Panoramic & Gigapixel Photography

Before you can attend this Meetup, you must first pay and register here. (http://www.precision-camera.com/panoramic-gigapixel-photography/)

Sweeping views abound in our world but when you put your camera to your eye, the resulting image is just missing something. Whatever lens you use, you just can’t capture the feeling of standing there. Panoramas add a powerful tool to your visual toolbox. They can empower you to capture a sweeping view no wide angle lens can, or to create relationships between elements in your photos that modern digital cameras normally can’t show. With the addition of easy immersive sharing (e.g. Facebook’s panorama viewer), panoramas can give your audience the feeling of being there.

Concepts Covered

Seeing panoramic compositions
Shooting panoramas
Gotchas (parallax, exposure, etc.)
Simulating large format and beyond
Assembling panoramas
Sharing to Facebook for easy viewing

Required Equipment

Camera (should have manual mode)
Lens
Charged batteries
Empty memory cards
Tripod
Optional: Panoramic head

Audience

This is an all levels class. Students will learn the required steps to make panoramas such that anyone can utilize them.

Schedule and Format

The class begins with a short classroom session followed by a hands-on session shooting panoramas around Austin.

About the Instructor

Andrew is a self-taught photographer who comes from a software engineering background. On his very first trip with a camera, he discovered night photography and has never looked back. He developed his night photography skills through trial and error in environments from the near perfect darkness of west Texas to bright urban settings around Washington DC and Austin. When not making nighttime images, Andrew is shooting for AzulOx Visuals making a variety of images from weddings, to architecture and everything in between. Andrew loves solving problems but more than that, he loves sharing his knowledge with others, helping them grow.

See more of Andrew's images at AMadTrip.com and AzulOx.com.

You can contact Andrew with questions about the class at Andrew@AzulOx.com