P3D Re: Experience vs Novice?

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>George Themelis wrote: I hate to generalize (yeah, sure!) but my 
>experience indicates that the more a person is involved with flat 
>photography, the less likely it is that he/she will be impressed with 
>stereo photography.  There are exceptions, of course.... Also, the best 
>candidate for conversion to stereo is an enthusiastic amateur who has 
>just gotten into photography and is still disappointed by the failure of 
>2d photography to convey the beauty of a place as experienced in-situ 
>with bare eyes.<<<
>
>(I am behind on P3D so there may be more responses to this statement. 
>Forgive me if I have repeated anything already said.)
>
>I am one of your exceptions, George. I have been involved in photography 
>for over 20 years and when I "discovered" stereo, I just couldn't get 
>enough! To be able to actually go *into* the scene just blew my mind. 
>Now I do both 2-D and 3-D and enjoy each in their own way. There is a 
>place for both and I wouldn't give up either format. I also wouldn't 
>call 2-D a *failure* as a general rule. I like to think of 3-D as an 
>enhancement to an already pleasant image. My husband is also one of the 
>exceptions. Although he has not been doing photography for as long as I 
>have, he jumped at doing 3-D, and now also shoots both ways. I also have 
>a friend that has been a serious photographer for quite some time who is 
>now interested in the single SLR macro stereo I do and wants to try it. 
>She has been to several club meetings and has always come away 
>impressed. I would have to totally disagree with you on your *theory* in 
>this case. I think stereo is enjoyed equally by some experienced and 
>novice photographers alike, as well as not enjoyed by some in either 
>group. Even though both are photographic processes, I think it is more 
>like comparing apples to oranges. Some like apples, some like oranges, 
>some like both. It doesn't matter how long they have liked fruit in 
>general.

Count me as another exception.  I've done "flat" photography as a
serious hobby since I was in high school ( 25-29 years ago ), and
stereo photography for about 4 years.  I was always a View-Master
enthusiast, and was enthralled when I learned that there were actually
commercially made stereo cameras, and that an ordinary mortal could
take such pictures.  I have since all but abandoned 2D photography, on
the theory that I can always make 2D prints from 3D slides.

-pd

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