Thought I Was Finished,But Wait

After compleating my QTVR i sat down and reviewed the images and i identfied that ther were some mistakes that needed fixing. therefor i plan to fix these results and then use the process of adding audio

Ross Wordhouse - Best Piece

This image was taken by Ross Wordhouse and is a shot of Sparks Lake and South Sister and was taken on the 4th of July 2003. The subject matter of this photo is that of a mountain with a lake and show in the foreground. This image will have a large depth of field so that the mountain and rocks are still in focus. Also this is an image that has been constructed from a number of photos taken every 30◦ so that when the image is assembled it creates a panoramic image. When I look at this photo of Ross’s it makes me think we should appreciate the views that we have because sooner or later they could be gone may that be because of global warming or war. When I look at these photos it makes me think of the artist Phillip Bartlett series of mountain panoramic photos. The artwork of Ross has inspired me to take the photos at just the right time because the way in which the clouds are lined up so well makes the photo so much better. This has given me an idea at a site along Seaford seafront where I can try his techniques.

Ross Wordhouse - Panoramic Artist

In 1992 Ross left Plymouth with a degree of Fine Art to travel and peruse a career. Ross ended up at a snowboard site producing freelance illustration of the snowboard industry and a snowboard film production for High Cascade Snowboard Camp. Then in 1997 the business fell apart and Ross had to find new means of employment. Two years later Ross meets his future business partner and wife. One year later Ross and his wife decide to run an advertising agency called Wordhouse Creative. Work starts to flood in but Ross felt that his creative needs were not being filled. Therefore he brought himself a panoramic camera from Ebay and perused a hobby in panoramic photography. As you can see he has a love for nature and nature photography. This is because as a young child Ross’s parents showed him how you should respect and enjoy nature during there many numbers of trips trip’s across America. That is what reflected in his panoramic landscape photography to show the respect and enjoyment he experienced as a young boy. The reason that Ross decided to specialise in panoramic photography is because he feels that it is the only format makes you feel like you are actually there, standing at the beautiful scene.

Ross adds "the human eyes see panoramic naturally when they view a scene; I just wanted to use the same format that we see with our own eyes".

Techniques Used

Now I have completed my QTVR to a certain degree I just need to analyze them to see if there is any further problems. I now look back at my techniques used ...

• Layer Mask
• Gradient Tool
• Clone Stamp
• Warp
• Distort
• Blur Tool
• Editing Audio Using QuickTime
• Creating a Loop on the audio
• Merging Audio and QTVR

looking back at the techniques used i feel that i have developed skills that i already knew further and i have learnt new skills that i can use in the future.

Essay

After writing my essay i have found out many different facts about QTVR and the different techniques used.  These are techniques such as the two different ways of presenting the QTVR, the first is cylindrical by using a row of images that have been taken on a tripod in a 360 degree fashion. The second is by using the same technique but by taking a top and bottom image to create a cubic image. There is also the info about the kind of photos that you can take, because you are not just limited to interior and landscapes you can also photograph objects that have been placed on a turntable.          

Realviz Problems

After my first try of creating my QTVR of all three i can say that the ends of the images must be inline. The reason that i know this is because when i swaped the images in photoshop i found that the ends were out of line. The reason that i think this happened was because when i was taking the images with the tripod my lens may have looked even but the camera was mounted wonky.

Nearly Finished

After spending most of the day creating my QTVR's i can say that i am pleased with how my images look so far. There are small edits that i need to complete the image. After swaping my images i feel that my images will merge very well when it comes to using realviz.

Panoramic Artist That Interests Me

Bob Schneider was born in New York and he then decided to moved to the Bay Area in Northern California so that he could take his education that one step further my at the University of California, in Berkeley. Once he had completed his education he worked in the Aerospace and Electronics Industry as an Electro- Mechanical Designer. This is where he became interested in photography due to the fact that it played a large role in his designing job. Bob Schneider then decided to study photography as a full time student at The Glenn Fishback – School of Photography in Sacramento, California. After studying for a year Bob ventured Freelance Photography specialising in anything from ballet to sports, portraiture, photo illustration, weddings, products, and scenic images. For several years Bob work as a freelance photographer specalising in scenic and nature Images until family reasons forced him back into the electronics trade.In 1997 Bob decided to go on a photographic adventure to the California coast to practice panoramic photography. As far as digital photography is concearned Bob feels that digital technology has given the carrear that is photography more flexibility and has given photographers more time to do what they do best , and that is taking photographs.

Bob Schneider has a saying and that is …

"Images seen with our eyes, are recorded in our minds,then captured for time…by the Art of Photography"

Idea Developement

After thinking about my ideas and deciding to stay wit mu church and holy grounds theme it has come to my attention that after finding out that sound can be attached to the QTVR i could attach music such as holy songs to my QTVR. Then from what i have herd form a classmate and viewing online the music can be set on a loop to replay.

Going OK But It Is Getting Complicated

I have been working on my images but the stitching is starting to very fiddly and complicated. This is because where i change the angel of the camera on the tripod the shape of objects changes as i move round the location. this means that i am going to have to use tools such as worp and distort but sometimes this still cause me some problems. This is because when i use these tools sometimes it changes the shape of and object the other side of the image.