Panorama Community

Die meisten werden es vermutlich schon gesehen haben, aber der Vollständigkeit halber sei es hier explizit erwähnt:
Vom 13. bis 18. April findet in Tucson, Arizona eine internationale Panorama-Konferenz der beiden Verbände IVRPA und IAPP statt.
Das Programm und alle Details gibt es hier, es wird regelmäßig aktualisiert.

Wer einmal mit Jook Leung, Greg Downing, Eric Hanson und vielen weiteren Größen der Szene auf Tuchfühlung gehen möchte, ist hier genau richtig.

Diejenigen die nicht so nah an Tucson wohnen mag es trösten, daß geplant ist, unmittelbar vor der Photokina ebenfalls eine Konferenz im Großraum Köln abzuhalten.
Da ist dann die Umgebung zwar nicht so spektakulär, aber man kann ja bekanntlich nicht alles haben.

Hier noch die jüngste Ankündigung zu den Sprechern:

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If you are interested in panoramic photography, then Thursday, April 15 will be
a great day to be in Tucson Arizona. That is the first full day of the Tucson
2010 conference and we have a blockbuster line-up of speakers.

First up will be Jook Leung, famous for his spherical panoramas of New Year’s
Eve in Times Square, New York. Impossible lighting, lots of movement,
sub-freezing temperatures - they are miracles of photographic art. Jook works
full time in the panoramic field, producing images for the web and for prints.
He is a member of both the associations behind this event and well known in the
panoramic photography community, an obvious choice to kick off the conference.

Jook’s talk is entitled “The Panoramic Narrative”. Read about it (and the other
sessions) on the conference website: http://tucson2010.com/sessions/

The next talk takes us from the city center to the mountains of the west. Greg
Downing and Eric Hanson pioneered gigapixel imagery, and also work in visual
effects for the web and motion pictures. They have promised to bring a really
big example of their gigapixel work for the conference print exhibition. Read
about them (and the other speakers) on the conference website:
http://tucson2010.com/speakers/

Their talk will be about “Yosemite in 45 Gigapixels: The Yosemite Extreme Pano
Imaging Project”.

Last before lunch will be Jeffrey Martin, who will talk about “The 360 Cities
Community”, telling us about its features and plans for the future. 360 Cities
hosts thousands of panoramas by hundreds of photographers from all over the
world, and claims to have “the world’s best panoramic photography”.

There will be a two-hour break for lunch and to visit the vendors’ displays set
up for the event, then a group picture.

After the break Doug Segal will start things up again with a description of the
current situation in shooting and selling panoramas for stock. This is a field
Doug has been working in for twenty years and has watched evolve from film to
digital, catalogs to on-line galleries.

Mid-afternoon we have Scott Highton, who has been in the VR panorama field
longer than anyone. Scott always gives an excellent, thoughtful, and eminently
practical presentation. This time he will address “Creativity and Shooting
Effective Panoramas”. With any luck Scott will also have copies of his new book
“Virtual Reality Photography” available for evaluation and sale at the
conference.

Wrapping up the day we have Jeff Mitchum, a fine arts photographer and gallery
owner. Jeff aims to inspire us with his story of “The photographer who should
have been, could of been, and never was”.

After another break to see the vendors this long day will conclude with a
banquet. And that’s just Day One, with two more days of inspiring speakers,
field trips, and time with some of the world’s finest panorama photographers -
you should be there too.

We hope to see you at Tucson 2010 - The International Panoramic Photography
Conference. Full information on the conference website http://Tucson2010.com/.
Register for the conference now, only $250, and reserve a room at the Tucson
Hilton East Hotel - space is limited and we may run out.

Don Bain (IVRPA)
Christian Fleury (IAPP)

Moooment ... als geborener und bekennender Rheinländer weiß ich sehr genau wovon ich spreche, hehe.
Aber gut, es ist auch nicht unmittelbar Köln gemeint, sondern das in Frage kommende Gebiet erstreckt sich zwischen Aachen und Maastricht

Hauptsache nicht Düsseldorf LOOOL!

Egal. Bedingung ist, es muß eine sehr gute Bahnverbindung nach Köln geben und ein brauchbares Hotel. D.h. nicht zu klein und nicht zu teuer. Vorschläge nehme ich gerne entgegen.

Wer bis jetzt noch gezögert hat sollte die letzte Chance wahrnehmen, um noch Geld zu sparen:

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The International Panoramic Photography Conference is only three weeks away!
We have negotiated with Hilton Hotels to extend their special discount pricing until Friday, March 26. Make a reservation through their website and get a room for $75 single or double. It's a real bargain.
We have also extended early-bird pricing for the full conference until Sunday March 28 - register by then and receive $50 off the regular price.
It is going to be an amazing conference. Make your plans now and save on both the hotel and the conference itself.

Ganz besonders freue ich mich, daß es uns gelungen ist zusätzlich zu den ganzen anderen Highlights auch Christian Bloch als Redner zu gewinnen. Er wird uns einen Vortrag halten über den Einsatz von HDR Panoraman in der Film und SFX Industrie.