Introduction
This is 'work-in-progress', I'm making this visible before I've worked out how best to explain it!
The Story of My First Commercial Photography
I was on holiday in Greece, with my camera as usual. I thought, how can I earn some money from my photography, and demonstrate my skills to others?
So I asked my hotel if they would like some panoramas for their website. They were delighted, especially with my low low prices. I am embarassed to say how low, but let's say not enough to make a living. You have to start somewhere.
Techniques
If I had used a 360° lens, it would be pretty easy, but not high quality. A 360° lens allows you to take only one shot to capture a whole panorama. With other more normal lens you have to take multiple pictures and then stitch them together using specialist software.
More To Come......
Panorama (1 of 4)
Most 360° panorama files are now equirectangular images, as seen above. Special panorama viewers re-arrange them so that they can be 'seen' in a more realistic way.
Panorama (1 of 4) - displayed in Google Maps
This is the same file viewed through the Google Maps panorama viewer. It may not work with mobile devices because it uses Flash.
If you click with your mouse and drag, you can change the viewpoint.
Panorama (2 of 4)
Panorama (3 of 4)
Panorama (4 of 4)
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