September 11, 2008 – 8:07 pm
I was driving by ocean beach from a shoot, and I saw something very different on the beach by the Cliff House. I wasn’t sure what I was seeing at first - just a long line of colors and figures. Once I pulled in the parking lot, I was able to see what it was - an exhibit of painted Indians spread out along the sand. The Indians were made of wood and painted in an artistic manor with shields, face paint, and everything else you can imagine - but there were about 100 of these Indian statues!
I found out that the artist who painted the Indians, was named Thom Ross, and he had a booth with some of the history. Buffalo Bill Cody and his Wild West Show came to the same stretch of beach in 1902, and took a panoramic photo.
And with my gear in my car, I thought … this is a moment 
Here’s my Virtual Tour of the spectacle …Click on the picture to see the fullscreen Panorama:
September 5, 2008 – 2:16 pm
This is what happens when you have some ambition and creativity (and balls) …
A “mid-air” panoramic 360 tour … Click here
And here’s the how-to …. Click here
September 4, 2008 – 8:49 pm
I’ll add the three tutorials I found that gave me the courage to shave my 10.5 fisheye soon. For now -here’s one of the first images, a circular fish eye image on the Full Frame Nikon D700.
Its been two days now - and I LOVE my new set up. Check out the shaved lens hood to the left of my arm on the desk … I had JUST hacked the 10.5!!!
Here are the tutorials:
- Michael Thoby’s tutorial
- First part of a six segment video tutorial of how to shave the lens on youtube …
- Dan Harper Photography has a very simple straight forward tutorial
Please post some comments if you have ideas or questions. Thanks.
September 3, 2008 – 9:14 pm
This is a single exposure panorama, but I took several 5 and 7 bracketed shots so I can stitch some HDR panoramas later. I’m curious how they will turn out, because of the constant movement of the waves.
It was beautiful HOT day in the San Francisco Bay area today. September is always the magical month for most of the bay area - where we get our Indian Summer.
Click on the picture to see the fullscreen Panorama:
August 29, 2008 – 7:44 am
I found some links on the panotools message board that I subscribe to for Panoramic Virtual tours of the Democratic National Convention. These tours are very significant to me because it looks like some of the major media companies utilizing VR work in a photo journalistic way.
I can imagine News companies hiring VR photographers to start capturing scenes in an immersive way, and having some VR work replace the traditional still media for stories and events.
THREE PANORAMIC VIRTUAL TOURS OF THE DNC BELOW!
http://www.panoramas.dk/2008/democratic-convention/kerry.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/26/us/politics/20080826_CLINTON_PANO.\
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/08/27/
August 18, 2008 – 8:50 pm
This Kihei vacation rental was one of the properties I shot for alohavacationproperties.com back in May. I just ran across the virtual tour as I was cleaning some hard drive space, and I realized how much I enjoyed how the panorama came out.
If you are ever considering visiting Maui, specifically Kihei, tell Johnny at alohavacationproperties.com that Eli sent you 
Click on the picture to see the fullscreen Panorama:
I took these panoramas a month ago, but finally got to putting them up today.
I had a client in Noe Valley cancel at the last minutes. I was in the neighborhood (of Twin Peaks) with all my gear, so I figured … might as well capture something.
As I was pulling out my gear, I didn’t receive the normal looks from the crowd. It was like they didn’t notice (or care), which is a good thing - so I can capture people doing their thing, rather than looking like a deer in headlights at my camera
And then I noticed … no one was speaking English. Most of what I heard sounded like French, Italian, and Spanish. I know San Francisco has weathered this economy because of tourism, and the value of the Euro. If you were with me on at Twin Peaks that day - you’d agree, that we indeed have attracted a wide variety of European tourists. I’m grateful that San Francisco is such an attraction, and such a beautiful place to live.
Click on the picture to see the fullscreen Panorama:
A San Francisco tweaked skyline.
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