Monday, February 1, 2010

Scratch that last idea... kind of?

This weekend was a time of inspiration. I've decided to stray away a little from my idea of editing a static photograph. Instead, I've decided I want to manipulate and edit a panorama. (Click here to read more on what a panorama is, if you're not already familiar with that.) My idea of the urban grunge theme will stay the same, however. To go further with this idea, I want to manipulate the panorama into something that is called a "globe panorama."

Example of a globe panorama here:

Clearwater Beach Planet by dgroup

Basically, the process to make something like this would be:
-Use a tripod and take a series of photos in a 360degree motion of the scene
-Stitch the photos together to make a panorama
-Warp the panorama 360degrees into a circle

From there I'll go into the "globe panorama" and manipulate/edit it to my liking using the urban grunge/destroy theme.

I'm practicing the process now, I'll upload the panorama I did of the Quad later sometime.
Really all I need to do now is take the photos so I can get down to editing. Any ideas on some interesting places that would have some structures that would make a good panorama? The idea is to have each image bllok like its own "separate world."