I'm a retired software and systems engineer who worked in cancer research, medical imaging and chip design. I got hooked on panoramic photography in 2004, when I converted a document scanner into a rotating digital slit camera. Eventually built 5 of those; but finally realized I could only get the pictures I wanted by using real cameras and stitching software.
I got into developing open source panography software (Hugin, libpano) around 2008. In 2009, I co-rediscovered an 18th century painters' technique for rendering wide views in a natural looking perspective, and have been evangelizing it unde the name "Panini projection" (it has been implemented several times and is also called the "vedutismo" and "recti-perspective" projection). I developed and published several programs that offer new ways to control wide angle photo and video perspective, under the general name, "Panini".
My latest effort is PT3D, a helper program for stitching stereoscopic panoramas with PTGui. I hope eventually to develop a true 3D stitching tool, that can combine hand-held stereo snapshots into seamless spherical panoramas.
Please visit http://tksharpless.net
Idaho, Utah, Canyons, Rivers, Lakes, Public Lands, Desert, Geology, History
360Cities Neighbors: Florian E, Calvin J, John R, David B, James T, Jon J
Inspired By: Tomasz M
I've had a life-long interest in photography that started back in the film days. I even had a darkroom at one point. Then came digital and things really got fun.
I've always viewed photography as a way to show others as realistically as possible the beautiful places on earth. For years I felt like standard single-frame photography was like looking through a key-hole.
Then came single-row panoramas and the key-hole opened up. I could photograph to some degree what I was seeing.
Finally, I found spherical panoramas and the key-hole is gone - one more dimensional limitation removed. Now I feel like I can show the viewer what I saw.
Contact me at:
idahopano . ckmcdonald . com
Hello world, my name is Max Bolotov and I am virtual tour photogrpaher based out of New York City. My photogrpahy company is called ACMB Photography which specializes in virtual tours, interior photography and food photogrpahy. Check us out and let me know what you guys think!
You can email me directly at: Maxb@acmbphotography.com
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