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The Photo MontageAlthough often consisting entirely of still pictures, there are no rules regarding what a photo montage should be, and many we have helped create at VideOccasions have contained a mixture of still photos, slides and video material. Photo montages are usually accompanied by music, and may have narration added too. There are three options for creating a photo montage: |
As you save them, be sure to number each file like this: 001ourbaby.jpg, 002billy.jpg, etc. That way when we transfer the pictures to our computer they'll be in the correct order.
If it's about alfalfa, you will probably want to frame the entire picture when you transfer it to video, so make a note of that. But if it's about the cousins, you'll want to make a note to zoom in for a close-up of the kids.
The choices here are yours to make. You can actually make poorly composed photographs look like works of art, and sometimes even hide damaged portions of a picture.
A Photo Montage of about 10 minutes in length, in which all the work -- capturing photos, organizing them and adding transitions, and creating a DVD has been done by VideOccasions' staff, will usually cost between $350 and $500. A photo montage in which you have done most of the work -- carefully organizing materials, scanning photographs, using PowerPoint™ -- can come in at considerably less. The cost really depends on what you've imagined and how long it takes to make your dream a reality.