Techniques

In order to view in 3D our eyes have to be presented with two slightly different images.  For example with the stereo views and how each image corresponds to the view of each eye.







To view these images you would use a stereoscope.








Physicist David Brewster invented a binocular type stereoscope. This involved mounting the stereo images onto card then placing them into the stereo viewer, the binocular combined the two and created the illusion of a depth. This was an uncomplicated device for viewing daguerreotypes and it was this that was presented at the Great Exhibition held in Crystal Palace in 1851. 

 Brewster stereoscope was a great success with the public and Queen Victoria.

 Stereo views have been likened to 19th century equivalent of TV


Many stereo cards were made and became collectible items. Many Victorian homes had a stereoscope and this became a form of entertainment.


The method today for viewing stereo images

 





Another method I considered was using  Anaglyphs.

The anaglyphic technique is the same principle as stereoscopes with the taken images being taken from the view of each eye. The difference between the two however is an anaglyph uses two colours to be able to see in 3D.  The left image red and the right image and images have to be viewed with glasses that have a different colour filter on each eye.

However I previously used the anaglyphic technique on my other project and found the colour quality wasn't as good as the stereoscopes. So based on this I will use stereoscope technique for my FIP

One of my images from New York using the anaglyphic technique. I feel this technique does not give me the colour quality i am after however, for viewing in portrait format this works better than the stereoviews. This is beacuse of the way we look through the stereoscope, so will consider this when taking my photographs.