FYI ~ more of my dramascapes
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 01:29PM 
Sometimes I forget to remember some of the stuff I've done, photography-wise. I get all wrapped up in what's happening now and hindsight disappears.
So I have to thank Aaron for his recent mention of the inspiration he took from some of my earlier panoramic pictures - all of which were editorial or commercial projects. I did, on rare occasions, use the pano cameras for family snapshot stuff - my mom in her casket and the like - but they were mainly put to use making money.
As I mentioned before, like Aaron, I really appreciated the format's ability to capture staged or found story tableaux. The resulting pictures really captured and held a viewers attention. Editors, art directors, designers and clients loved it.
My only problem with the format is that I never put it to use Aaron is.
Captions:
1. Slag heap at steel mill - corporate brochure
2. Equipment repair and maintenance at steel mill - corporate brochure
3. Influential business person - editorial
4. Influential business person - editorial
5. W&J College - student recruitment brochure
6. W&J College - student recruitment brochure
Reader Comments (3)
I'm curious to know more about these Influential business person - editorial shots. Where these made for their marketing use or brochure? Just wondering. I like the panoramic image of the chess game. So much is going on in the background, employees are working presumably for these influential business persons...
Wow, some of the images have a vertigo effect on me. How is it that some images have a pronounced radially distortion and some do not? I guess I am asking because I don't know that much about the camera. Is it because the lens is different, wider?
Jean-Pierre - the 2 biz-guy pictures (2 of series of 8) were taken for a magazine article about 'bigshots' and their offices.
Jim - the cameras feature a rotating lens that swings 140 degrees during the exposure - the film is on a curved film plane. If the camera is not perfectly level - as in the one office picture - you get some crazy distortion. Also, flat surfaces that are parallel to or running away from the camera get the 'bends'.