We were lucky to have Jim Staub talk about 3D photography and we all know his long time passion for the art. Jim showed some 2D/3D pictures and some of us actually donned glasses to view his 3D effcts. Below is the narrative by Jim and a 3D picture following... "Since most of us have the capability to see in binocular vision, Stereo Photography is a form of image making that plays to that innate ability to sense visual depth. There are numerous ways to achieve this end, one of those being Anaglyph. Simply an anaglyph is a process of taking two photographs with the only difference between the two being a parallel shift. The distance between your eyes is essentially creating this same parallax. The images are then overlapped. Both images are then assigned a color channel, most often Red and Cyan. If one now sees this image while wearing corresponding Red/Cyan glasses the element of depth is present in our neural receptors. It's a flat our trick to our visual perceptions, but, as Bill Wishner has wryly noted, isn't all photography?" We chatted about a biography of Robert Frank by R.J. Smith "American Witness." The biography is very readable with the cover photo by Allen Ginsberg. Frank was friends with the "beats." After "The Americans" Frank gave up still photography in favor of Indie movies. Frank is still alive. A documentary about Frank "Leaving Home Coming Home" is worth the watch. We spent a good share of the meeting reviewing a BBC website...showing the winning photos from the International Garden Photography competition 2018. We did not agree with all the choices but below is the link ...you can judge for yourself www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-42960835 Below is the winning picture but not necessarily the best Rene brought a piece he made from pictures he took at Rod Smith's studio several weeks ago...these pictures were of the Smith's Cadena Dolls Finally, Steve Lewis visited us today on his way to Japan to deliver a talk about his work in Detroit. We think Steve is the "spirit of Detroit"
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Jim Staub
4/10/2018 08:17:46 pm
3-D turns everyone into a twelve year old.
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