My new venture into the world of 3D photography, so far, has been an exciting one.. I still need a lot more practice to find out what works well and what doesn't work so well, how to get the best results etc. but I think so far it's going quite well, I'm proud of the results and want to create more photos like it, because I enjoy it. I'm aiming to take at least a few shots every time I get out, so I can try some different stuff. I want to attempt HDR 3D too at some point, I have no idea how well that will work though, so we'll see.

I got the idea whilst working on my Personal Investigation (PI) project for photography, which is basically an illustrated essay focusing on one particular topic area. I'm working on HDR vs. Victorian photography, looking at the changes that have been made in photography since the very start, and more recent changes in digital photography. I was reading a book on Victorian photography, and the changes made at the very start of photography and found out about stereoscopic photography, which used two photographs and a special viewer to make them look 3D. This lead me to look up more recent 3D photography, the kind I have been trying out which blends the two images into one which can be viewed by wearing red/cyan glasses. I think the results I've gotten so far have been varied, with some working better than others, and I've been surprised at how clear the photos can be, since before I'd only ever seen 3D photos of space, the one's I've been taking are very different, and I think it's a good different.

I still have a long way to go whilst working on this PI, so maybe I will find another type of photography which I'll try out so I can write up the essay with more personal experience rather than having to rely on books or the internet on the advantages, disadvantages, difficulties and such.

I also have to try and contact a local HDR photographer, who really inspired me to try out HDR. It shouldn't be too difficult to contact him, and see if he will talk to me either in person or via e-mail to get to know a little more about HDR from a man who has been working with the art form for a while, and makes money from doing so.

It should be an interesting summer, at least photography-wise, as I also want to take more HDR photos of the island, maybe some down in the quarry's. Will probably post more later.

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It is not full up yet, but I like the way you're able to make them on a free account and 'remium'. I think this was a good move.

I came up to see you (again) and this time it was really, really sunny.. And it was a different place form uni or your house. I'm not sure where... but we were hugging and talking and then you had to go to this lesson.. I came with you for some reason but no one really seemed to notice that I wasn't meant to be there. I'm not sure what it was about but I left in the middle claiming that I had stuff to do... but I just walked around for a while in the town. then i went back to 'yours' and you were there and grabbed me and hugged me was like "OMG I MISS YOU SO MUCH"
"I WAS ONLY GONE FOR LIKE 20 MINUTES!"
"SO?!"
so we hugged for a while and I think I left something 'really important' at home.. It was still like early in the day 10am maybe.. So I for some reason went back home to get it and tried to get back up to you, but the train station was shut and I couldn't get a ticket -.-" it was like 3pm and it was shut ¬¬ I was very annoyed for a while and phoned you and you were like "THAT'S A SHIT EXCUSE!" "ITS NOT SHUT! YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE ME DO YOU?! THAT'S WHY YOU WENT BACK!"
So then I really didn't know what to do.. because you said 'don't come back'.. and I wanted to but I couldn't So I waited for the next day and Mum was a nightmare "WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"
"I FORGOT ALEX'S PRESENT!"
"FOR FUCKS SAKE"
"oh go away.."
She just went on like that for ages and ages. Went to sleep early that night so I could get the first train.. Haha. (I did remember the present this time) the train station was really weird though.. you had to go in by this path.. and I walked on the wall for part of it.. which I thought was the floor until I saw most other people were sideways to me. (it is hard to explain) So I tried to get back on the normal floor.. and couldn't for some reason. Then it rained really hard and everyone disappeared.
(then I woke up)(and fell asleep again)
I was back on the train somehow. AND FORGOT THE PRESENT :@! I wasn't happy. Rofl. I came all the way up again anyway just to see you.. thinking I'll just bring it some other time or post it or something. I got up there and you still didn't really want to see me.. because I didn't come back the day before.. but it had apparently been 2 days and I was sure it was only one (but I did wake up in the middle so it might) you wanted to know why I didn't go on MSN or text or phone you but I was sure there wasn't even a day.. =/ haha.. that bit was weird. "well what did you forget?"
then I remembered I forgot it again.. (I had forgotten by then)
"=/ It doesn't matter"
"Tell me"
"You wouldn't believe me"
"Oh really? and why is that?"
"I had it when I was there this morning and when I got on the train it was gone"
"Did you drop it?"
"No. It just vanished"
"Good one"
=/ Well I tried to tell you anyway... I wasn't sure what to do since you didn't look very happy that I was there. I said that I'd stay somewhere else.
"NO YOU'RE NOT!"
"But you don't look like you want me to stay here"
"You are."
"Okay"
You hugged me and said "I was only worried about you. You know I love you"
"I love you too, and I would have told you what was going on if i knew"
"Davina wants us to go to the cinema with her and Lucy and Firas"
"What's on?"
"Don;t know"
"okay (:"
We went to meet Davina and the others just outside.. It was cloudy now, and cold. We were there for about 4 minutes, and she came along with Firas when we were kissing.
"GET IN THERE ALEX!"
And I laughed, you looked kind of cross though >.< you just stared at her.
We walked to the cinema you and Lucy were talking and Davina was quizzing me about Portland, how I met you and loads of other stuff I forgot. We got the cinema and watched Ice Age 3, which wasn't as good as 2 (in my opinion) but you loved it. Scrat was the only good part, but there you go, we talked about it for most of the rest of the day, Davina wanted to have a drink.. So we went, and quizzed me more about why I wasn't drinking etc. I hugged you for most of that time, and you seemed happier than before. Which was obviously a good thing, and I got some more J2O and WKD, and hugged you more until Davina had run out of things to ask me (or so I thought) then we went back, and I held your hand all the way back (infant school way) we said bye to the others and watched some shit ITV thing since it was the only thing on. And hugged and talked about next year. I moved my hand to your hip, still hugging you with the other. (You can guess the rest of that part)
By this time it was evening/night and you were hungry (I got there in the morning so we went to the cinema at midday-ish) You went to get some food, and I put the TV back on, found some 'boring' documentary which was actually quite interesting. (It was about Portland Stone, I don't know why it was so interesting.. I'd seen it all before.) You came back like "Wtf is this? its boring" .. And I knew it was.. But wanted to watch anyway(?) I watched until the advert came on (about 7 minutes) and you'd finished eating by then and came back for hugs. I fell asleep hugging you.
.. Woke up the next morning and you were stood up talking to Lucy, talking about what you were going to do that day, and how cute I looked asleep ¬_¬''''''''''''''''''''''' Deja Vu dream. Rofl.