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DrT's Stereo Photography Tutorial

This publication consists of 60 Tutorials on Stereo Photography, arranged in six parts:

Part I: Getting Started in Stereo With a Manual Stereo Camera

Part II: Beyond the Stereo Camera

Part III: "How To" (Techniques) in Stereo

Part IV: Stereo Hardware

Part V: Stereo Composition (How to Take Better Stereo Pictures)

Part VI: Miscellaneous Topics

All the topics (see below) are explained clearly with plenty of illustrations. Great reading for the beginner and advanced stereo photographer!

I: Getting Started With a Manual Stereo Camera

1 - Overview
2 - Films For Stereo
3 - Exposure Challenge
4 - More on Exposure
5 - Shutter Speed & Motion
6 - Focus & Depth Of Field
7 - Aperture & Hyperfocal
8 - Normal Stereo Photography
9 - Low Light & Flash Photography
10 - Close Up Stereo Photography

II: Beyond the Stereo Camera

1 - What is Stereo?
2 - Stereoscopic Deviations
3 - The Stereo Window
4 - Stereo Window II
5 - Beyond the Stereo Camera
6 - Stereo Base
7 - Focal Length
8 - Stereo Mounting
9 - Stereo (Free) Viewing
10 - Overview & Quiz

III: "How To" (Techniques) in Stereo

1 - Answers to Stereo Quiz
2 - Practical Stereo Mounting
3 - Stereo Slide Mounting II
4 - How to Hold the Stereo Camera
5 - How to take 2D Camera Stereos
6 - Single Camera Stereos II (Shift)
7 - Single Camera Stereos
8 - How to do Trick 3d photography
9 - Trick & Creative photography II
10 - Overview & Quiz

IV: Stereo Hardware

1 - Count your p's
2 - Realist Format Stereo Cameras
3 - European (7p) Format Cameras
4 - Stereo Slide Viewers
5 - Stereo Slide Projection
6 - 2x2x2 Stereo Format
7 - Medium Stereo Format
8 - Digital Stereo Photography
9 - 4p & View-Master Stereo
10 - Stereo Attachments

V: Stereo Composition

1 - Tips for Better Stereo Pictures
2 - Object Placement
3 - Tips for Better Composition
4 - More Composition Tips
5 - 2D vs. 3D Pictures
6 - The Element of Depth
7 - Composition w/Cropping/Mounting
8 - The Stereo Window
9 - Perception for Stereo Photographers
10 - Bonus: 3D Projection Screen Testing

 

VI: Miscellaneous Topics

1 - Getting Started in 3D Photography
2 - Judging Stereo Pictures
3 - Judging Stereo Pictures II
4 - Working with Stereo Prints
5 - Retinal Rivalry
6 - A Question of How Many?
7 - Popularity of Stereo Today
8 - Which Camera took this picture?
9 - Stereoscopic Vision
10 - Stereoscopic Vision II
11 - Autostereoscopic Displays

 

These Tutorials are put together in a spiral bound volume and also include a 4 page "Crash Course" in Stereo Photography. The tutorials appeared in the 1998-2004 issues of the "Stereogram", the newsletter of the Ohio Stereo Photographic Society.  I have been the Editor of the Stereogram since 1997.

Note: Some of you might have purchased an earlier version of this Tutorial. 
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"I wanted to add my comments to your collection about the tutorial ... I have *a lot* of stereo photography instruction books and assorted bookmarks in my web browsers. After spending the last few days reading your tutorial I must say that there are concepts I never understood that are now perfectly clear. Thank you for putting a lot of theory into plain English." - Mike Bittner

"I found your introduction to basic photography a very worthwhile and illuminating reading material. It clarified a number of subjects which were not adequately sorted out in my mind.... The concepts of 'window' and hyper-focal distance were particularly enlightening." - Yair Sachs

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