PANORAMA The Magazine of Panoramic Imaging Winter 2001 Volume 18, Number 4 Two Secretary’s Message Panorama is the ofcial publication of the Interna- President’s Message tional Association of Panoramic Photographers. interested in. I would Some Quick Notes As the holiday season is upon us By Richard Schneider, Secretary/Treasurer Submissions for Panorama must be sent to: and the year is drawing to a close, also like anyone wish- IAPP we should all reflect on the posi- ing to give a presen- Membership Renewals: Richard Schneider Panorama Magazine Editor tives in our lives, especially since tation to contact me. The rate at which renewals have been P.O. Box 6550, the national tragedy of September 11. Your officers and board arriving is encouraging. By the end of Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042, USA AThat day really hit home the fact we will strive to make this November we were near 50% with [email protected] should enjoy every day, and it put a memorable and edu- a steady stream of forms arriving cational convention . President: into perspective the important things Tdaily. For those of you who have not Peter Lorber in life such as health , family and good renewed but 1385-87 Palmetto Park Road West friends. By now all of you should have received plan on doing Boca Raton, FL 33486 your membership renewal forms. so, please send [email protected] Many of us will be making the pro- Please make sure to send the form and your materials President Elect: verbial lists and resolutions for 2002. payment to Richard Schneider before to me before Peter Burg Make sure to add the International Con- the end of the year. We need for our the end of 2001, 932 North Maitland Ave. vention in Sheperdstown, WV on Octo- membership to to grow and are actively if possible. The Maitland, FL 32701 [email protected] ber 9-13th. The area is spectacular getting the word out about the IAPP and sooner I can with a cornucopia of photo ops and is what a great organization we have. process the Secretary/Treasurer: immersed in history. As a reminder, the forms, the Richard Schneider hotel is the Clarion Hotel and Confer- Being the president of the IAPP has its sooner the first P.O. Box 6550, Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042, USA ence Center and it s not too early to responsibilities and rewards. I have had draft of the [email protected] reserve your room. Look for the first the pleasure of working with top-notch 2002 Member- Panorama issue of 2002 with registration officers and Board members and I would ship Directory and Network will be Directors: forms and further details. like to thank them on behalf of the ready for all to use. Alan Bank - Tupelo, MS [email protected] IAPP and myself for a job well done. Ron Klein - Juneau, AK Speaking of the convention, please let No organization can run successfully The Fowler Foundation: [email protected] me know the types of speakers you are without the full effort of all involved. Alan Bank, the current Director oversee- Ben Porter - Asheville, NC Again, thanks to ing the Foundation, will be drafting and [email protected] Mark Segal - Chicago, IL all of you. mailing out all acknowledgements let- [email protected] ters to those who have contributed in In closing, Addie 2001. The forms however, will continue Chairman of the Board: & I wish all of to be processed in Maryland and the Liz Hymans Tiburon, CA - 415.435.5842 you a Happy and associated funds will be deposited in the [email protected] Healthy Holiday! Maryland bank account. If you plan on giving, please ensure that your check is Panorama Publisher: made out to IAPP. We have presently Warren Wight - Winter Springs, FL Peter [email protected]

Original written articles and supporting materials, such as photographs or image les, shall be submitted to the Panorama editor for consideration. Articles may be edited and may or may not be published at the discretion of the editor. Submissions will be returned only if a self-addressed stamped envelope has been provided. IAPP is not responsible for any loss or damage to the original materials that might occur during handling or while in transit. Articles and supporting materials are for one-time use unless other arrange- ments have been made between the creator(s) of the text and images and page Seven Nine-Eleven The Widelux The IAPP. The author / photographer retains full credit and copyright to their Twenty page page Twenty-six page

submissions in an edited or unedited form. Twenty-nine page Digital Panoramas Digital Panoramas ISSN #1090-994X Postcards Panoramic IN THIS ISSUE IN Three

not established a separate account for like to see one of our magazines first, list I compiled from the 2001 member- in order to receive e-mail. Public librar- the Foundation. we now have a means for addressing ship forms. Over the last few months ies have Internet access and you could this. Please invite him or her to visit our these members have received messages, easily set up a free account with any The 2002 International Convention: web site (www.panphoto.com) and go to large and small, whose content ranged number of e-mail providers. Ask the We have established a page on our the “Panorama Magazine” page. From from “requests for photographs” to librarian for further details. My personal web site (panphoto.com/events2.html) there, click on the link for “Fall Issue advice on the purchasing of a camera, hope is close to a 100% rate for member devoted to next year’s convention in of Panorama Magazine”. A 2Mb Adobe to the listing of web sites relevant to the subscriptions to e-mail providers in the West Virginia. On this page you will see Acrobat file will then load up and 2002 Convention. Had all of this infor- near future. Please remember that as several images of the area and you will be ready for viewing. Of course, you mation been published in the magazine, a dues-paying member of IAPP, you have web links and phone numbers for a need the Acrobat software in your com- there would have been room for little will not be uninformed of association variety of potential activities. There is a puter first. This is available free through else. news and activities by not having e-mail. short list on page 31 of this issue. If you Adobe. However, I believe you will be better do not have Internet access, you may You do not need to own a computer informed if you do. receive similar information from the fol- Electronic Mail: lowing sources: Lastly, I wish to make a request to the membership. The issue is centered on Editor’s Note Jefferson County Convention and electronic or “e” mail and how each By Richard Schneider Visitors Bureau and every member of IAPP could ben- Panorama is a magazine whose content is dependent on its readership. This Post Office Box A efit from having access to this modern content will fluctuate, in terms of its subject matter, during the course of any Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia 25425 USA communications tool. The fruits of this given year. For example, the Fall issue featured several technically-oriented 301-535-2627 or 800-848-8687 endeavor could be two-fold: a better articles. The Winter issue, on the other hand, has a lot more space devoted to Panorama Magazine and better informa- the work of IAPP members. As Editor, I will try to strike a balance between Clarion Hotel and Conference Center tion reaching your doorstep. P these and other subjects, but can accomplish this only to a point. Panorama 17 Lowe Drive does not employ writers who are delegated to certain departments as with a Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443 Basically, if more “routine” association commercial magazine. We can only hope that those readers who have the time USA business, as well as incidental member and interest will contribute articles on a variety of subjects. I especially encour- 304-876-7000 requests and informational tidbits, could age potential contributors to look into the areas of product review, book review, be e-mailed to the members at-large exhibitions, fine arts panoramas and historic cameras. Thanks in advance for Advertisers: instead of being printed, we would have your help. Addie Lorber has graciously volun- more room in the magazine for articles teered to help in maintaining our and images. This could make Panorama Onto another subject, this being the Widelux camera. A couple of months ago, accounts and communication with our less of a newsletter and more of a maga- I heard that the company producing Widelux cameras in Japan was in rather advertisers. If there are problems with zine. If such information were e-mailed, unhealthy shape. Sensing its demise, I wanted to devote a fair amount of the your balance of payments for 2001, you its content would likely be more thor- Winter issue as an homage to a camera that, like it or not, introduced thousands will likely hear from her. The IAPP ough because there would be no space of photographers to panoramic imaging and became the workhorse for many Board of Directors recently decided not constraints as in a magazine. There professionals. I made a request to the panorama-l list serve and the IAPP to raise advertising rates for Panorama would likely be more frequent deliveries member e-mail list for a “definitive” article on the Widelux, from an historic, Magazine or the Panphoto.com web site of information as well. E-mail is not sub- technical and creative viewpoint. While several people responded with short for 2002. ject to publishing deadlines and e-mail pieces, the grand article has thus far, not materialized. I hope that in the coming costs nothing for the association to mail. months it will. Meanwhile, I have included 3 smaller articles in this issue: two And speaking of new members, if you by Nancy Ori and Allan Chawner who continue to work with the Widelux and have a friend or associate who may be There are currently about 300 IAPP one by Ken Duncan, who never lost his appreciation for it. Enjoy! interested in joining IAPP but would members on an e-mail “mass mailing” Four In Memoriam In Memoriam Doug Brown By Brian Dyson Hope Conley Lang By Bob Lang Doug Brown was an active panoramic photog- rapher based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He Hope Lang was a familiar figure at the were in the New York area. was a member of IAPP and an occasional con- meetings of the IAPP. She and her tributor of articles to Panorama Magazine, espe- husband, Bob, a Charter Member of Hope’s father, Larry Conley, was a cially in the early 90’s. Doug passed away on the IAPP, attended the very first gath- well known songwriter, bandleader D ering of Panoramic Photographers at and trombonist, and she maintained November 15, 2001. H Hampton, Virginia in 1984. Although an active interest in music, becoming Douglas H. Brown was born on January 26, 1944 in Sakatoon, Saskatchewan. His not a photographer herself, she shared a member of ASCAP as a successor passion for photography started when his parents bought the Gainsboro Studio, Bob’s interest in Cirkut Cameras, and to her father. Over the last ten in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Doug began in 35mm before moving on to panoramic actually found the first Cirkut Camera years Hope became interested in her photography. He studied with Ansel Adams in California. Doug’s most famous that he owned. father’s early musical career and panorama was that of Moraine Lake in the Alberta Rocky Mountains. amassed a collection of written mate- Hope was stricken with cancer in rial, sheet music, photographs and Apart from mountains, Doug was drawn to the Alberta Badlands and chasing hot 1993. After treatment, the disease was recordings related to his most active air balloons. He never ventured far from his home or went on long travels because in remission for some six years, but days in Dallas, Mexico City, St. as he told me once: “Why would I spend tons of money and go to a place where eventually returned. Hope never let Louis and New York during the I don’t speak the language? I can have all the fun and adventure in my own the cancer interfere with her life, 1920’ and 30’s. With her husband, backyard.” looking upon it as just an inconve- Bob, she developed some interesting nience. With support from her friends and effective research techniques for Doug supported himself and his passion by working as a crane operator in the and family, the happiness she derived obtaining accurate information about construction industry and taking panoramic photographs of family reunions, club from photography and music and the events and people of the time. Some gatherings, conventions, etc. help she received from the American of the results of her work can be seen Doug had been asthmatic all his life and in the last years his health failed him, Cancer Society’s “Look Good, Feel on the “Songs Of Larry Conley” web preventing him from even going out into his backyard. Doug died at home with his Better” program, she continued to site at: girlfriend Peggy at his side. He is survived by his mother Nellie, his aunts, uncles, enjoy herself to the fullest until she cousins, and his many friends. unexpectedly passed away on August http://home.att.net/~bobhope/ 3, 2001. index.html. Cover Photograph Hope will always be remembered Bob Lang lives in Port Jefferson, New Bryce Canyon by Bob Kim by those who knew her well as a York. happy, upbeat person whose long hair Bob Kim shoots his photographs with a viewpoints of the park. Bob intention- and wonderful warm smile made her Hasselblad 503CX camera using 80mm ally tried to capture images with con- stand out in a crowd. She will also and 150mm lenses. His preference is trast, lighting and shadow situation “far be remembered as a great wife and Fujichrome Velvia transparency film for, beyond any film could capture”. He mother. Hope always enjoyed enter- Bin his words, its “sharpness and satura- brackected his shots and utilized many taining friends and family at her home tion of color”. different filters. Color modifications and while sharing with them her out- other enhancements were performed in standing abilities to cook and bake. The rendition of Utah’s Bryce Canyon the “digital phase”. IAPP members from all over the on the cover is the product of over two world could always count on being hundred 2 1/4 slides. This body of work The separate images of Bryce were con- treated to her hospitality when they was edited down to thirty images taken in a two-week period from five different More on page 32 Five Boston Conference By Jan Burg Chicago IAPP Meeting The Boston conference was not as well Denis Tremblay gave a program about inspiration and 10% technique. John Was A Great Success attended as we had initially hoped for the best way to produce a book McCarthy did a presentation on the new By Shane Van Boxtel prior to September 11th. We had twenty and making the most of opportunities Fuji Finescan 2750 Scanner and also a hardy souls from as far a way as Cali- through getting sponsors. preview of the upcoming conference in The Chicago IAPP meeting at the fornia, Georgia and Florida as well as Orvieto, Italy. Door prizes for the event Seneca Hotel in downtown Chi- T cago has come and went with great attendees from Quebec, Canada, New The keynote speaker was Arthur Rain- were donated by Gary Rosenfeld, the York, Massachusetts and a new IAPP ville, who was sponsored by Fuji and area FujiFilm rep. The day was tipped success. With the help of Mark and member from New Hampshire. While John McCarthy. He gave a wonderful of with dinner at the hotel and par- TDoug segel and some of the Pan- there were a few new faces, thanks to inspirational and insightful program ticipation in the hotel’s karaoke night. oramic Images staff, Dennis Biela at Kevin and Barbara O’Malley, everyone about thinking outside of the box. He The weekend was completed with some Wayaheadgroup, Josh Eskin at Pan- was greeted and treated as a friend. suggested getting ideas from nontra- of our members attending the Boston optic Vision, Joe Azzerelli, Kevin ditional sources and that art is 90% Camera Show. Anderson at Luna Editions along Wednesday evening we with myself, we pulled off what had a welcome dinner seemed to be a very informative of typical New England and progressive gathering. seafood at Woodman’s of Essex. On Thursday, the We started off with a brief intro dress of the day was to everyone who attended to give casual and we went on the speakers and the attendees the the hunt for good seafood (L - R) Micheline Tremblay, Gary Braun, Peter opportunity to familiarize every- and great photos. Slowed Burg, Ray Jacobs, Barbara O’Malley, Michael one with backgrounds and inter- down by fog in Rockport Antanis, Kevin O’Malley gathering together ests. I recommend that to everyone who puts together a regional meet- and Gloucester, Thursday before taking off on the Thursday photo safari afternoon with the ing. Because of it, people where to Rockport and Gloucester. weather clearing, some able to hook-up and discuss fur- of us raced off to ther, similar interests and also let photograph the skyline the speakers know who they were of Boston, while others dealing with. headed to Rockport and Newburyport. I can’t say enough about the speakers. Everybody was incred- Friday was a day for ibly informative so much that I speakers. We had a fas- don’t think one person finished on cinating presentation and time. We went from digital pan- hands on demonstration (L - R) Linda Thompson, Michael Antanis, oramic capture to making money on 360 degree photogra- Ray Jacobs and Denis Tremblay relax at selling stock to taking files and phy for the web by Linda our welcome New England seafood dinner at printing them for gallery and sale and that is a gross over-generaliza- Thompson from Remote Woodman’s of Essex. Reality. Peter Burg, using tion. 35mm slides gave a well received, in depth pro- The Safari day was fun and infor- gram on his September More on page 6 trip to China and Tibet. Six

Chicago IAPP Meeting Was A Great Success from page 5 Members in the News mative as well. Many who attended did some creative 360 stuff up there. the meeting on Friday showed up on I can’t speak for everyone, but I had Ken Duncan of Erina, Australia had his new book, “America Wide - In God Saturday to demo cameras with Josh, a great time meeting new people and We Trust” reviewed by Ralph Novak in the October 22, 2001 issue of People Dennis and myself and those who strengthening the relationships with Magazine. did not were getting together with people I met in Napa. I am looking speakers from the conference to dig forward to October to see everyone deeper into what they had to offer. in WV. Once again, thanks to every- Edward Meyers of Middle Village, New York had a photograph, “Marcia Dennis and friends even went up in one who spoke and participated in the Meyers’ Studio” reproduced in the October 2001 issue of Shutterbug magazine. the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier and Chicago get-together. The image accompanied a Shutterbug test report by Bob Shell on the Panflex Panoramic Camera.

On December 8, Richard Schneider spoke about the panoramic photography holdings of the National Archives at the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Richard appeared at the request of Robert MacKay, Director of SPLIA, who is also an IAPP member. Fellow members Bob Lang, Ray Jacobs and Stephen Delroy were also in atten- dance. SPLIA’s exhibit, “Panorama” was featured in the June issue of Panorama Magazine and will be on display through the end of January 2002.

360° Imaging and Infrared Seven Nine-Eleven By Stephen Delroy

As the IAPP member working closest time before a menacing dust cloud swept building like a tidal wave. People were to the World Trade Center I want to down Broadway and carried over the running in every direction trying to share some of my experiences and avoid this cloud, which was impossible. images from that infamous event. I Because this building houses the U.S. Aam not a working professional pho- Bankruptcy Court for NY we have a tographer. I hold a “day job” as a high level of security for protection of building manager for the federal gov- the sitting judges. So I had the U.S. Mar- ernment. I manage the Alexander shals open that entrance of the building Hamilton U.S. CustomHouse, a to all who desired a safe haven. After National Historic Landmark building, going through our airport-like security, located right at Bowling Green Park, those people went down into our base- almost at the southern tip of Man- ment where we have a large auditorium, hattan. It is only a few blocks from conference rooms, bathrooms, water “ground zero.” Before this assign- coolers and pay telephones. I spoke ment I managed the newer U.S. Cus- with those people and told them they tomHouse which was at Six World could stay in the building, which, being Trade Center, until Sept. 11th. So I am made of stone was the safest place in very familiar with the complex and the neighborhood. Many people stayed have numerous friends and acquain- until the afternoon. I did not leave for tances amongst the Port Authority. home until 5 PM.

I was able to watch much of what I’m sure you don’t need me to explain transpired right from my work loca- that nothing in NYC has been the same tion, without a TV. It was a very since. Almost everyone knew someone frightening experience. I did not see who is missing and presumed dead. either of the planes hit. But the noise I am no exception, having worked at from the second impact was deafen- 6WTC. Everyone from that building ing - just as if a bomb went off right escaped which was most fortunate. But outside the building. Once up on because of my job there I had to the roof I could see both towers burn- work with many employees of the Port ing and the horror of people jumping Authority. These people managed the from the highest floors. It was a horri- Twin Towers, their offices were on upper ble scene to watch. Knowing that the floors of Tower 1 and many of them did only choice was the method of dying. not get out in time. As soon as I saw that the buildings were in danger of collapsing, I had Ten days later, it was still extremely dif- my engineer turn off the ventilation ficult to get around within the Wall St. system so that we would not be bring- area. There were lots of police and the ing any outside air into the building. National Guard (these guys were sleep- I would never have predicted that all ing in our basement rooms). Access to of both towers would disappear. the area required special identification.

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Nine Eleven from page 7 Fortunately my government ID gets me access to most any- where I wish. But there were still no cars allowed and many of the subway stops were closed. So travel was difficult. As to the other effects on the city, you probably followed that story from the news media.

Even though my credentials would allow me access to “ground zero” I did not pursue this until more than a week transpired. Whether this was due to shock or trauma, who can say. But finally I did impose upon the NYPD to escort me. So the evening of Sept. 22nd I finally arrived at the WTC. Words cannot convey the solemnity of just being there. It was surprisingly quiet and definitely eerie. Especially because it was at night illuminated by high inten- sity construction lights. Although I am too young, the only pictures that came to mind were images of Dresden after the WWII bombing runs. NY photographer Bruce Davidson

accompanied me and we hardly said a word to each other as we moved around taking photos.

Photographers from the Smithsonian Institution examined my images while here for the Photo Plus exhibition and they will become part of their permanent archives. It is now almost 2 months since that fateful day. We have seen many changes in NYC. In order to cross the river in the morning, at least two persons must be in the vehicle. Proper ID is still required to enter Lower Manhat- tan. No one can get any closer than Broadway, 2 long blocks from the site. At least now all subway lines but one have reopened. That last line will take at least another year, due to extensive damage. It runs directly under the complex. (For details of travel in Manhattan, see http:// www.firstprecinctcc.org/) The acrid smell and smoke per- sists. Fires still erupt periodically. And the amount of debris removed is mind-boggling. Nine

April 4th and 5th, 2002 Regional Meeting in College Park, Maryland By Richard Schneider There will be a two-day regional IAPP invited to attend, helping expand IAPP’s a) transportation into Washington, DC state 95 and the Capitol Beltway, and meeting in College Park on April 4th public outreach. for tours of two or three institutions is about a 10 minute drive from the and 5th 2002. Despite being identified as that feature panoramic photography or Archives building. The room rate is regional, all interested IAPP members A portion of the program will also serve b) a tour of the Convention site and sur- $109.00 per night and includes a full Tare welcome. However, if you were as a “warm up” for the upcoming IAPP rounding areas. The second is a dinner American breakfast and free shuttle ser- planning but one trip to the eastern US International Convention in Shepherd- get-together on Saturday, April 6. Spe- vice to the National Archives. If we in 2002, my strong suggestion would be stown, West Virginia. A presentation will cifics on each of these activities will be have a Saturday night dinner, we to save it for the International Conven- be made places to go and things to do in communicated to each registrant once a would likely have it in the hotel’s tion in October. The April meeting site the West Virginia “panhandle” as well as final assessment of interest is made. It on-site restaurant. More information will be the National Archives, Lecture places of interest to the photographer. is expected that each activity would cost on the hotel can be found at the Rooms B and C, 8601 Adelphi Road, no more than $20.00 per person. main web site for Holiday Inn, College Park, Maryland. Two activity options are potentially www.sixcontinentshotels.com or call available, depending on the level of I have contacted the Holiday Inn – Col- them at 301-345-6700. I use the term meeting in order to iden- interest from prospective attendees. One lege Park about setting aside rooms for tify this as a smaller type of affair, is the chartering of a bus on Wednesday, attendees at a reduced rate. This hotel Want more info, contact me during busi- in contrast to a full-blown IAPP confer- April 3, which could be used for either is located at the convergence of Inter- ness hours at 301-713-6714. ence or convention. For example, this event will likely not include a central REGISTRATION for the IAPP REGIONAL MEETING - COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND hotel where activities will occur, photo April 4 and 5, 2002 manufacturers or service providers, or planned activities for spouses. What this Name: Registration Fees: meeting will present is the opportunity Street Address: to get to know other members, espe- IAPP Members: $20.00 City: State: Zip Code: cially those from the MD, VA and PA IAPP Companions: $15.00 areas, and the work they do in pan- Telephone: Non-Members: $25.00 oramic imaging. Morning and afternoon E-Mail Address: Students (with ID): $15.00 refreshments are included in the regis- tration fee. Would you be interested in participating in a bus tour on Wednesday, April 3? Yes No While part of the program will feature If you answered yes, which destination would be of most interest to you? Wash. DC W. Virginia formal lectures, blocks of time will also Would you be interested in participating in a dinner get-together on Saturday, April 6? Yes No be available for attendees who simply Would you be interested in making a presentation on Thursday or Friday, April 4 or 5? Yes No wish to share their work and experi- If you answered yes, please describe the topic: ences. All presenters will have many tools available to facilitate their pre- If paying by Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover), please fill in information below: sentations including rear-projection data and slide projectors, high-speed Internet Card Number: Expiration Date: access, Macintosh and Windows plat- Name as it appears on card: form computers, and even large tables to spread their work out on. As an added Please make personal checks payable to IAPP. highlight, photography and imaging Please send this form and payment information to IAPP, P.O. Box 6550, Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 students from nearby colleges will be Ten March 16th - March 19th, 2002 Rescued by Widelux Orvieto, Italy – 2002 European Conference By Ken Duncan Join us Saturday March 16 - Tuesday est to them. You can go to www. get new members. I fell in love with photography at the age March 19, 2002 for the 2002 European orvietofotografia.com to see the com- of 16 to the detriment of all my school- IAPP Conference in beautiful Orvieto, plete program. Orvieto is a very photogenic village work, as I was full of passion to capture Italy. Dinner is planned Friday night built on a hill top in Umbria. It is on the images. On leaving school at 18 one of Jfor early arrivers. The conference will The convention task committee is setting main auto strassa that connects Rome Imy teachers told a friend and I that we be held in conjunction with the Orvieto up a photo exhibit of panoramic photo- and Florence and is also accessible by would be the last people in the world to Fotografia International convention of graphs made by Italian photographers. rail. We should be able to make some succeed in life. (That other friend is now Photography presented in conjunction They are looking forward to meeting us. interesting side trips using Orvieto as head of one of the leading television sta- with the Italian and European Profes- It should be a very interesting experi- our base. tions in Australia.) sional Photographers Association. ence for us as well as an opportunity to For more information about the con- That teacher’s negative words set me We’ll have our own room set aside ference, to volunteer to do a pro- on a course of, “I’ll show you!” So off for meetings and members will have gram, make hotel reservations, or I went in pursuit of the great Aussie the option for an additional expense find out about possible airline dis- dream – make lots of money, get a to attend programs of special inter- counts email: John McCarthy at house, a great car, a wife and 2.5 chil- [email protected]. dren. While chasing this so called image of contentment the only real satisfaction I had was my love for photography. Now to cut a long story short I worked in a photographic supply store for over 9 years. Sure it was all good learning - but I had lost my passion for pho- tography. I was talking about photog- raphy rather than taking photographs. The great Aussie dream was becoming a reality - I had the house, sports car and much more - but it wasn’t making me happy and I certainly was not ready for the wife and 2.5 children. I felt there had to be more to life than this.

Enter the Widelux. In the 1970’s the company I was working for became Australian agents for a weird looking camera called Widelux. I had seen some Photos by D. John McCarthy shots taken with it and I thought it was cool. I was planning a surfing vacation to Bali, so I decided to take one of these Mark Your Calendars Now! strange cameras on my journey. While October 8-13, 2002 surfing one day I saw a huge mountain IAPP International Convention 2002 called Mt. Agung rising some 10,000 Shepherdstown, WV More information in upcoming issues of Panorama and on our website More on page 11 Eleven

Rescued By Widelux from page 10 feet into the heavens and it mesmerized little camera with it’s swinging lens. moods. Also, every camera had to be I had too much light. When it came to me. I thought, “I’m going to climb that Maybe God had been listening after all! serviced after a couple of hundred rolls focus, every 35mm Widelux I ever had mountain”. And some days later I did I felt I needed to break free from my to keep the never-ending banding prob- over the years came with inherent focus just that. comfortable prison and begin a journey. lem at bay. Having only three speeds problems - some worse than others - I felt there had to be more meaning to 1/15th, 1/125th and 1/250th was very as the factory settings were often incor- I climbed the mountain at night in life, and this strange camera and I were limiting. rect, and I order to reach the summit by first light going to find some answers. I used the When would and in hindsight I realise it wasn’t the Widelux as a cover for my pilgrimage. shooting “My passion to take photos had been re- have to safest way to go as we nearly came off If you tell people you are seeking the on the have each the mountain in a few spots. When meaning of life they look at you pretty faster ignited and all because of this strange little one re-cal- we reached the summit, the view was strangely, but if you tell them you’re a speeds I ibrated breathtaking with crystal clear skies that photographer, then that’s OK. So off I had to camera with it’s swinging lens.” for sharp disappeared over endless horizons. The went on the journey of a lifetime leaving check focus on Balinese consider Mt Agung the Moun- behind my comfort and selling all my all the infinity. tain of the Gods, so while I was shooting security as I travelled to help finance my time that I had not flicked off the filter, (When the F8 Widelux became available with my newfound friend, the F7 wide- photographic adventure. which was precariously attached on a I thought the manufacturer might have lux, I threw up a prayer. “Well God, if silly little peg just above the lens. A addressed some of these problems but, you’re up here, I wouldn’t mind a little Now I’m not going to presume to tell standard part of my kit was a pair of as far as I was concerned, there was no help, as there has to be more to life than you about the meaning to life, as you needle nose pliers and a set of screw- real difference other than slight cosmet- what I’m living.” have probably worked that out by your- drivers to keep that filter and peg in ics.) self. However, I would love to share place. On my return to Australia I was excited with you some of the fun and frustra- One of the things I loved most about the by the photographs I had taken – the tion I had with my Widelux travelling The filter selection that came with the Widelux was the format. I also loved it Widelux saw things the same way I did. companions. cameras was pretty useless unless you for being lightweight and portable - you One image in particular really thrilled were doing black and white photogra- could get candid shots, as most people me and it was one of the images taken I started with two-second hand F7 cam- phy, so I had my own set of color cor- didn’t have a clue that it was even a from atop the mountain of the Gods. eras. I named both cameras as each rection filters made. Some day I would camera nor that you were pointing it at My passion to take photos had been re- one saw things slightly differently and love to meet a person who actually used them. And, if they were off to the side, ignited and all because of this strange I had to keep track of their different the ND filter, as I never had a time when they wouldn’t believe that a camera could shoot that wide.

I shot my first book “Australia Wide”- “The Last Frontier” completely on the Widelux 35mm cameras. Looking back on all those limitations, I can’t believe I did it, but it just goes to show that all things are possible for those who get out of bed and get on with the job.

When Widelux released their 120-film version - the Widelux 1500 - I also pur- chased one of these cameras for the

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Rescued By Widelux EXHIBITIONS: from page 11 Photographs increased film size and sharpness. Some used more modern panoramic cameras, Alberto Gandsas: I will always keep my Widelux cameras Consulate General of Argentina of the other advantages with the new th camera were that it had adjustable focus, as they have earned their retirement and 12 West 56 Street in New York City. screw in filters and I personally did there is nothing more memorable than not have nearly as many problems with a first Love, even with all its awkward Exhibition commenced on November 1, 2001 and has been extended until December vertical banding. I only wish that Wide- moments. 31, 2001. lux had kept up with technology, but they seemed to be locked in a time Ken Duncan lives in Erina, New South Born in Buenos Aires, Alberto Gandsas ventured south to Patagonia first in 1993 warp when compared to other Japanese Wales, Australia. A reference to his new (and three times a year since then), entering a world of mountains, rivers, valleys, camera manufactures like Nikon and book America Wide, can be found in the glaciers and snowdrifts, among penguins and a multitude of flora and fauna. Canon. “Members in the News” section of this Magnificent landscapes of unlimited beauty and color invited him to stop, and the issue. light offered a myriad of different angles for him to capture. “I travel immersed When all is said and done, Widelux was in a wide natural setting and I feel that I am part of the whole. The panoramic the best camera of its type available at Display Advertising Rates photo camera is ideal to transmit and mold in the negative the feelings and sensa- the time. However, just like any rela- tions that invade you in front of so much splendor,” says Gandsas, describing the tionship made in a town with very few “long expectations, sometimes hours, in order to get everything you want – lights, Insert - $250 options we had to put up with the char- shadows, colors and contrasts. It is the moment when you try that the shutter acter faults and work with the strengths Full Page - $200 release button noise should be as low as possible, honoring the silence and charm of the place.” to get beautiful pictures. 1/2 page - $110 1/4 page - $60 Reproduced with permission from the Consulate of Argentina Press Release. Although for some years now I have Alberto Gandsas just recently concluded a group exhibit, Visions Reflected, that took place at the Agora Gallery in New York City. This exhibit was interrupted by the TheViewCameraStore,Inc. tragic events of September 11, 2001. On November 1, the Consulate of Argentina held an opening reception for Mr. Wisner BTZSFocusCloth 4x10TechnicalField2195.00 4x554.955x7/4x1059.95 Gansas’ exhibit that was well attended. Attendees included Stephen Delroy, who 7x17TechnicalField3095.00 8x1064.9511x1474.95 has an article on the World Trade Center disaster in this issue. 8x20TraditionalL3800.00 7x17/8x2074.9512x20/14x1784.95 8x20TechnicalField4000.00 IlfordHP5+Film 12x20TraditionalL5000.00 4x5-2517.855x7-2527.06 Alberto Gandsas lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 12x20TechnicalField5000.00 8x10-2559.1711x14-25113.78 Canham 7x17-2593.948x20-25120.62 6x17RollFilmBackcall 14x17-25call12x20-25182.15 4x10Field2990.00 ArchivalNegativeSleeves 7x1736"bellows4500.00 4x5-254.925x7-1007.17 8x2036"bellows4650.00 8x10-2512.688x20-10043.42 11x1448"bellows6000.00 11x14-10026.2516x20-2524.33 12x2048"bellows6000.00 ContactPrintingFrames AWB WindStabilizerKit116.48 8x10182.007x17197.00 11x14210.008x20210.00 CustomFilmHolder 12x20231.0016x20315.00 7x17408.008x20420.00 RiesTripods 11x14420.0012x20474.00 J100532.00J250291.00 HarrisonFilmChangingTents A100616.00A250329.00 4x5154.008x10199.95 F.64Backpacks 11x14249.9512x20349.95 4x5175.004x5(wheels)225.00 8x10275.00Filtercase16.00 POBox19450~FountainHills,AZ85269~Tel:(480)767-7105~Fax:(480)767-7106 [email protected] Dale of the Pinturas River in La Patagonia, Argentina. Thirteen

Buy, Sell and Trade... EXHIBITIONS ...Free ads for IAPP members The New York Historical Society presents: SERVICES: All cirkut camera services. Gears WANTED: Honest Stock Agent - To promote MANHATTAN UNFURLED cut, focal lengths measured, repairs, parts and license my 35mm slides, negatives and made. Stanley Stern, 813-920-4863. 6x17 panoramic images of Wisconsin, the October 9, 2001 – January 6, 2002 Mid-West and other places. I also have pho- SERVICES: Gears cut - 49 pitch and 32 pitch, tographic shooting experience in the areas Conceived and installed before the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the 14 1/2 degree pressure angle gears with of Agriculture, Commercial, Construction, Historical Society’s new exhibit Manhattan Unfurled speaks to the ceaseless any number of teeth. Less than 50 teeth - Industrial, Landscape and Nature. inspiration that this city and its skyline have offered to individuals of many $25, 50 to 125 teeth - $35, over 125 teeth In addition to IAPP, I am also a member of nationalities who have made – and continue to make – New York a vital - by quote. Gears are fitted with shafts ASMP, NANPA and WIPA. metropolis. or hubs made to customers measurements. Please call, write to or visit, C Ron Klein, Northernlight, 1208 Pike Court, Ray Voight, 838 Congress Street, Neenah, Manhattan Unfurled Juneau AK 99801-9549. Phone 907-780-6248 Wisconsin 54956-3438 USA features as its centerpiece the remarkable, recent rendering or e-mail: [email protected]. 920-725-2326 by architect Matteo Pericoli of Manhattan’s fabled skyline in the form of two continuous 37-foot long pen-and-ink drawings. Depicting the West and FOR SALE: Art Panorama 624, excellent con- WANTED: Wanted: Film Magazine for East sides of the island, the drawings attest to the young Milanese-trained dition, graduated filter, 50 rolls frozen Fuji- V-Pan 617. Dave Howard. P.O. Box 849, Ajo, architect/illustrator’s fascination with the waterside contours of his newly chrome RDPII Provia, Luna Pro, Nikkor SW AZ 85321 520-387-7313. adopted home. Other selected drawings and conceptual studies by Pericoli 120mm f8, $2,400 OBO. Also, like new copy relate to these panoramic views, while two groups of his color photographs of The Panoramic Photography of Eugene Want to Buy, Sell or Trade? Just send your document the evolution of this wonderfully obsessive project. Roberta Olson O. Goldbeck, by Burleson & Hickman, First ad to: Richard Schneider, Panorama Editor, is the curator of the exhibit. Edition in slipcase, $100. Stewart Sterling, P.O. Box 6550, Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042, 520-649-3342 or [email protected]. USA. [email protected] Also on view is the Historical Society’s sweeping eight-part panorama of New York City, drawn by Edward Burckhardt from 1842-1845 (there is a separate article on this work on page ___ of this issue). It demonstrates how Pericoli’s two drawings turn that pre-cinematic tradition inside out. Burkhardt’s series pans 360 degrees from a fixed point, whereas Pericoli’s renderings circumnavi- gate the entire shoreline of Manhattan. In order to obtain the views essential for this novel twist on the historic panorama convention, Pericoli traveled by Circle Line boat, motorcycle and bicycle through the adjacent boroughs of New York City, New Jersey and the perimeter of Manhattan itself. In the process, the artist documents Manhattan’s late twentieth-century skyline, from the time he arrived in the City, December 1995, through the millennium year of 2000.

The exhibition coincides with the publication of the new foldout, facsimile book Manhattan Unfurled by Random House, which features an introduction by New Yorker architectural critic Paul Goldberger.

The New York Historical Society is located at 2 West 77th Street at Central Park West in New York City, and is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m to 5 p.m. For more information, the public should call 212-873-3400, or visit the web site at www.nyhistory.org .

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Part III - The Mall Central Park Views By Joe Derenzo For this final part of the series I especially when the lake freezes over, to experience first hand. series has given our IAPP readers some chose an area that has been used in but even as the weather turns cold, of the visual pleasures I have come to several motion pictures over the years. the area never loses its charm. All I’ve been fortunate to have Central Park know in the most famous city park in In Kramer vs Kramer, Dustin Hoffman three areas of the park that have been in such close proximity to my home as the world. Fteaches his son to ride a bike on what explored in this series would be, by both a subject to photograph and as an is known as The Mall. Located near the themselves in any other, the center environment to simply enjoy. I hope this southern end of the Ramble, part of the of attention actual mall is lined with trees and also for any vis- statues having names you’ll recognize, itor. The such as Shakespeare, Sir Walter Scott fact that and Robert Burns. It extends north past one park the public stage know as The Naumberg has all this Band Shell to The Bethesda Terrace at and much which one can view The Angel of the more not to Waters Fountain. One of the most pop- mention ular sites in the park, the fountain is the north located at the east end of the lake from end with which the Boat House can be viewed. its running In the summer time the lake is filled trails, with people paddling by on their way to waterfalls Bow Bridge. Italian Gondolas also grace and picnic the lake and are a favorite with tourists areas is visiting the park. something Winter creates quite a different scene you have

Top: Angel of the Waters Fountain from the Bethesda Terrace Noblex 150

Middle: Statues at the south end of the Mall Fuji 6x17

Bottom: The Mall in Winter with the Naumberg Band Shell 360º Noblex Image Fifteen

Special to Panorama Magazine Fine Arts Panoramas PANORAMAS: AN OVERVIEW By Roberta J. M. Olson, Curator New York Historical Society

The word “panorama” was coined in the hot-air balloon flights of eighteenth- of portable mural, became a popular on the walls of a large cylinder. The the late eighteenth century for a tech- century aeronauts. By imitating the view amusement and educational device. earliest measured about 60 feet in diam- nical form of topographical landscape available to aeronauts, the panorama Accompanied by a lecture and fre- eter, the later ones as large as 130 feet from two Greek roots, pan [all] and replicated a new optical experience quently music, the painting on canvas in diameter. The viewer, who stood Thorama [view]. These panoramas were in pictorial form. It provided the was slowly unrolled behind a frame and on a platform at the center, turned continuous narrative scenes or land- possibility of seeing in a full circle with- revealed in sections. Sometimes theatri- around to see all points of the horizon. scapes painted to conform to a flat or out obstructions A panorama curved background that surrounded the and expanded the thus depicted viewer or was unrolled before him/her. limits of the hori- a specific top- Popular during the late eighteenth and zon. As a means ographical site nineteenth centuries, they were anteced- for organizing at a particular ents of other genres like the stereopticon visual experience, moment in his- and motion pictures, especially anima- the panorama fea- tory. Reput- tions and the process called “Cinerama”. tured a shift from edly, the first The modern usage of the word refers not the traditional panorama was to this technical genre but more gener- central perspec- the brainchild ally to a circular overview of a land- tive to multiple of the Irish scape from an elevated position. Almost perspectives. artist living in simultaneously with the invention of the Edinburgh, technical term, the word was also used The majority of Robert Barker, in a broad or metaphorical sense mean- panoramas were who patented ing a survey. Eventually “panorama” created on a mon- Edward Burckhardt, Panoramic View of New York City (detail), 1842-45. The new York Historical Society, the concept in Gift of Mrs. Harold Farquhar Hadden, daughter of the artist, 1915.76. enjoyed such a vogue that purveyors umental scale in 1787. Soon of every possible form of merchandise an attempt to surround the viewer with cal realism enhanced the panorama via thereafter panoramas of London and tried to associate their products with it. simulated reality. In a sense, panoramas smoke, steam or sound effects. Among battle scenes from the Napoleonic Wars The term also identifies a continuous were a form of virtual travel and func- the most ambitious of the rolled variety were produced, followed by countless painted backdrop surrounding a theat- tioned as a democratic Grand Tour. was John Banvard’s three-mile long examples in Europe and the United rical audience – first used as a major The craze for this early mass medium depiction of the landscape along the States. Another early panorama by the scenic innovation by Louis-Jacques- peaked during the nineteenth century Mississippi River. The panorama was American artist John Vanderlyn, “The Mande’ Daguerre, who is better known with spectacular representations of both a surrogate for nature and a sim- Palace and Gardens of Versailles” (now as the inventor of the daguerreotype – as nature, historical battles and exotic loca- ulator in the observation of nature, a in the Metropolitan Museum of Art), well as the actual building for exhibiting tions. It spawned all kinds of “orama” didactic apparatus for teaching people was painted in 1817-19. Until 1829 it a pictorial circular vista. cousins, such as the diorama and how to see. It combined optical illusion was exhibited in a building called “The georama. Among the major nineteenth- and geographic information with a low Rotunda” on a leased corner of City Panoramas reflect the human need for century American panoramas was Paul admission price. Contemporary descen- Hall Park in New York City; this struc- an “overview” or an image of the total- Philippoteaux’s “Battle of Gettysburg” dants include the IMAX theater screen, ture, demolished in 1870 after being ity of an event. Although a panoramic (1883), exhibited in several American the so-called “panoramic” camera lenses occupied by a number of municipal approach appears in early art, for exam- cities before its permanent installation and 360-degree Internet technologies. offices, is preserved in several works in ple in Roman painting, the genesis of in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. At mid- the collection of the New York Historical the technical genre has been linked to century the rolled panorama, a kind The technical panorama was exhibited Society. Sixteen

Winter Sleigh Ride This photograph was made in February 2000 at the Chautauqua Institution Winter Weekend in front of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. The Chautauqua Institution is located at the far-western corner of New York State. It was founded in 1874 and operates a 9-week educational, arts, recreational, and religious program during the summer and is a year-round community. There are many Victorian period buildings on the 250 acres that border Chautauqua Lake. The Institution and the grounds are on the National Historic Register and is a National Registered Landmark. The winter weekend fea- tures modern and antique sleighs and other winter activities.

The image was made with a Noblex 135U on Kodak 400 Royal Gold film. The image was scanned with a Hewlett Packard S20 Photo Smart scanner and minor adjustments were made.

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This panorama of the Adirondack Winter Sleigh Ride Mountains was taken just after This photograph was made in February 2000 at the Chautauqua Institution Winter Weekend in front of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. The Chautauqua Institution is located the sun’s first rays spilled over at the far-western corner of New York State. It was founded in 1874 and operates a 9-week educational, arts, recreational, and religious program during the summer and is a the horizon. Photo by Carl Heil- year-round community. There are many Victorian period buildings on the 250 acres that border Chautauqua Lake. The Institution and the grounds are on the National Historic man II. Register and is a National Registered Landmark. The winter weekend fea- tures modern and antique sleighs and other winter activities.

The image was made with a Noblex 135U on Kodak 400 Royal Gold film. The image was scanned with a Hewlett Packard S20 Photo Smart scanner and minor adjustments were made.

Rick Zuegel lives in Rochester, NY

Upper Fox Glacier - New Zealand - © Andris Apse/Panoramic Images

Evening Lost Lake Cabin Whistler This panorama was taken in British Columbia Canada Frederick, Maryland with a This unique vertical pan- © Mark Segal/Panoramic Images Noblex 150 camera. 160NC orama was shot with a Wide- film was used with an exposure lux 1500 by Ray Starr of of 1/125 at f16. Photo by Dan Owings Mills, Maryland. Whelan. © 2001 Eighteen

Member Spotlight Nancy J. Ori: New Work – Widelux Panoramas These examples from Nancy’s recent done with a conventional station- duality of perspective, simi- scene with a still camera and refocusing portfolio were exclusively taken with ary lens camera. This is where lar to a diptych, as if two on near and far objects as the lens passes the Widelux panoramic camera. The I find the challenge to handle photographs were combined. by.” Widelux is a swing-lens variety of the camera creatively… to totally What appears to be a mirror camera and creates a wide view image distort space without the viewer image or flopped negative T More on page 19 of approximately 140 degrees. being aware of exactly what hap- during printing, on closer pened. This new black and white inspection, is really two dis- In Nancy’s words, “I have been working portfolio is a summary of several tinct spaces leaving center frame as a with this panorama format since the late years’ work. I especially enjoyed finding pause in some cases. seventies when I first went out west. subjects that will work vertically since At the time I was studying with Ansel this is much more difficult a situation to “I feel that my increasing involvement Adams and was using the camera to find. with video over the years has greatly capture the large landscape scenes of influenced the way that I see and use California and the southwest in color. I “In some work there is a kind of the Widelux, almost as if I am panning a worked with this grand panorama style for a number of years and still enjoy looking at them as the foundation of my Widelux work and as memories of working with Ansel.

“The camera has certain qualities related to its design that I found limiting with the panoramas. In particular, it has no flexibility in regards to composition when dealing with images including the horizon line. When the camera is level, the horizon line slices through the center.

“Gradually, over the last few years, I needed a change from the all-inclusive color panorama and began moving closer to my subjects until the horizon was excluded from the image. Once this happened, I was able to tilt the camera up or down to compose the image with minimal apparent distortion. In reality, the tilt causes tremendous distortion to the perspective as the lens moves across the frame during the exposure. The near/far relationship of objects and space is greatly manipulated cre- ating new realities that could not be Nineteen

PRODUCT REVIEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Paneld 4x5 Field Camera By Roger Bull A “Denitive” Publication on the Cirkut Camera South Africa is known for many things, Rise, fall, tilt and swing work on the two-story buildings half a mile long. By Michael Westmoreland but camera manufacture is not one of front standard. Lateral shift is fitted to them. The Panfield 4x5 Field Camera the rear standard -75mm left, 75mm The lens I use most with the camera is I would like to air an idea to the however, is an exception. right. The front standard accepts the my 90mm f5.6 Super Angulon. This lens membership: While we still have Linhof 100x100mm lens panel. It has will cover the 6X17 as well. I also use, on around the expertise of the Cirkut S generation, it seems to me [that] the The Panfield is an ideal camera for 150mm of vertical movement -75mm up the 4x5 only, a 58mm f5.6 Super Angu- the photographer who wants a light- and 75mm down. lon with centre filter. Not much shift Iworld is overdue [for] the final and weight and sturdy machine that is easy with this lens though but it can get you definitive publication on the practice to stick in a backpack. Made by Andrew I use a Sinar ground glass and film out of a tight space situation. and use of these wonderful and his- Meintjies, a gifted craftsman, the camera holder (it also accepts the Horseman). I toric American cameras. is constructed from phosphor bronze, also asked Andrew to make me a 6x17 The accompanying photos show the stainless steel and anodised aluminium. film magazine which he made adapting Panfield with 6x17 magazine; panoramic Over the years, from its early begin- The focusing track runs on ball bearings it from a Calumet slip-in 6x7 roll film back on camera; and a close-up of the nings as a fairly primitive circular, cut in grooves on the spine. The double back. What I like is that I do a lot of magazine in an open position. the IAPP member’s journal has pub- bag bellows will cover lenses from architectural shoots and I can easily put lished many articles on this topic. 47mm to 210mm on flat panels. the panoramic magazine into my back- Roger Bull lives in Johannesburg, South One thinks, for instance, of Bill pack for those locations which consist of Africa. McBride’s painstaking research on the manufacture, of Ron Klein’s invaluable contributions on main- tenance and repair, of Bob Lang’s scholarly essays on the math, and the many contributions [that] have been made about extending the tech- nology in all sorts of ingenious ways.

When visiting conventions, I meet new members who have acquired Cirkuts but in practical terms are starting as it were from scratch. Much of that early information is now hard, if not impossible, Nancy J. Ori for them to access even if they from page 18 know it existed. Of particular Nancy Ori has worked for over 25 years meet regularly to discuss their work as ropolitan area and has work in the importance to them would be a as an industrial photographer and video well as exhibit within the state. The permanent collections of such institu- comprehensive guide distilling the producer. She enjoys teaaching photog- Forum has grown to be the largest fine tions as the Museum of Modern Art in hard-won wisdom of some of our raphy classes and workshops each year art photography organization in New New York and the Armand Hammer longstanding craftsmen who have throughout the United States. In 1995, Jersey. Museum in Los Angeles. evolved their own ways of dealing Nancy established the New Jersey Pho- with such imponderables as the tography Forum, a group of professional Nancy has exhibited her work exten- Nancy Ori lives in Berkeley Heights, More on page 20 and serious amateur photographers that sively throughout the New York met- New Jersey. Twenty

MARKETPLACE A “Definitive” Publication on the Missouri State Fair Anniversary Cirkut Camera Panoramic Post Cards from page 19 The Missouri State Fair will celebrate By Les Palenik its 100th anniversary in 2002. The “demon” banding, or how to make Centennial Committee is looking for Panoramic postcards are a good product use a larger print press for better print optimum quality negatives and panoramic images taken at the fair to showcase your panoramic images and quality. prints. during the past 100 years. One pan- also to make some money. Typically T these cards are 3.5”-4” high, and 8”-10” On the low end, you’ll need to print at oramic photo exists titled “Sedalia What I propose is that IAPP examines Prize Winners, 1911.” It shows the Pwide, although I have made some fold- least 4 cards on a small sheet. On the the possibility of taking overall grandstand area full of people view- ing postcards up to 24” wide. As other extreme, you can accommodate responsibility under its own impri- ing the prizewinners on horses on the to the market for such up to 36 panoramic matur for such a quality publication. track in front of the viewing area. postcards, I have found cards on a 28x40” A book of the caliber I envisage The fair is held each year at the that local scenes are the sheet. As to the mini- would considerably raise the profile fairgrounds in Sedalia, Missouri. A favorite subject. mum quantity, you’ll and standing of the organization. special hardcover book will be pub- have to print at least While not ever being a bestseller, lished with photos and stories. Sub- I like to re-purpose my 1,000-2,000 sheets to it would surely generate enough missions are welcome. Please include images as much as pos- make it worthwhile. sales to technical libraries to economi- a 300-dpi scan of the photo and sible. Sometimes I am cally supplement those to the private a description of the image. Also able to use one image Once the cards are buyer. If such a proposition is viable include your name and contact infor- for an art print, post- printed, you must the time to do it is soon while the mation so proper credit can be given card, and a bookmark. take care of the distri- “Old Guard” are still around to make to submissions. If you have This way, I can distrib- bution. Based on my a contribution. One thing is certain: any or know of panoramic images ute the cost of image experience, the best If we don’t do it, no one else is ever related to the Missouri State fair, acquisition, scanning, outlets for the pan- going to be in a position to do it. please contact Van Beydler at the and digital imaging oramic cards are the Missouri Department of Natural among several products local gift shops rather Perhaps this idea could be seriously Resources at (573) 522-2343 or e-mail and lower the overall than the typical post- discussed at the next convention [email protected]. costs. More often than card stands and not, however, you’ll find supermarkets. Many Michael Westmoreland lives in Want To Be Heard? that some images are gift shops look for Leicester, England. Send A Letter To The Editor great for postcards, but new and unique gift items, whereas Please keep your letters to 400 words wouldn’t sell as art prints. the high-volume souvenir stores tend to or less, and please avoid personal look at the postcards as a low-cost com- attacks. Remember, the idea is to sug- It’s relatively easy and inexpensive to modity, so that they can offer five cards gest improvements that help IAPP. produce the postcards. For your first for a dollar. In contrast, the gift shops The board will certainly listen and print run, it’s best you work together are able to charge even two to three dol- make every attempt to respond to with a graphics designer or a pre-press lars for a panoramic postcard. legitimate complaints or problems but person. He or she can scan your images, better yet, good ideas might surface- fix them up, and produce the film for a A common problem with the store oper- for the benefit of all. print press. Typically, several cards are ators is a very poor management of the combined onto one sheet and after print- postcard inventory, and they are often Letters should be sent to: ing cut up. Although it is advisable to unaware that they ran out of some cards. IAPP Editor, Richard Schneider, start with just a few postcards, from If you want to maximize your sales, be P.O. Box 6550, Ellicott City, MD, 21042 the production point of view, the more prepared to schedule a regular round [email protected] cards, the better. With more cards you can drive your unit costs down and More on page 21 Twenty-one

Panoramic Post Cards from page 20 The Frugal Photographer Does Credit Cards trip to see all the dealers and replenish dealers and customers like them. In By Jan Burg the cards as needed. Even the large card many cases, the stand itself was the manufacturers use this method. reason that the dealer decided to carry Credit cards have become a way of charge all of our film, lab bills, my cards. If anybody is interested in life in the United States. I don’t know albums, frames, yellow page adver- Since the panoramic cards don’t fit in these display stands I have some extra how it is internationally, but, as I tising, membership dues, gas- regular postcard racks, I designed my units that are available for sale. have been out doing my oline, travel expenses, and own postcard stand tailored for the pan- Choliday shopping I have all our office supplies. oramic products. I wanted a display The other item I got made for my 4” noticed that the major- Personally we charge all stand that would accommodate 4x10” x 9.25” postcards, was an inexpensive ity of people are using our medical expenses, cards, bookmarks, and even my 24” paper frame for the postcards. Packaged less cash and checks and clothing, appliances, long cards. The other considerations this way, you can create yet another more debit and credit and household inci- were minimal footprint, sturdiness, and product from your postcards. The frame cards. As we slowly work dentals. Our best attractiveness. can be used both on a horizontal or ver- ourselves into one great purchase to date was tical surface. It’s also a great presenta- global economy, plastic has the total price of a The first illustration shows the display tion tool for those special photos instead become the payment of choice. Ford Explorer. stand. The main bulk of it is made of more expensive frames or mattes. All it takes is one easy swipe of the from three melamine boards. The main Again, if anybody is interested, I have card and one monthly bill to simplify Based upon personal experience, panel is about 10.5” x30”, and the two some light gray colored frames for sale. how we can keep track of all our per- here are some of the best programs side panels 3.5”x27”. The stand is then sonal and business expenses. that I have found. American Express mounted on a rotating swivel. The If you need to print to only one (www.americanexpress.com) has one front and back panels accommodate or two postcards, you may want I am a firm believer in using my of the best programs for credit card each six acrylic pockets for up to to team up with another artist or credit cards for my expenses to get rewards. They allow you to use 100 cards each. photographer. something for free or a minimum your points towards flights on air- One side panel We print the annual fee that I need to purchase lines: Delta, US Airways, Southwest is used for the cards once or anyway. I was originally lured into - They also have merchandise gift bookmarks and twice a year. the idea of using a credit card for certificates, free hotel rooms, free car the other panel Please check major purchases when our daughter rentals all for a membership fee of for the extra long with me to see went to Boston University. What $55 per year for a standard card and postcards or if we have some better way to pay for her tuition a membership rewards fee of $40 per some other items space available than to put it on a MasterCard or year. What is nice about this program that can be on our sheets. Visa card and GET AIR MILES. I is that the points never expire and hanged. Fully Also, please call promptly applied for an American they continually offer different spe- loaded, one such for pricing on Airlines credit card and for the two cial programs that allow you to earn unit could store the items for and a half years accumulated 58,000 points even faster. They also have up to $1,000 sale mentioned air miles. I then also stared charging an online program called the Offer worth of prod- earlier. Our all of my business expenses every Zone. Offer Zone brings you great ucts. phone number month with as many of our suppliers online offers on merchandise, travel is 905-764-8766. as we could and getting additional and entertainment from many of Based on my points. I have strictly adhered to the your favorite companies, all in on experience, the Les Palenik lives philosophy of paying off the total one site. display stands in Toronto, balance when the bill came in which proved to be a Canada. means that there are never any More on page 22 good investment, interest charges. Professionally we and both the Twenty-two The Frugal Photographer Does Credit Cards “Pay Off The Cards In Full Every Month” from page 21

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MEMBER PROFILE Carl Heilman II, Adirondack Mountain Panoramas It’s about 5 AM on a slightly overcast a Gitzo 1348 carbon fiber tripod, and can be seen in a valley about 10 miles take-up spool in the extremely cold con- January morning in the Adirondack assorted winter gear. Since the clouds away to the northwest. Cascade’s bare ditions. Mountains. Conditions are pretty typical in the sky can start to light up15 to 20 summit, about a half mile away, stands for this time of year with the tempera- minutes before the sun rises, I want to be out sharply against the glow of light in Not long after the camera is set up, the Iture hovering around 0° F in the valley up on the summit well before the actual the eastern sky. sun’s first rays spill over the horizon, sil- and only a light breeze blow- sunrise time At treeline, just below the rocky summit, houetting the Green Mountains of Ver- ing to move the frosty air of 7:15 to it’s time to pause just long enough to mont against the sky. The warm colors around. It was about an hour scout out a take off my snowshoes and make adjust- of dawn fill the whole sky and paint ago when I had left my warm location and ment to my clothes. From this point the snow-capped mountains with vary- bed at home, gathered the set up. it’s just a short climb over bare rock ing shades of red and pink. This is camera gear and layers of and windblown snow to the summit. always an exciting time to photograph. winter clothes, and drove to It’s not too Weather up on the exposed summit is a The light doesn’t last for long and the the trailhead of Cascade Moun- long before bit more brisk - the temperature is about tones and textures change almost con- tain in the High Peaks region. the morning -10° F with a 10 to 20 mph breeze blow- stantly. The goal is to reach the summit twilight ing - not too bad, really, for an Adiron- in time to photograph the first illuminates dack summit in January. Over the 20 - 30 minutes it takes for the warm glow of light of dawn the forest light to change, I manage to run through highlighting the nearby moun- enough to be The extra layers of clothing usually keep a couple of rolls of film. As the soft pinks tain ranges. able to see me warm enough for about 2 hours of become a sun-bleached white, the sun’s the trail working time on the summit before I increasing brightness overpowers most Cascade is one of the most without a start getting too cold to hang around of the detail on the eastern horizon. The accessible mountains of the headlamp and do things like change film and push soft white light of the rising sun will Adirondack High Peaks and and there are the camera buttons. One morning it was only be easily photographed for another is also one of the finer peaks also occa- so cold that it was almost impossible half hour or so - until the snow becomes in the Adirondacks for 360° panoramic sional views of nearby mountains to load film into the Noblex. The film intensely white and contrasts are too photography. The trail is about 2.5 miles through the snow-laden birches and became so brittle in the -25° F tempera- sharp - unless some of those clouds long and rises about 2000 feet in eleva- evergreens. Further up the trail, not too tures that it kept breaking off when I heading east help soften things a bit and tion from the trailhead to the summit. far from the top of the steep summit tried to bend it into the film advance add some more interest to the sky. It typically takes me about 1* hours ridge, is a rock ledge where there is slot. Some of the developed film that to hike to the summit on snowshoes a dramatic view of the mountains to came back from that morning also had The Adirondacks High Peaks region has when loaded down with my Roundshot the south, west, and north. The twin- some hairline cracks in the emulsion 42 mountains with elevations over 4000 Super 35, an assortment of Nikon lenses, kling lights of the village of Lake Placid from being wound so tightly around the feet, with many other mountains in the Twenty-five

3000 to 4000 foot range. Mount Marcy, I started climbing in the High Peaks in of Kodachrome 64. I knew next to noth- sure of what was going to come back on the highest peak, is 5344 feet high. Com- January 1975 on a pair of snowshoes ing about the intricacies of the art of film - but thinking this was the coolest pared to western standards, that may I handcrafted from a white birch tree. photography - I simply enjoyed working thing I’d worked with since first getting seem pretty small, but Lake Champlain, My first climb was up the second with the composition of what seemed a camera. just 20 miles away is only 95 feet above highest peak in the region on a spec- special about a view, lined the exposure sea level. That means there’s about tacular winter day. Several feet of snow needle up in the circle, clicked the shut- This reopened every one of the moun- a mile of ele- tains to me vation change again with a from the east- challenge to ern boundary get just the of the right pan- Adirondacks oramic to its highest images in just summit. the right light About 10 of from the the moun- summits. It taintops rise helped me to above timber- view the line and have mountains in arctic environ- a new way ments with an and offer a ecology that is fresh per- quite unique spective on in the north- the region. eastern United Timing, and States. covered the trails, and all the evergreens ter, and slowly began nurturing my the ‘new were draped with a blanket of white. passion for wilderness landscape pho- look’ helped entice Rizzoli to publish While the views from every one of I’ll always remember the sensation of tography. my book ‘Adirondacks: Views of An Amer- them are equally spectacular in their standing on top of Algonquin for the ican Wilderness’. Knowing we had the own way, and offer many vantage first time – looking out over the spec- Over time, I began looking to do some- contract for the book was all the extra points for photographers, only a couple tacular panorama of rugged snowy thing new and different. This led to the push we needed to make the investment of the peaks are well suited to full mountains... leaning into the blowing purchase of a Noblex 135-U panoramic in a Roundshot Super 35 in 1998 to 360 degree panoramic photography that wind, and feeling like I was flying out camera in 1996 - at about the same time offer more diversity to the photos for the really shows off the surrounding moun- across the rugged mountain landscape. photography became a full time occu- book. tain landscape. Since the Adirondacks I remember just wanting to stay there pation. At the time, a Roundshot was were completely covered by glaciers forever. well beyond our budget, and I wanted Now there was a whole new learning during the last ice age, many of the sum- to be sure I enjoyed the medium before curve in mastering composition and mits are rounded domes of rock - rather I soon bought a camera to attempt to investing much further. I was hooked understanding the equipment, plus than jagged summits. Only a few have record on film both the special beauty on the panoramic photography from the additional investing in new lenses and narrow summit ridges that allow a view of these wild places, as well as the emo- first roll of film. I still remember stand- sturdier tripods. And it also meant going of the full depth of the valleys to be cap- tional impact of being there. It was Sep- ing up on the mountain, viewing the back to all of my favorite places - as tured on film when doing a 360 degree tember 1975 when I headed out into the scene through the viewfinder of my panorama. mountains with a Minolta 101 and a roll Noblex for the first time - not being More on page 26 Twenty-six

Carl Heilman II, Digital Imaging Adirondack Mountain Panoramas from page 25 Panoramas on Bus Trips By Roy Christian well as some new ones - to find just the right places to set up the Roundshot or Ideally, we would like to have our (amazingly, it was returned). tional film Fuji 6x9 instead of my other Noblex to record a panoramic view that SUV with our Roundshot or Fuji 6x17 equipment. This article has three exam- would have an aesthetic composition on leisurely making our way along the I no longer check my cameras or my ples of “panoramas” shot with these a flat piece of paper. highways of the world. When a photo tripod when on a bus tour. The fellow cameras. Iappeals to us, we set up a tripod and, travelers generally haven’t a clue what Winter has remained one of my favorite with no people around or intruding, you are doing by trying to create pan- The first image, three Shay Locomotives times of year for climbing and pho- compose our shot slowly and carefully. oramas. Often they stare right at you or in Cass, West Virginia (below), was shot tographing the Adirondacks. The chal- The real world of travel photography block a scene. I have had tour leaders while we were on tour with 40 other lenge of photography remains the same is much different, especially if it is con- aghast when they see me starting to fans of railroads. The ideal photo spot for me today as it did when I first car- ducted in a group setting. set up complicated equipment that may was jammed with onlookers. I had no ried a camera into the peaks: to try to take more than the 2 minutes allotted for tripod, and was positioned in a poor create on film a scene that will evoke Group travel does have its advantages. a “photo stop” (usually back lit and in shooting location. I recorded the scene for others the feel of the freedom of the Costs can be lower. There are no an inappropriate location). I have been by simply “shooting from the hip” with wind, and the beautiful symphony of detailed planning worries about food, verbally abused in Bali and on an Alaska the Fuji 6x9 using ISO 800 film. I later nature that plays in these wild places. housing and transportation. In foreign cruise for asking for a little tripod space scanned the print produced from the Being able to work with panoramic lands there is a guide that speaks the in order to shoot a panorama. Once a negative and cropped it into a 1:3 ratio cameras to help capture on film the language. However, airlines and tour friendly fellow, who was very interested using Photo Shop. This produced a expansive feeling of the spectacular pan- companies may restrict what valuable in my Roundshot and seemed to under- decent panoramic image of the three oramas from wild Adirondack summits camera equipment you are permitted stand what I was doing, walked straight engines – minus the crowds! is as rewarding as anything I could ask to carry on or with you on a bus. into the scene of penguins! for. This could mean that in order to expe- On a bus tour in France I did, in fact, dite your travel, you would need to Because of these multiple “hazards” I bring my Roundshot Super 220, but had Carl Heilman II lives in Brandt Lake, leave something behind – an unpleas- have encountered with group travel, I few occasions to use it! At Pont du New York. He is the featured photogra- ant thought. I had a Linhof tripod have had to produce panoramas with pher in the 2002 edition of the Adiron- reside in Santiago, Chile for over a year my digital Canon D30 and a conven- More on page 28 dack Mountain Club’s calendar, and recently received an Adirondack Heri- tage award for his photography work of the region.

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Panoramas on Bus Trips from page 26

Gard, a Roman Aqueduct built in 200 image and decided to stretch the scene featured a hunting hounds demonstra- original scene in order to have the A.D., the bus stopped and the guide a bit, crop out some of the clouds tion. Again I was prepared to capture a viewer concentrate on the hounds and instructed the passengers to take your and river, and clone some of the veg- scene or two with my Roundshot. How- the houndmasters (bottom picture). pictures quickly – the bus was going etation on either side of the river. This ever, once we arrived and got settled, we to leave in 10 minutes. We were dis- was not an ideal approach, but the origi- saw that the demonstration was taking Since these trips, I have modified my couraged from going directly up to the nal rectangular image ended up getting place almost 300 yards away! So much digital shooting parameters and now aqueduct because of the time constraint. “stretched” to an 8x24” panorama (1:3 for my plans with the Roundshot! I took capture the scene in a 3.2 rather than However, the “recommended” view- format). The finished image is top pic- my D30 instead, attached a 100-300 mm a 1.2 Mb file. I recommend this to point was back-lit and partially blocked ture below. zoom lens and popped off several 1.2 anyone planning this approach. I have by a modern bridge. I left the Round- Mb images. Back home on my computer also learned, to a degree, how to shot behind and, despite the instructions Further along on our French bus tour we I worked again with cropping, stretch- stitch multiple images in order to get from our guide, went into a hurried visited a Chateau on the Loire River that ing and deleting certain parts of the more information into the photo and a walk with my D30 chieve an increased degree in order to shoot of coverage. from a better vantage point on Cameras featuring even the other side of larger image files are already the aqueduct. I in the marketplace and more ended up shooting will follow. Therefore, shoot- the scene with a ing panoramas with using 17mm lens. As it hand held digital cameras, turns out, I didn’t although far from ideal, can miss, much less greatly expand our art form, hold up the bus, especially if your original because passen- images are shot under less gers had lined up than ideal conditions (such for ice cream at as bus tours, cruises, and a nearby stand. It other forms of organized took more time for group travel). them to receive their treats than it took for my quick Equipment Used: half-mile run! • Fuji 6x9 with 90mm lens • Canon D30 digital camera At the time, I Sigma 17-35 zoom lens wasn’t thinking of Canon 100-300 zoom stitching or other • PhotoShop 5.5 imaging manipulations to • software the aqueduct • Windows-based computer image, so I ended • Epson 1270 printer up with only a 1.2 Mb file. Back home however, I Roy Christian lives in Aptos, re-examined the California. Twenty-nine The Widelux By Allan Chawner - coordinator of Photomedia at the University of Newcastle. I was saddened to hear of the demise of concern of battery failure in extreme place to stand‚ in order to either show front of it as you might do with a fixed a significant panoramic camera manu- conditions. a curve (in the straight lines of the archi- lens camera. facturing company, Panon. This camera has been part of my life and so I would I learned quickly that the Widelux could The Widelux also had a level Ilike to share just a little of “the times not cope with lens flare as it resulted in bubble to keep the camera with Widelux”. a vertical line at its beginning and again from making a curved hori- at its end, not very forgiving. You got zon. I became accustomed I got my Widelux F7 in 1983 (made in used to standing behind a tree or finding to looking at the bubble as Japan by Panon Camera Shoko Co.LTD); a way to shade the lens without being I set up the shot (I rarely it came with a genuine cowhide case. I too obvious about being in that position used a tripod) and conse- had to get a grant to buy it, as it was because of lens shading concerns. It had quently, I developed a style a very expensive camera, about $800A. an odd propeller like flare from lights in taking pictures of not look- Some say that I wrote a grant applica- at night that was uniquely characteristic ing through the viewfinder as tion to buy the camera and maybe they of Widelux. It produced panoramic dis- I took the shot but looking were right. tortion, of course, as it is a panning, down on the camera to see if camera. Finding the camera position, the bubble was in the middle. I saw an article on the camera in a particularly in relation to architectural Detail from the Housing Commission Mural 1983. (My first So, standing in the right place work with the Widelux). magazine and wanted it badly for quite work, became a significant controlling and not looking through the a while before I got my hands on aspect of using the Widelux. I found tecture) or move position in order to viewfinder was the style. The Widelux one. I had been making wide angle, that I was able, after some years of reduce the effect. ie, standing at the wide format photographs by joining and working with the Widelux, to find Œthe corner of the building and not directly in More on page 30 or segmenting photographs producing compilation photographs up to 15 foot long. The combination of working this way and the new camera evolved into the structure that I used to make a mural for the Housing Commission. It was 24ft long by 8ft high and made in the shape of a house with windows and a front door complete with a porch. I used the format of the Widelux as if it were a brick (2:5 proportion) and literally built the house out of photographs.

I have taught photography in the Art School since 1978 and panoramic pho- tography is now a signature of my work. I photographed a huge number of proj- ects with the Widelux throughout Aus- tralia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe and eventually wore it out. I always liked the spring-loaded shutter because one could continue to work without the Newcastle Harbour 1983. (Trying to get the level bubble in the middle on a ferry). Thirty

The Widelux from page 29 IAPP International produced almost 140 degrees of Convention 2002 view and because of this, I have Shepherdstown, West Virginia been accused by “straight” photog- raphers of avoiding the need for We have begun receiving calls and composition, as I had appeared to e-mails from members about next have encompassed all. year’s convention site in West Vir- ginia. People that are unfamiliar I loved my Widelux but it was a with the area (probably most of cantankerous thing often causing W you) are curious about it and wish banding or as I called them “cor- to know more. rugations” which are variations of The Grand Arch, Paris 1988. (A night scene with characteristic “propeller” shaped flaring). exposure across the image in verti- Here you will find internet links to cal strips. This was more obvious just about everything there is to do in transparency and even more in the “panhandle” region of West obvious when there was a blue Virginia. cloudless sky. I can see banding in a print from a distance now. The The information provided on the Widelux was dependent on gear- next page deals with things to do ing to make the 3 speeds it could primarily AWAY from the conven- produce, 1/250, 1/125, and 1/15. tion site. The first sign of banding occurred at the lowest speed and could be Please note that the PROGRAM sussed by the change in the sound for the convention itself is several of the gearing as the shutter slit months away from being finalized. panned its way across the film. I More information dealing with the also had horizontal lines occasion- Paris Metro, St Cloud 1988. (The 1/15 takes about 2.5 seconds and reactions to the camera at that program (speakers, vendors, on-site ally from scratching but also from speed are sometimes a crack-up). activities) will be in future issues the slit picking up some dust or of Panorama and on the web at some reflection off its edge result- panphoto.com. ing in a band of lighter or darker exposure through the length of the In the meantime, we hope you frame. enjoy your tour of the region! But none the less, the Widelux has had a considerable influence on my work. It is the most versatile and expedient camera I have used and will always be my sentimental favourite.

Allan B. Chawner lives in Cook’s Paris Metro, Cite Station 1988. (Using the distortion of the pan but still able to have a face at the Hill, NSW, Australia. edge of the frame). Thirty-one

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INFORMATION ON SHEPHERD- Locust Grove Golf Course STOWN, WEST VIRGINIA www.locusthillhomes.com/golf.html www.lib.shepherdstown.wv.us/sin/ shepin.html Historical River Tours www.historicalrivertours.com INFORMATION ON JEFFERSON Harper’s Ferry, WV as seen from Maryland Heights COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Jefferson County Convention & Visitor www.wmsr.com Bureau Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Elk Run Vineyards 800-848-8687 www.elkrun.com www.jeffersoncountycvb.com POSSIBLE FULL-DAY BUS TOURS PARTIAL POTENTIAL ACTIVITIES Wednesday: Baltimore, Maryland – RESOURCE LISTING National Aquarium, Inner Harbor. The entries here are in no particular pref- Thursday: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – erence or order. National Battleeld. Friday: Loudoun County, Virginia – This is a random sampling of a few pos- Wineries. sible activities. You will nd even more Saturday: Romney, West Virginia – things to do by conducting your own Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad. research. Scene along the Shenandoah River; Harper’s Ferry National Park. Bryce Canyon by Bob Kim from page 4 verted to digital format by use of a high-end drum scanner. Once in the digital domain, he used a number of software applications such as Adobe PhotoShop, MetaCreations, Painter, LivePicture, VISU CoCo, and CreoScitex.

Bob adds, “It took me long time to create the final composite image, a result of extensive color correction, dodging, burning, and sev- eral hundreds of highlight, shadow, contrast masks. This creative process takes from month to a half year and final images owe their ori- gins to both a number of original photographs and my own sensitivity as far as light, color, composition and emotion content”.

All of Bob’s prints are created using direct digital enlargers such as Lightjet or Lamda and modern substrates such as Fuji Crystal Archive and Ilfordchrome Classic. The final images are often over 1000Mb which gives very hi resolution and ability to print sizes upto 120” with rich color saturation, vivid sharpness, and great detail.

This image of Bryce Canyon won Bob a Grand prize in panoramic photography in the “Aus- trian Super Circuit 2000” at Linz, Austria. A portfolio of Bob’s work will be published in the upcoming 70th edition of “Photography & Imaging Yearbook 2002”. This publication was released in November 2001 and can be purchased at www.amazom.com.

Bob Kim lives in Federal Way, Washington.