Photography, My Quiet Vice
5 09 2008As well as trying to get my Internet Marketing Career into orbit, I have been trying to get into the obscure world of panoramic photography for websites. For years I have been an obsessive snapper with delusions of artistry and a strong hankering to use my photographic skills to earn a crust, particularly in the mountain landscape arena. I don’t think Colin Prior needs to run for cover just yet!
A friend of mine who runs a web design business in Lancaster UK, is so busily successful that he had ended up with a pile of the latest panoramic photography kit lying around that he didn’t have time to get to grips with. Until … he heard I wasn’t doing too well on the selling front. Over the last few months I have tried to put in a fair bit of time to learn the ropes with a “proper” digital camera, fisheye lens, and a stack of rather specialised software.
Finally I am beginning to feel confident enough of my ability to get good results, that my mate Tom is setting up our virtual tour website and I’ve started contacting hotels, local to me in Carlisle, with a view to doing a few test runs for them - obviously at no cost, as I am experimenting on their premises.
Some of my early experiments can be seen at.
www.ipix-photos.co.uk
I have started a community website based on the Stanwix area of the city which has my first experiments with a large scale tour.
You can find Tom and his handiwork at Web Site Design UK.
As so often with these things, just as I begin to gain confidence it seems to go horribly wrong. My most recent shoot had very challenging lighting contrasts and is not going to cut the mustard. I’ll have to go back and re-shoot several views. Ho hum!
Did you have a look at the Euromillions tonight? If you had invested in the VWD eLottery syndicates you might have actually been in with an almost believable chance, comparison with the vast majority of people who just go it alone.
That’s all for now, sleep is calling.
Categories : panorama, virtual tour, Euromillions, Stanwix, photography, elottery







