Expanded Views
Some people might recall the classic Viewmaster toy…
During the Week 3 workshop students learned about 3-d stereoscopic photography which is what makes the Viewmaster work. Two photographs that are only slightly different from one another are viewed side-by-side in a way that recreates stereo vision.
There’s two parts to stereoscopic photography. First, the duo of photographs need to be made and second they need to be prepared for viewing by a special stereoscopic viewer. During this workshop students used a phone app called 3D Photo to make the stereoscopic images and special plastic viewers produced by the London Stereoscopic Company (http://www.londonstereo.com/). Students also learned how easy it is to make stereo photos without the app. The jungle gym photo below was made in Photoshop without the 3D Photo app.