Thanks to all who responded (and looked at the photos). On one hand all the responses confirm that most people don't have patience for many shots. On another hand, almost nobody (except for John Coyle and Cotty) offered any other options...
Cotty: I am not good at videos. I am much better at stills. John: one of my thoughts was exactly that, ... I am working on one that I will try to upload in the next couple days or so. Cheers, Igor > Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:00:46 -0400 (EDT) > From: Igor Roshchin > > > > Dear All, > > I am trying to figure out how people > a) present (long) photo series on the web (as photographers), and > b) prefer how photo series are presented (as viewers) > > So, basically, I am trying to figure out what reasonable options are > available, and what people actually prefer while looking at somebody's > else photos. > > Here is why these questions came up. > I was shooting photos at a "Magic Bubble" show (which is a fun event!) > at our Physics Festival. This resulted in a lot photos that are > essentially series with a progression of shots where action is unrolling. > For me, they are fun to watch in that progression, as a sort of > "primitive movie", but some people get bored from watching similar photos. > > So, I chose to make two galleries: one with just one or two photos from > each series plus the photos of the spectators, and the second gallery > with the long series. > However, the gallerie of the series is long - around 250 shots. > That got me thinking about how I can make them presented in a more > effective way. So, all reasonable thoughts and suggestions are welcome. > I have some ideas, but I don't want to bias anybody's thoughts. > > For those who are interested, here is the series I am talking about: > http://42graphy.org/science/2013-04-physfest/noddy-series/ > > Thanks, > > Igor > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
