3D photos @ Queen's Park Camera Club

Last week we, and around twenty Southside Happenings Readers, were treated to a private view at the Queen's Park Camera Club of their end of year exhibition and a fantastic presentation of 3D photography by Denis Alyshev. Everyone had a great night and big thanks to Queen's Park Camera Club for inviting us along and for the extremely tasty mini donuts.

It was brilliant just getting a look inside this mysterious building and hearing more about the club's history. The star attraction of the night however was definetly the great 3D images that Denis presented of his adventures around Russia, Japan and Scotland. Using two overlapped projectors onto a silver screen the images created by Denis were stunning. As you moved your head around, your brain tricks you into thinking its the objects in the image that are moving. One shot in particular of a mountain ridge was simply amazing, you felt like you might fall off.

With 3D the big thing in the cinemas again these days, it was nice to see where the original roots of the concept came from. Denis simple technique uses one camera, he takes a shot, moves a bit to his left and takes another. Its so simple that you can actually get the 3D effect by putting two of the images side by side and crossing your eyes. Take a look at the images on Denis website and try it yourself. (Warning: It takes a lot of practice.)

Thanks again to Denis, Tom and Michael for organising it all and thanks to all the readers that won tickets, hope you had a good time and enjoyed your wee badges.