Immersive photo galleries

I have been searching for a way to exert more control over how blog readers consume photos. On Flickr I'm dumping higher-quality shots from the Nikon as well as smartphone shots from the HTC and so I end up with a fragmented experience: clean photography interspersed with "hey look" shots out of my phone. Trying to view individual albums through the Flickr photostream or even the slideshow isn't exactly what I want. I want to be able to put together a number of photos, shrink-wrap them as an "experience" about a particular subject or concept and point you at them.

Here's my test gallery experience. I shared these photos already on this blog. These were from the war relocation camp at Manzanar in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas. If you already saw those, the shots shouldn't be too exciting, but you should see what I'm going for with an immersive photo experience.

The details

For the geeks, I've used AutoViewer to wire together this experience. I have a single SWF binary for all galleries and then compose lightweight XML files defining audio, photos, captions and sequence specific for each gallery experience. I'd highly recommend AutoViewer.