MrCamera Imaging

03/25/2023

I am honored to exhibit my photo-acrylic paintings at the Cortalet of the Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l'Emporda.

09/01/2021

I will be posting a few images to the St. Paul Art Collective's fall Art Crawl. Check out their site: https://www.facebook.com/stpaulvirtualartcrawl/photos/?ref=page_internal

Live from St. Paul, it's the St. Paul Virtual Art Crawl!

01/28/2018

Still images of visit with Dick and Mary Hopkins-Best.

01/28/2018

I've been attempting to create some 3D underwater videos while snorkeling in Cozumel. Just learned that the waterproof stereo housing fogs up with the temperature changes associated with going in and out of the water (while capturing surf, diver and passing boats video.) 😑 I learned that I should (and will today) use the moisture-reduction inserts that came, without explanation, with the used housing I purchased on eBay.

So....I will be first adding a "Cozumel 2018" album of photos for still images and will follow up with the video in a week or so.

11/18/2017

Exhibition at the Mabel Tainter theater Fine Art and Craft show today until 5pm.

08/23/2017

3D-Con in Irvine, California, reinvigorated my interest in creating stereoscopic images. This annual event was enhanced this year as it was a dual conference including members of both the National Stereoscopic Association and the International Stereoscopic Union. Many of the participants were international. Mary Beth and I have met several of the participants from the UK at the British Stereoscopic Society conference, as well as others I have become friends with at past 3D-Con excursions. All of the images I have posted to the 2017 3D-Con album are stereo pairs using the format made popular by the (at the time) ubiquitous Holmes stereoscope. I've modified it a bit by slightly enlarging the image and using the entire surface area of a 5"x7" print. Look for clear lorgnette-style glasses (or learn to "free view") to see the depth. Steve Berezin has them on his website: http://www.berezin.com/3d/cardvwr.htm

08/23/2017

Annual Convention of the National Stereoscopic Association (this year in concert with the International Stereoscopic Union)

08/13/2017

I saw several very interesting shows at 3D-Con last night. One was a behind the scenes look at Industrial Light and Magic while Star Wars was being created 40 years ago. It was in 3D images created by one of the artists working on the space scene sets and models. It was very interesting. The other was called "World Within Worlds." It was created on the stage using fractal technologies. Also very interesting and, I am finding, pretty hard to describe. A couple images may help. One is an anaglyph, so break out your red and blue glasses. The other is in 2D (as it is of a shadow on wall (and, though I shot it 3D, it really looks best flat.)

08/13/2017

I've just updated my profile image with a phantogram I made this afternoon at 3D-Con in Irving, CA. Phantograms are like anaglyph 3D photos, with one big exception....they mimic the perspective that we see normally. So, if you have a pair of red/blue 3D glasses, print out my profile photo and lay it flat on a table. Then view the image (flat on the table) from a 45-60 degree angle (which is approximately the angle the camera was held when the image was clicked.) You should see my head, rising from the table in 3D. I've attached another sample of a baseball (though not an Eau Claire Express foul ball.)

07/26/2017

Please check out my son-in-law's photo blog "On The Road". He and my daughter Allison are visiting cities all over Minnesota the year and creating a chronicle of their adventures.
https://steffenhagenphotography.wordpress.com/

On The Road

07/02/2017

"El Mirador Cozumel" (at least this version) is finally finished! I say “this” version because I think I will be remaking it, and in doing so, it will change…..not that I have a current idea about what the change(s) may be.

Although this is my second multi-image canvas (I've also attached the first "Shadows of Club Holding"), the concepts for it actually predate, and to a significant level, contribute to the creation of the first. I saw two collage-based works at the Museo de Cozumel and started to “collect” photos (even shoot images) with the intent of incorporating them into the work.

I intended the central theme to revolve around the concept of observation. The idea hit me several days after the visiting the museum. We were with our friends on the east (Gulf of Mexico) side of the island. Dick was driving fairly slowly so I could shoot photos from the car of crashing waves. We passed the sign and a bird was sitting on it. I asked him to stop. He did, quickly, and I was able to capture the image before the bird flew. The sign, of course, was “EL MIRADOR”. It can be translated as “the watcher” or “the looker” and referred to a wayside where a mini wooden platform was raised to provide a view of the beach…..thus it was a place to watch or look. Everything else relates to that theme. Dick shooting images, MB watching the wave action, watching the dancers and the sunsets, viewing the Mayan ruins, and snorkeling to see the fish…..pretty much what we did every day we were in Cozumel. Oh….the round white things are actually sushi rolls. 😉