New Project Announcement - Stereoscopic Photos

Today marks the official launch of Stereoscopic Photos, a new website and project created by me and brother Chris. We both caught the stereoscopic photo bug while at my Dad's this New Year weekend. We have lots of things planned and are just getting things up and started now. Visit the site, take a look around, and leave us some feedback on what you think.

A Holmes-type stereoscopic viewer with photo card.

While 3D seems to be all the rage lately with 3D movies and TVs, sometimes we forget that the "technology" has been around for awhile. Stereoscopic photography was actually first used in 1838, and became extremely popular at the end of the 19th century. Some of the pictures created during that time are absolutely incredible when looked through a stereoscopic viewer - the images really jump out and come to life. Unfortunately camera technology, photo printing, and the age of the photos has rendered a lot of them less than stellar. That's what is so exciting about using it now - with digital cameras and inkjet printers, you can create your own stereoscopic photos that are sharp and have extreme amounts of detail and they too jump off the paper! Unlike red/blue 3D glasses the colors stay true to the photo.

Our goal with this project is to promote the creation and viewing of stereoscopic photography and celebrate a unique piece of photography history that seems to have been forgotten.

American Dairy Association of Indiana

I recently finished up a project for the American Dairy Association of Indiana, or as  like to call them INDairy. They hired me to take a look at their social media websites - namely their blog, Twitter page, and Facebook page. They needed to update those sites as their contract with Miss America Katie Stam, who had been a central part of their advertising for the past year, was due to expire the minute she crowned the new Miss America. I pitched them a few ideas, we threw a few different things around and how to do them, and came up with what I think is a great new look for them.

 

We didn't have the budget to do all new photography, which I would have preferred, so initially I was going to try and Photoshop some different stock images together. Unfortunately to get close to the look we wanted, there wasn't any stock images that would work. The lighting and angle of the shots just didn't mesh. I decided to go a different route - 3d. The pour, splash, and pool of milk are all created digitally in 3d. The bottle was a stock image that I tweaked to work with the background color I had chosen, and manipulated the color of both the stock image and 3d render so they matched pretty well. Then it just took a little Photoshop work to blend the pouring of the milk from the bottle with the 3d version.

The final image for the blog was easier, as there wasn't enough room in the space for the image to include the bottle. To keep the splash and pool exciting and active, I decided to get in closer to the action, and that helped fill that smaller space.

You can check out their sites here: Twitter / Blog / Facebook

I've posted just the images over in my Graphics Gallery.