The outcome of my project will be 3 flat VR panoramas. Ive been looking around on the internet to get some inspiration for how i should do this. I found a panorama company names Panorama.dk, and they have some really astonishing 360 degree panoramas. Here is an example of one.
By looking at these, i have seen how even the most complicated of places to shoot can be done. It isn't so much the pictures being taken, bu stitching them together which will really test my ability's.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Research..!
Panoramic photography has been around since 1843. An Austrian names Joseph Puchberger took the first recorded panorama using a very simple focal length camera. Only a year later, and Friedrich von Martens in Germany had improved on Joseph's theory, using a megaskop camera. The Megaskop was an invention of his own design, and had the ability to rotate, to be able to take more accurate pictures.
Jump forward to the 1900's and photography equipment as become more accessible to the public, with the invention of the short rotation panoramic camera. The short rotation camera spun round while the picture is being taken, allowing the light to expose the film, as it swings round. This i possible because, unlike regular cameras, it had a curved film plate, allowing larger film, rather than the conventional 35mm.
Another way that has been popular for panoramic photography is to take the pictures your self, and them stitch them together. This is what i will be producing in due time. The effect can either be very effective, or very confusing. The plus side of doing it this way, is that there are no limitations. If you have ANY sort of camera, you can create a panorama.
The "stuff" i'll need..
To be able to create a panoramic photograph to the best of my ability, first ill need to get hold of a camera and a tripod.
Luckily I have access to a digital SLR camera, as well as a sturdy tripod. The limitations of using just a camera, tripod set up is that i have to do it all by hand, and take many photos. If I where to do this professionally, I would most likely use a rig, with many cameras on it. This would be to ensure that all the photos are perfectly lined up, but it also captures one specific moment in time, rather than a few second in between, and a few seconds is just enough time for someone to move, or for the light to fade.
Luckily I have access to a digital SLR camera, as well as a sturdy tripod. The limitations of using just a camera, tripod set up is that i have to do it all by hand, and take many photos. If I where to do this professionally, I would most likely use a rig, with many cameras on it. This would be to ensure that all the photos are perfectly lined up, but it also captures one specific moment in time, rather than a few second in between, and a few seconds is just enough time for someone to move, or for the light to fade.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Changing curcumstances.
Seems my drug baron/cocaine deal can't go ahead, as I have no models willing, or even being able, to do it. So its time to think of a new idea..!!
On the weekends I work all day and night at my local cinema, so I think I will do a cinema themed set of panoramas. So... I would do one in the foyer, one in the actual cinema, and maybe one in he projection room? We shall see! I will shoot them on friday night, and see how tricky they are to produce!
On the weekends I work all day and night at my local cinema, so I think I will do a cinema themed set of panoramas. So... I would do one in the foyer, one in the actual cinema, and maybe one in he projection room? We shall see! I will shoot them on friday night, and see how tricky they are to produce!
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Cocaine panorama..In more detail..?!
I was thinking I would have my first panorama, with actors modeling a group of people, with one person on the phone, will a pile of "Cocaine" on the table (Obviously it would only be something like baking powder.
The next one i would do would perhaps be the fight fight. I have a really good place in mind for this one, as I live near a large group of abandoned barns. For best effect, i would shoot this at night, and use a lot of lighting effects for the guns.
Finally, near the barns, maybe with the barns in the background, i would have a panarama of the field near it, but this time, have all my actors/models acting dead.
This, I feel, would be a great plan, but perhaps i need to find something more simple for my first idea..?!
The next one i would do would perhaps be the fight fight. I have a really good place in mind for this one, as I live near a large group of abandoned barns. For best effect, i would shoot this at night, and use a lot of lighting effects for the guns.
Finally, near the barns, maybe with the barns in the background, i would have a panarama of the field near it, but this time, have all my actors/models acting dead.
This, I feel, would be a great plan, but perhaps i need to find something more simple for my first idea..?!
Monday, 26 September 2011
Cocaine deal gone bad..?
Had a bit of a brain fart, and maybe I could take three panorama's, with one, a cocaine dealer on the phone, then one of a deal going down, then one of a fight fight at the end... Or perhaps scrap the middle one, and have the last panorama with everyone dead..? I should get extra points for saying "Drugs are bad mmmkay..."
Darwinism - Panorama
The first idea ive had is somehow incorporating the famous Darwinism picture. I feel this would work well, as it would require either the same person, changing their pose, or a group of people. Again, this is my first plan, so lets just see what happens! :D
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