DrT's Stereo Tutorials

This publication consists of 94 Tutorials on Stereo Photography, arranged in TEN parts:

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

Please Note: If you are primarily interested in Digital Stereo Photography, I recommend the Digital Stereo Photography Tutorials by Michael Beech which I carry in my ebay store.

TABLE OF CONTENTS A "Crash Course" in STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY By Jim Motley and George Themelis
Part I - Getting Started With a Manual Stereo Camera 1 - Overview 1 2 - Films For Stereo 2 3 - Exposure Challenge 3 4 - More on Exposure 4 5 - Shutter Speed & Motion 5 6 - Focus & Depth Of Field 6 7 - Aperture & Hyperfocal 7 8 - Normal Stereo Photography 8 9 - Low Light & Flash Photography 9 10 - Close Up Stereo Photography 10	Part II - Beyond the Stereo Camera 1 - What is Stereo? 11 2 - Stereoscopic Deviations 12 3 - The Stereo Window 13 4 - Stereo Window II 14 5 - Beyond the Stereo Camera 16 6 - Stereo Base 17 7 - Focal Length (Viewing Distance) 19 8 - Stereo Mounting 21 9 - Stereo (Free) Viewing 23 10 - Overview & Quiz 24
Part III - "How To" (Techniques in Stereo) 1 - Answers to the Stereo Quiz 25 2 - Practical Stereo Slide Mounting 26 3 - Stereo Slide Mounting II 28 4 - How to Hold the Stereo Camera 30 5 - How to Take Single Camera Stereos 32 6 - Single Camera Stereos II (Shift) 34 7 - Single Camera Stereos III 36 8 - How to Do Trick Stereo Photography 38 9 - Trick & Creative 3d Photography II 40 10 - Overview & Quiz 42	Part IV - Stereo Hardware 1 - Count your p's! 45 2 - Realist-Format Stereo Cameras 47 3 - European-Format Stereo Cameras 49 4 - Realist Stereo Slide Viewers 51 5 - Realist Stereo Slide Projection 53 6 - 2x2x2 Stereo Format 55 7 - Medium Stereo Format 57 8 - Digital Stereo Photography (John Hart) 59 9 - 4p & View-Master Stereo 63 10 - Stereo Attachments 65
Part V - Stereo Composition 1 - Tips for Better Stereo Pictures 67 2 - Object Placement 69 3 - More Tips for Better Composition 71 4 - More Tips for Better Composition II 73 5 - 2D vs. 3D Pictures 75 6 - The Element of Depth 77 7 - Improving Composition by Cropping/Mounting 79 8 - Improving Composition using the Stereo Window 81 9 - Perception for Stereo Photographers (Jared E. Bendis) 83 10 - BONUS: 3D Projection Screen Testing 85	Part VI - Miscellaneous Topics 1 - Getting Started in Stereo Photography 89 2 - Judging Stereo Pictures 91 3 - Judging Stereo Pictures II 95 4 - Working with Stereo Prints 97 5 - Retinal Rivalry 99 - Breaking the Rule About Retinal Rivalry (Jim Gasperini) 100 6 - A Question of How Many? 101 7 - Popularity of Stereo Today 103 8 - Which Camera Took this Picture? 105 9 - Stereoscopic Vision 107 10 - Stereoscopic Vision II 109 11 - Autostereoscopic Displays 111
Part VII - Miscellaneous Topics II 1 - Educating the Public about Stereoscopy & Stereo Photography 113 2 - Flash in Stereo - Part I 115 3 - Flash in Stereo - Part II 119 4 - Simple Guide to Mounting (Geoff Ogram) 123 - Additional Comments on Mounting 125 - Medium Format Revisited + Comment on Stereo mounting 127 5 - Stereo With a Flatbed Scanner (Jay Horowitz) 128 6 - Getting Started in Digital Camera Stereo (David Starkman) 130 7 - Medium Format Stereo (Oleg Vorobyoff & Jim Harp) 134 8 - Digital Stereo Photography State of Art (John Hart) 139 - Pocket PC & 3D! 144 9 - Story Behind the Picture "For Carol" (Jay Horowitz) 145	Part VIII - Miscellaneous Topics III 1 - Mounting w/RBT Mounts - Part I 147 2 - Mounting w/RBT Mounts - Part II 149 3 - Mounting w/RBT Mounts - Part III 151 4 - Sound in 3d Shows - Part I 154 5 - Sound in 3d Shows - Part II 157 6 - Title Slides Using a Computer 161 (w/contribution by Lee Pratt) 6 - Title Slides w/out a Computer 163 7 - Free Viewing Fun - Part I 166 8 - Free Viewing Fun - Part II 169
Part IX - Miscellaneous Topics IV 1 - Stereo in 2006 173 2 - The Three Golden Rules of Stereo Photography 176 3 - Our Stereo Treasures and What Will Become of Them 180 4 - Stereo in 2006 - Update 184 5 - View-Master with or without a VM Camera (w/Kevin Pernicano) 188 6 - Getting Started with StereoPhoto Maker (by Jay Horowitz) 190 7 - Anaglyphs (by Ray Zone) 194	Part X - Miscellaneous Topics V 1 - Film & Stereo Slide Mounting Today 2 - Digital 3D Photography (by John Hart) 198 3 - RBT Mounts - Tips & Tricks 202 4 - Copying Stereo Slides (by David Starkman) 205 5 - Digital Stereo Projection (by David Starkman) 207 6 - Fritz Ochotta & Yashica/Contax Stereo Cameras 210 7 - Digital 3D Viewing Techniques (by Jay Horowitz) 214 8 - StereoData Maker 215 9 - Stereoscopic Theory & Practice 216

PLEASE NOTE: This volume is printed in B&W. There is NO COLOR, even though some pictures are shown in color below. Some Tutorials are available as pdf files. These will be delivered in color. Print them in color, save on shipping

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 1998-2006 issues of the "Stereogram", the newsletter of the Ohio Stereo Photographic Society. I have been the Editor of the Stereogram since its beginning in 1997.

Note: Some of you might have purchased an earlier version of this Tutorial.
I can supply any missing parts for $5 each (plus $2 shipping)

Also, some Tutorials are available as pdf files in my store - print them in color - save on shipping

"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

I consider this to be my best work! (so far!)

DrT's Stereo Photography Tutorial