Work update - stereoscopes

This week I continued with developing the 3-D pictures. I have built 7 stereoscopes for viewing stereoscopic pairs produced with a very low tech stereoscopic camera. In theory the stereoscopes are not necessary but they do make it easier for most people to view in 3-D. Also I find the stereoscopic pairs of photographs more aesthetic as objects in their own right as well as the process more enjoyable rather than creating the anaglyphs (the offset red/blue channels using photoshop and red/blue specs for viewing) so I am continuing with the 3-D series using the stereoscopic pairs.

The low tech stereoscopic camera consisting of two disposable cameras glued on board exactly parallel and spaced so as the lenses are 6.5cm apart.

The stereoscopic viewers created using 6mm plywood and using +3.5 reading spectacles lenses.

The results are really impressive in terms of the 3-D images they create given the low tech approach. Unfortunately they do not translate over the web but they will be on show at my exhibition in the school at the end of June.