Hi Sharon, I am delighted that you enjoyed this presentation. I hope it gets featured so many others will see it ( I am very proud of this effort)  and also become aquainted with the great new resource in SlideRocket for putting together shows like this and also about the new group ActiveRaoinPhotoBloggers that I will announce in few days. I always appreciate your upbeat and encouraging comments.

Woo Hoo, Many thanks Sally. I wanted it perfect and to use this as a way to help inspire other potential photo bloggers of what we can acheive using our photos and as an introduction to SlideRocket. I have worked through this online program and it can provide a remarkable service for photo shows and even virtual tours for listings. I love RES and will be using SlideRocket as an additional resource that has a comprehensive aspect to it. Thank you so much and forgive my pride in the presentation but it was a long time coming and I was so pleased with the way it turned out.

Hi Marchel,

Thank you Marchel, I am delighted you liked it and look forward to your involvement in the group when it finally launches. I have been thinking about this for some time and know that there are many would be photo bloggers out there and hope this new group will inspire them and others that know the amazing amount of information that can be expressed through photo blogging.

Hi Bill, He is a total inspiration. His works speak of his brilliant imagination and to know what the values of specific light sources, be they direct or reflections. No one could compare to his efforts but I wanted to try to illustrate the magic he created in all of his works. He was and remians a true inspiration for the desire to capture just a tiny bit of the natural beauty that exists. We learn these things best by trying ourselves to emulate knowing the improbability of that effort but he would encourage us anyway.

Hi Martha, Thank you so much. Those words are really inspirational to me. Congratulations to you as well for capturing the imagination of many in your recent efforts in the P.A.W.S. contest. I am delighted to have your log as well and look to read more of your wonderful writings. Thanks you so much for coming by and I will look forward to seeing you again.

Hi Jon, Thank you and I am delighted you enjoyed this. Bll's comment was outstanding  and conveyed his true understanding about what my presentation was about.

Hi Chris, Thanks you so much and I so pleased that you liked it and I look forward to dropping over to read your blogs as well.

 Joan, Wow, thank you for those very wonderful sentiments. I worked hard to make this just right and it really paid off because I learned so much about the program SlideRocket that made it possible.

Hi Kathy, Thank you so much. I so appreciate your comment. Bill shared some wonderful information about this amazing photographer that inspires many. I am looking forward to honing my skills  and getting better and better with more and more practice.

Hi Myrl, Thank you so very much. Your kindness, support and your comment is great. I am looking forward to working with you and your exceptional photographic talents when the new group launches.

Hi Myrl, Thank you. That feels great being featured in the Photo Group. We are of like mind and I am sure there are so many of us out there just looking for these new groups that encourage excellence in photo sharing.

H Jeff, Thank you. I am delighted you enjoyed this and be sure to check out SlideRocket, it is a comprehensive presentation sharing program that can be used in so many different ways, especially for all things Real Estate. I love it and glad I was able to share it here in the Rain.

Hi Terry, to do the exact same show, longer than it would take anyone else. That is, now. I added a couple of new program features after I had already started assembling it and I ran into a couple snags. It required a rebuild but the company was so wonderful in helping me make the corrections. It was worth every ounce of effort . ( The program SlideRocket.com ) that made it possible is totally awesome. Thank you so much Terry and I feel very proud of the finished presentation.

Good Morning Judy, Thank you much. I wish your last staement was true but in time , maybe.

Hi Susie, I was very impressed with SlideRocket and the types of presentations that it can do. Should be great for listings, virtual tours that are longer than community photoblogging. I know as a resource it will come in quite handy. Thank you for you kind remarks. I would love to see you do one of these presentations with your amazing photos. Thank you again, ever so much. If you liked this presentation , that means a lot to me.

Hi Missy, I never knew the extend of his work until I viewed it a book store set up that features his many works. He did some amazing things and there are so many that collect his works. An amazing talent that captured Americas imagination. Not to even mention what he did in helping the national parks get the exposure they needed, now known throughout the world.

Hi Karen, ou would be refering to the Photo group. The founder of the photo group, Mryl Jeffords is an amazing photogrpaher and a wonderful person. She saw a need and the group was born. I am soon to announce another group that compliments that group, the ActiveRainPhotoBloggers group for those that want to learn to express themselves through the use of photo blog presentations.

Hi Barb, Thank you so much. You would love it. Every season adds something different and unique to the experience. The history, the sight of it and the awesome array of things to see and experience will make it a trip to remember.

Hi Jim and Maria, Thank you and I am delighted you enjoyed this presentation. I felt to introduce a new resource like this, I wanted to see what I could do to make a presentation in preparation of announcing the new "ActiveRainPhotoBlogger" group. Because my trip to Yosemite was very recent , I had lots of photographic material to work with and wanted to work it through the new resource SlideRocket as another tool for the group that will be soon be announced. Thank you again for your very kind sentiments and know they are greatly appreciated.

Hi Hannah, How wonderful of you to drop by. Thank you very much for your great comment. Rock climbing is not me either, but I was certainly delighted to be able to capture these guys doing before I left. I had my 300mm lens and when I heard climbers were on El Capitain, I made a beeline to locate them. With that lens it made them easy to locate. The SlideRocket.com program is great for an sort of presentation. I use Real Estate Shows for up to 15 slides  but as yo can see, this show was with 44 slides and required more in the way of creating backgrounds. Because of the way I wanted to design the sow, I used various elements and I will tell you that the support staff for SlideRocket couldn't have done more to help me. There was a bug and I found it in one of the brand new elements they had just added and their engineers fixed in one day so I could present the show here in the Rain. With a respurce like this and others that other photobloggers know and will share, I think our new group when it launches will be miles ahead of other more basic photo blogging efforts.

I will most likely announce the new group "ActiveRainPhotoBlogger" next week, just a few more details I am working on and then it will be ready.

Hi Peggy, You won't regret that trip. Not in the least.But be careful when come here, they don't want to leave, :-)  But I also know VA and it is truly one our most beautifUl states and you could just DO a wondeful job in photographing it and make your own shows. If you get set with ActiveRain in Localism, you will be tops. People love to know your area and it is SO rich in heritage. When you come west, it is like a different country, depending on where you go but we are blessed to live in a nation rich in resources and rich in all things to do with nature and our surroundings. Yosemite was part of a vacation. I had never been there and it was long past due. I went on to Lake Tahoe where I spent a delicious week discovering things I hadnever known were there. About 10 more trips there and I will know even better, :-). I got a new SLR camera for my birthday back in May and have been learning, practicing, learning, practicing, ever since. Now I want a another new, even more powerful camera. I thing I got bitten with all this. But I can tell you no matter the camera there is much to see and capture and when I announce the ActiveRainPhotoBlogger group, I hope you will start posting and there will be many that can help you learn whatever you need or want to know.

Hi Mike, I don't think you will be disappointed. Thanks for dropping by and let me know how you like it. They do offer a free training webinar and it covers all the basics.

Hi Rita, Many thanks. I am so glad you liked this. I am especially happy that SlideRocket is going to be a part of your future. It is an awesome program.

Hi Rita, Indeed. This program is state of the art and current to the way we do things today. It also imitates in that you can collaborate with this program, just like Google Docs. Sign up for the Webinar training. Tara in support does the classes and she is wonderful. Their support is just amazing. They did a lot to help me with my presentation.

Good Morning Everyone,Thank you so much for all your very kind sentiments. I am so delighted that ActiveRain found this presentation worthy to feature. It virally gets the word out on two very important aspects about this show. The source for it , being SlideRocket that is utterly amazing in its features and the ease of sharing it. I chose to do a photo show as a way to make this more interesting. But this resource can be useful for any type of presentation from a listing that is enhances by adding in photos and information about the community it resides in, you can embed video, music, documents, etc. Any type of media, all in the same presentation. This resource can be used for Listing Presentations, City tours with maps, just about anything you can imagine would most likely be possible. The company offers free training on the program as well.  SlideRocket has really impressed me as viable resource for any type of presentation, including Photo Blogs.

That brings me to the next point. The creation of the ActiveRainPhotoBlogger group for posting and learning ways of using photos creatively in photoblogs. There are many resources for slide shows and presentations out there , some are free and some are not. What I hope will be the result of this group is a sort of continuing education on the creative aspects of making stories with photos. These can be embedded in posts or be the post all by themselves.

In the next few days I hope to launch this new group. There are some details that still have to worked out but I will be announcing it soon. Watch for the announcement  of the launch of the ActiveRainPhotoBlogger group later in the week.