Presenter Info

Thank you for agree­ing to present at an upcom­ing VSC meet­ing! Please review this infor­ma­tion so you know what to expect.

Presentation Basics

Pre­sen­ta­tion Length: 15 min­utes + 5 min­utes for Q&A with attendees

VSC Audi­ence: About 20 — 25 peo­ple from around the world (most­ly U.S. & Europe). Lev­el of 3D exper­tise ranges from new begin­ners to expe­ri­enced stereo enthu­si­asts. Many are on Insta­gram in the 3D community.

VSC Vibe: We like to keep things light, fun, wel­com­ing, and infor­ma­tive while still hav­ing an orga­nized & pro­fes­sion­al meeting.

Plat­form: Zoom

Pro­mo­tion: We announce upcom­ing pre­sen­ta­tions on our web­site, in our email newslet­ter, on Insta­gram, and on Facebook.

Record­ing: We record talks and post them on our YouTube channel.

Prac­tice: We do a quick prac­tice with all pre­sen­ters 2 hours before the start of the meet­ing to make sure audio and screen-shar­ing are work­ing. How­ev­er, this is just a quick 5‑minute prac­tice with each pre­sen­ter. We rec­om­mend you prac­tice and time your pre­sen­ta­tion in full before the meet­ing date. And if you’re espe­cial­ly wor­ried or con­cerned about pre­sent­ing or have spe­cial con­nec­tion or pre­sen­ta­tion needs, let us know ear­ly on so we can sched­ule a sep­a­rate prac­tice with you — we are hap­py to do this for you!

Presentation Categories

Gallery / Stereo Photographer Spotlight

Share & dis­cuss a selec­tion of 10 — 25 of your stereo pho­tos. The pho­tos can be:

  • a par­tic­u­lar sub­ject or theme
  • a par­tic­u­lar shoot­ing style or technique
  • your favorites or most popular
  • any com­bi­na­tion of the above!

The num­ber of pho­tos you choose depends on how much time you plan to spend dis­cussing each one. You might choose to show only a few and talk in-depth about the style, tech­nique, and chal­lenges for each. Or you might choose to share more pho­tos and only briefly high­light what inspired the pho­to or why you like it. If you have time, feel free to share how you got start­ed in stereo pho­tog­ra­phy, new things you’re try­ing, etc. 

Past exam­ples of pre­sen­ta­tions in this cat­e­go­ry: Thomas Asch, Car­leen Phillips, Diego Ruiz

History / Collecting / Trends

Top­ics in this cat­e­go­ry can be any of the following:

  • Share & dis­cuss a selec­tion of one or more items from your 3D col­lec­tion. If you have time, feel free to share how you got start­ed in col­lect­ing, your biggest col­lect­ing chal­lenges, how you orga­nize, dis­play — what­ev­er aspect of your col­lect­ing you think atten­dees would find interesting.
  • Share infor­ma­tion on a top­ic of his­tor­i­cal 3D interest.
  • Present & dis­cuss exam­ples of new trends, con­cepts & explo­ration in 3D.

Past exam­ples of pre­sen­ta­tions in this cat­e­go­ry: Lenka Zycho­va, Stacey Doyle Fer­ence, Andre Ruiter

Tutorial

Instruc­tion, demon­stra­tion and/or expla­na­tion of a 3D tech­nique or con­cept that any lev­el of 3D enthu­si­ast (but espe­cial­ly begin­ners!) could learn from and practice. 

Past exam­ples of pre­sen­ta­tions in this cat­e­go­ry: David Kuntz, Pas­cal Martiné

3‑Step Presentation Process

We’re here to help you give your best pre­sen­ta­tion! Some­one from our team will be com­mu­ni­cat­ing with you in the weeks lead­ing up to the pre­sen­ta­tion and will be avail­able for any ques­tions you have as you pre­pare. In gen­er­al, the process is pret­ty simple:

STEP 1: As soon as you’re confirmed for a date

  • Begin work­ing on your pre­sen­ta­tion — have fun!
  • Con­sid­er what for­mat you’ll use to present dur­ing the meet­ing (slides, a soft­ware appli­ca­tion, etc)
  • Con­sid­er what device you’ll use to present dur­ing the meet­ing — you’ll need to have a work­ing cam­era and microphone
  • If you will have spe­cial con­nec­tion or pre­sen­ta­tion needs, please let us know ASAP so we can work out details early.
  • Once you’ve decid­ed on a device and pre­sen­ta­tion for­mat, please do not change it at the last minute (for exam­ple, right before the meet­ing or dur­ing the meet­ing) with­out let­ting us know as this tends to cause delays in the meet­ing as we fig­ure things out “live”.
  • If you have rea­son to believe you will have con­nec­tion prob­lems, please send a copy of your con­tent (your pre­sen­ta­tion or a zip file of your pho­tos) to vsc@stereosite.com before the meet­ing so we can take over screen-shar­ing if you expe­ri­ence problems.

STEP 2: Two weeks before your presentation

Send the fol­low­ing to vsc@stereosite.com:

  • first & last name to use in our announcement
  • title of your talk
  • short descrip­tion (60–80 words)
  • a 2D pho­to of yourself
  • a pho­to rep­re­sent­ing your talk (can be 2D or 3D anaglyph or parallel)

Exam­ples of pre­vi­ous talk titles & descrip­tions: June 2021 Announcement

STEP 3: Day of the presentation

  • Go to vsc.stereosite.com 2 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS to prac­tice with the oth­er presenters.
  • Relax — it’s going to be great!

[OPTIONAL] STEP 4: After your presentation

It’s not required, but we’d love to fea­ture you on stereosite.com either in our gallery or arti­cle section.

  • For stereo pho­tog­ra­phers: select 6 pho­tos relat­ed to your talk and send to pascal@stereosite.com. You can also send in all the pho­tos of your talk and let us choose. Please write a short intro­duc­tion to your gallery.
  • For oth­er pre­sen­ters: write a short arti­cle relat­ed to your talk (this could be done by sim­ply putting your pre­sen­ta­tion script in arti­cle-form) and send it to pascal@stereosite.com. If you’re not a native Eng­lish-speak­er, we can have some­one proof­read and opti­mize your text. Please send all the pic­tures as prop­er­ly named, sep­a­rate files and indi­cate in your text where the pic­tures should appear.
  • In both cas­es: include a short bio of you togeth­er with your city, state and coun­try. A pho­to is not required.