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VSC Meeting, July 2023

VSC Meeting, July 2023

Last Meet­ing before Sum­mer Break! Join us for a Fun Chat! Sum­mer is knock­ing on our doors, but before we dive into vaca­tion mode, we’ve got one last meet­ing for you! Get ready for an awe­some time at the Vir­tu­al Stereo­scop­ic Com­mu­ni­ty gathering.

Pas­cal will show us with a pre­sen­ta­tion on small stereo­scop­ic view­ers. Get ready to be amazed and inspired by his knowl­edge and passion!

But that’s not all! We want to bring our com­mu­ni­ty even clos­er, so we’re leav­ing plen­ty of time for us to min­gle, chat, and con­nect on a per­son­al lev­el. Let’s share sto­ries, swap tips, and delve into any top­ics that tick­le our fan­cy — not just 3D stuff!
Join us on Sun­day, July 9th at 2:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm CEST.

#StereoscopyDay 2023 — Show your best image!

#StereoscopyDay 2023 — Show your best image!

Stere­oscopy day on June 21st is your chance to show your best stereo image!

Lisbon in 3D — with lively depth

Lisbon in 3D — with lively depth

Dur­ing my flight to Madeira I was very lucky to have a whole day stopover in Lis­bon, which was the per­fect test for my new Smart­phone-Rig. Expe­ri­ence this beau­ti­ful and incred­i­bly alive city in 3‑D.

Polaroid Stereographic Worlds

Polaroid Stereographic Worlds

I dis­cov­ered that I could cre­ate stere­o­graph­ic worlds using POLAROID SX-70 cam­eras in the 1984. Some were stan­dard 3D images (like the STREET LIFE Series), but by stag­ing unusu­al objects and mate­ri­als found in the aging indus­tri­al area of low­er Man­hat­tan, var­i­ous tableaus were cre­at­ed and slow­ly evolved in my stu­dio. With the Polaroid SX-70 cam­eras, I record­ed the var­i­ous devel­op­ments steroeop­ti­cal­ly, cre­at­ing over 50 tableau’s in a 3 year period.

VSC Meeting, June 2023

VSC Meeting, June 2023

We are very sor­ry that this mon­th’s announce­ment is ter­ri­bly late! We still hope that many of you are able to join us TOMORROW.

First, we have George Themelis in our Pho­tog­ra­ph­er Spot­light, who will take us on a jour­ney through Greece. After that, we will trav­el around the globe to look at some trea­sures of our com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers dur­ing a Show & Tell. We will fin­ish with an In-Depth Socializing.

We hope to see you tomor­row, Sun­day, June 4th at 2:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm CEST!

VSC Meeting, May 2023

VSC Meeting, May 2023

Save the date! We invite you all to our next VSC meet­ing, where we’ll be cov­er­ing two great topics!
First, we have a spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tion by Val about ‘Italy Unveiled: A Stereo­scop­ic Trip Through His­to­ry and Art.’
Then, we’ll be show­ing a com­mu­ni­ty slideshow fea­tur­ing all the stere­os that YOU sub­mit­ted to our May challenge.
Join us on Sun­day, May 7th, 2pm EDT / 8pm CEST

VSC Meeting, April 2023

VSC Meeting, April 2023

Join the Vir­tu­al Stereo­scop­ic Com­mu­ni­ty (VSC) for an excit­ing online meet­ing this Sun­day! Carl­ton will share the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of Polaroid 3D Art­work and the Wheat­stone Plex­i­glass view­ers, while Peter will intro­duce us to his ani­mat­ed com­e­dy series, “Pint Size Chat”. And don’t miss the chance to get to know your fel­low com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers dur­ing our In-Depth Social­iz­ing sec­tion. Whether you’re a sea­soned pro or just get­ting start­ed in stereo­scop­ic pho­tog­ra­phy, this event promis­es to be fun and infor­ma­tive. See you there!

The Ives Kromskop

The Ives Kromskop

One of the most remark­able stere­o­scopes ever pro­duced com­mer­cial­ly was the Ives Krom­skop (Patent #531,040, Dec 18, 1894). In it, three stereo­scop­ic glass pos­i­tives made from neg­a­tives exposed through red, green, and blue fil­ters are opti­cal­ly super­im­posed to give a full col­or image of remark­able qual­i­ty. It was more than ten years pri­or to the intro­duc­tion of rel­a­tive­ly crude full col­or plates such as the Autochrome.

Phantograms from Macrophant 3D

Phantograms from Macrophant 3D

These images are from my most recent book “Macro­phant 3D”, pub­lished at the end of 2020 in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Jim McManus. It is a col­lec­tion of 60 macro phan­tograms.  In the book they’re shown in anaglyph, par­al­lel view and cross-eyed view.

VSC Meeting, March 2023

VSC Meeting, March 2023

We’re hap­py to have David Stark­man pre­sent­ing one item of his huge col­lec­tion: An Ives Kromoskop!
Also, David Kuntz and Vanes­sa Grein will talk about their col­lab­o­ra­tion, describe some of their work­ing meth­ods, and of course, share many of their images.
Join us on Sun­day, March 12th at 3:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm CET!

Landscapes of Scotland and Wales

Landscapes of Scotland and Wales

I have been try­ing to cap­ture the beau­ty of Scot­land (my home coun­try) and Wales (where I live now) in 3D.  These land­scapes proved a great way to learn how to make the most of the depth from sin­gle-lens cha-chas and with the lim­it­ed base­line of the Fuji Finepix 3D W3. Of course, much cred­it must also go to my dog Punky, who pro­vid­ed a great focal point for many of my W3 landscapes.

VSC Meeting, February 2023

VSC Meeting, February 2023

In our Com­mu­ni­ty Slideshow we will show all images that our mem­bers sub­mit­ted for the „Home­town“ Challenge.
Besides that we are look­ing for­ward to a photographer’s high­light: Dave Wynn will be pre­sent­ing his stere­os from Scot­land and Wales. Using his Fuji Finepix W3 and cha chas tak­en with his sin­gle lens iPhone, Dave has been exper­i­ment­ing with get­ting the most out of 3D landscapes.
You will also have the chance get to know one of our mem­bers bet­ter as we con­tin­ue the In-Depth-Social­iz­ing series.
Join us on Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 5th 2023 at 2:00 pm EST / 8:00 pm CET