Notes on ongoing projects — builds, experiments, and things I'm learning.
Based on my experience with the GoPro Omni I decided to take a look at what a stereo version would look like. Managing the individual GoPros is a big part of the challenge. Before Omni I had a basic 5 camera rig that required getting the GoPro remote to connect to all 5 cameras. This was highly bugg...
Never satisfied I'm working on another rig. The GoPro Omni has been great, very reliable in the field, and the Kolor workflow has been very good. However, I really want stereo. My mind is not fooled by monoscopic 360 images, they don't look real to me. I'm so invested in GoPro cameras that I'll prob...
Here’s the rig I made to shoot with this past week. This is a first implementation of solutions for a couple problems I’ve noted shooting with the GoPros. First is batteries. The battery life on the GoPro is horrendous (especially when you forget to turn them off or they turn themselves on) So every...
VRography?
I recently got to thinking what’s next in photography?
I’m aware of the gigapan idea, basically making a monster panorama by stitching together many photos. I enjoyed my iPhone’s panorama mode last summer during my drive to Alaska. I’m intrigued by videography, but not in a story telle...