export it. This must be defined n the dialogue box before you click “ok”

Is it Worth It? – If this is your only program to edit photos or if you have an existing copy of Aperture, the totally buy the upgrade. The cost is about $99 and I feel that the improvements made are well worth the money. Simply being able to use the new features and to up load directly to your flickr or facebook accounts are simple amazing. If you are like me and already have photoshop, it is a tough choice. Photoshop is a powerful tool but Aperture 3 makes editing your photos quick and easy.

I have been looking for a book on HDR written by someone who actually knows how to do it. This isn’t knocking any of the great photographers out there who have given their 2 cents on the technique, but it would be like me commenting on the world of portrait photography. Yes, I have done some, am I good at it? NO. Do I know the finer points and the ins and outs of a studio? Nope, but I know a little… but not enough to tell you how to do it.

That being said, I am not going to write about how to take portraits. Likewise, I never really got the feeling that the people who were writing about HDR were really into it, until now. This book leaves the others in the dust. Yes, there are now a number of books out that tell you how to make an HDR shot but none tell you the finer points of the programs to make your photos pop like Trey does.

The book at first glance, looks like a picture book of some of the most eye catching photography that I have seen to date and then you read and Trey tells you how to get these shots. This is a great thing because if you know anything about HDR then you know that there are sometimes limitations to what you can photograph. Moving objects for one is a challenge.

Remember, that you are taking multiple exposures to create that dynamic range. So if you have a fast moving object, how can you capture 3 photos of exactly the thing? Trey explains all in the book. I would tell you but I actually want you to buy it and use it. Speaking of which, you can pick it up in Korea here at what the book?

Trey also teaches you a cool double tone mapping technique that gives the photos a more “drawing” like look. Not my most favorite technique but one worth exploring. There is a ton of information here and I hope to show you more photos from the information that I learn from this book. This is a great book and I would really recommend picking it up if you are at all interesting in HDR.

If you are a fan of “dynamic” Korea and its sparkling-ness then you probably want to make your photos that really pop and this is where HDR comes in. Now I know that there are a lot of arguments surrounding the issue of using HDR and some die-hard photographers out there really hate it, but they also said that when DSLR’s and photoshop first came out. Whatever your position is on it, I don’t really care because for many situations, I find that HDR just looks awesome. Especially in Korea, when there is an acid trip like setting to some downtown areas and a stimulus overload of signs and colours that would get washed out if you are not careful. HDR can help make those colours and details pop.

The question I get asked most is “wow how did you do it? You must have used photoshop” Well yes and no. If you have no idea what HDR is, it is basically fusing 3 shots of the same scene that are exposed at different settings into 1 “dynamic” shot. This is supposed to be a closer version of what the eye actually sees because it uses a broader spectrum. That being said I am going to give you a quicker overview of my workflow and get you started taking some HDR shots.

First, is what to shoot. Sounds strange I know, but I find that there are some limitations to HDR, that maybe the pros can handle but I don’t think that a beginner could. So be aware that you are going to be taking 3 shots of EXACTLY the same scene. So crowds, moving cars, traffic, trees blowing in the wind, etc are not your best subjects. This is because of the fact that when you put the pics together, whatever program you use will try and match up all of the features and if it can’t, you get what is called “Ghosting” and that is when you get a partial imprint of something on the final image.

So the things that are great to shoot are skies! Dynamic skies are awesome in HDR! If you wait until a storm breaks at sunset and you can catch the light piercing through the clouds, shoot it. Buildings, reflections, urban areas, are all great to shoot. You want to look for a scene and enhance the colours and contrast.

Ok, so now how do you do it? Before you even think about hitting that button, put your camera on a tripod. This is a must, there can be no shaky-shaky when you are getting these shots. Next, set you cameras AEB settings (Auto Exposure Bracketing). For older canons like mine (30D) you can find this setting in the menu screen in the red section. For newer canons, you have to hold the “mode” and “AF drive” buttons to turn of the AEB. Nikons, I am not so sure about, but according to Scott Kelby, you can adjust the AEB by pressing and holding the Function button (fn) and then using the command dial to find the AEB mode. He also recommends using 5 shots for HDR. This can be adjusted for canons by using the custom functions panel. For older models like mine, you have to get the extra two manually. I usually set mine two stops above and under, so basically: -2, 0, +2. For the 5 shot guys got with one -2, -1, 0, +1, +2.

So now that your camera is on a tripod, you have it set up to shoot bracketed shots, what do you do next? Well, I always shoot my shots in Aperture Priority. I just get better results from shooting in this mode. Next you would want to plug in your shutter release, if you have one. If you don’t try using this technique if you have a canon: Switch the drive to timer. For some reason (which is totally cool) in timer mode it will fire all of your bracketed shots for you. So that means either 3 or 5, it will just keep shooting until it is done without having you touch the camera. If you have the shutter release, I usually switch the mode to high speed burst and fire away.

Now you have your shots, you are back at home with cup of coffee in hand and and the images in front of you. What to do now? One of the best programs out there for HDR is “Photomatix Pro” There are others, but this is the one that I would highly recommend. So, if you have that, fire it up. Next, hit the “Generate HDR” button and load your images. Photomatix does a pretty good job of knowing what photos should be used, so it will let you know if you got a different image in the mix or not, but it is always good to double check. Once the images are loaded, you get a dialogue box with some options. I usually turn on; “align source images” “Reduce Noise” and (if you think there was some movement) “Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts” Then hit the “Generate HDR button and wait a bit for the process to finish.

Now, you have a photo that looks like crap.

Hit the “Tone Mapping” button and work away. The sliders that I usually use are Strength, Saturation, Tone Settings: White Point and Black Point. Typically you want to jack the strength way up to 100% and keep the saturation around 60 for decent results. Next I usually play around with the white points and black points until I get something that I like. Then I save it. I normally keep all of my tone mapped but unprocessed HDRs in one file. I do this so that I can come back to the original HDR and rework it without having to reprocess the entire image set or look through a bunch of files for that one HDR shot. If processed it, it will be in the HDR file.

Now, load it into Photoshop and make your adjustments. Usually I would process this the same way that I would normally process an image, but there are some differences. One of the key problems with HDR is that there sometimes can be a lot of noise in your shots. So here is where you can use noise ninja or noiseware and remove that stuff. You can also mask out the areas that you want to remain sharp because sometimes these programs also reduce the sharpness of the shot in order to reduce the noise. For sharpening I find that “smart sharpen” works really well for these images.

Anything beyond these basic steps are for the advanced photographers. If you are one of those guys, then there is a much better, more clearly explained Tutorial series by the most amazing HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff at Stuck in Customs.com Click the link and it will take you to his great tutorial that makes mine looks like that un-tone-mapped image.

Another great resource is Scott Kelby’s video tutorial on creating HDR photos. This is the companion guide to his great series called The digital photography book and you can check out the video here Just scroll down to chapter 5.

That is about it. I hope that this will get you at least start in HDR. Let me know how it goes.

For years I have been toting around an aging Manfrotto 190D with a 056 3D head. Now, this setup has taken damage of all sorts and has travelled around the world with me, but I was finding that I needed something more. The 190D was a great tripod but lacks many features that the new series have to offer. The 056 3D head was a compromise when I bought it although it has never really like me down, I have always wanted something easier to work with in the field.

That being said, I wanted something as heavy duty as the 190D but with a smooth sturdy head that allows for quick set up and release. Here is what I went with: Manfrotto 190 ProB (B for black!), a Manfrotto 488 RC2 ball head, and the current version of their carrying strap. It is a sexy setup! I am not sure what the guys a pix-dix normally do on a Monday but they definitely were huddled around my tripod that night.

Now, I know what you are thinking… “Jason, you just bought the same Tripod with a different head, why didn’t you just by a new ball-head?” Well here the thing, a lot of the features that annoyed me before with the old 190 have been greatly improved. First, are the “Leg Locks” The old 190 had these butterfly spinny adjustments and I found out when a friend of mine tried to help me collapse the tripod, they also come apart quite easily and you lose the washers. Also, spinning takes time. The new version, the legs drop out with the flick of a switch and lock just as easily.

The second improvement is the change in the design of the locking buttons to adjust the angle of the legs. The old one would bite and pinch my tender flesh when I would go near them. Now, they are smooth and all you have to do is push the button and adjust.

Third, is the horizontal centre column. Now with a few adjustments, you have your camera hanging side-ways to get around to more interesting angles. On the old 190, this was impossible. Not to mention the rubber stopper at the bottom of the old 190 was annoying and now has been replaced with a cool mechanical “push-button locking system” So you will never lose that important little black rubber-thing.

Two new features that they have added are a spirit level and a hook. The spirit level lets you adjust everything to help you make sure that you tripod at least will be level. Then it is up to you to make sure they are lined-up in the camera. The hook I think can have many uses, but the main one, so they said in the manual, is for weight. Yup, hang something heavy off of it to stabilize your tripod during windy days.

The 488 RC2 Ball Head is great! Compared to my old 056 this is like night and day. Adjusting the 056 took time and patience because of the conical locking knobs. If you are using big lenses then you really had to tighten these knobs hard because they would start to droop under the weight of a full camera set up (big lens, camera, battery pack). Not to mention the fact that simple moves mean three adjustments! Thats: move… crank, crank, crank, move, crank, crank, crank, move, crank, crank, crank! It gets a little annoying when you don’t have much time to set up.

The 488 RC2 does everything with ease! The panning adjustment lever is there if you need it, but the ball head moves around a full 360 degrees with out needing to use the panning adjustment. The adjustment knob is smooth and powerful. The ball head was not a smooth as I thought that it would be, but maybe it needs to be worked in a little.

Other than that they made some improvements to their carrying strap. I know that a strap seems minor, until you are humping your gear through the hot streets of Thailand with a strap that seems to be trying to cut you in half. The old strap was very thin and the way I carry my tripod, I had the thinnest part of the strap cutting into my shoulder. Why I carry my tripod with the head down, is I find that the weight distribution is much better and I can also stabilize the heaviest part of the tripod (the head) with my hand while jogging across a street, rather than have it bash into the back of my head.

The new style has a thick padded neoprene strap that is great! The only issue that I have with it is that they changed where the strap attaches to. The old style attached to the centre column with a sort of slip-knot that kept it out of the way and released easy enough when you wanted to use the centre column. The new system wraps around the legs keeping them altogether when collapsed but then dangles when open, something that I am not sure I really like at this point because it means clipping it back together once you finish and I just found that it can be a little tricky.

All in all, this is a great set up and I will be testing it all out this coming weekend for the Ji-bul-nori festival. If you are interested in coming along, please leave a comment below and we can all meet up and compare shots later.

Here is a video that I did for my trip to Thailand. As you can see, it does a pretty good job of displaying the photos. I have shown these on my blog before, but I am testing a new plugin and I want to see how it looks.

The best part about the Animoto videos is that they have everything that you need, right there. All you have to do is upload the photos, select the music, adjust to your liking by adding text or highlighting certain photos, click finish and you are done!

Site: www.animoto.com