Re: Shooting for RBTs

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. T. elaborated:

>Good example Greg!

Thanks.  It just so happened that I shot six 36 exp. rolls at the recent
"Pacific Coast Dream Machines" show at Half Moon Bay airport, and
that was one of the situations that arose.  (It was a great show,
and I got a whole lot of really beautiful vintage cars, tractors, biplanes,
and Otis Spunkmeyer's restored DC-3 on Velvia.  For a [flat] peek at some of
what was at the show, check out http://www.miramarevents.com/dreammachines/
I hope some other local stereographers got a chance to attend!)

>I might add that there are even situations where
>tilting the camera has no effect whatsoever because there is no frame of
>references.  If you take a picture from the top looking down on a round
>table with people sitting on it, tilt is not defined.  Same if you take the
>pciture with the camera in the floor and a bunch of people looking from the
>top down.  I just projected such picture tonight.  It can be projected
>upside down with no change in the basic idea (just different people appear
>at the "top" vs. "bottom".

I agree.  I've decided that "level" is only important when the horizon
is a significant contributor to the shot, or there are other strong
horizontal/vertical orientation cues (like buildings) that one "expects"
to be upright.  Otherwise, composition wins (like having the subject
square to the frame).

        -Greg W.


------------------------------