Re: 3-d of theatrical performances

[P3D Peter Davis <pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >(I've often thought that theatrical performances would make
> >particularly good subjects, but I've never seen any slides.)
> 
> IMO, one of the toughest subject to photograph in 3-d due to:
> 
> 1. Low lighting
> 2. Distance from the action
> 3. Restrictions in flash or photography in general.
> 
> Any ideas on how to overcome these obstacles? 
> (other than hidding a twin SLR rig loaded with 6400 ASA film under 
> one's coat ;))

Well, the simplest thing would be to arrange a special photo session
with the shows producers.  This is normally done for publicity photos,
but I've never heard of anyone taking stereo photos during one of
these sessions.  Obviously, View-Master makes arrangements with movie
producers to make slides of the films like "Jurassic Park", "Batman",
etc.  It would be great if someone could do that with shows too.  (Of
course, I recognize that the audience for slides like this would
probably be too small to justify the expense.)  Still, I wonder if
some producers might not be interested in having "semi-professional"
stereo slides made of their productions, for historical purposes.

Without permission, it would be difficult indeed.  Perhaps shooting
high speed film through a twin, hyper-stereo setup would work.

-pd

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