You
can download a program catalog from here:
Program
Catalog
What
Is It?
This event is sponsored by OSPS (Ohio Stereo
Photographic Society, www.Ohio3D.com)
NSA (National Stereoscopic Association, the world’s largest stereoscopic
organization -see: http://www.stereoview.org/)
and the University of Akron (http://www.uakron.edu/)
and organized by George Themelis (NSA Eastern Midwest Regional
Director; the Eastern Midwest region includes the following states: Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia)
and John Waldsmith (founding member of NSA and first Editor of Stereo
World.)
Who
Will be There?
The previous years we had around 60+
attendees from
Canada, UK and various states of the USA. See at the bottom for
reports and statistics from previous 3D Weekends.
Time/Schedule
Auction by John Waldsmith. Preview starts
at 4:30 PM, auction starts at 6 PM (see: http://thecollectorsauctioneer.com/
)
7:00
AM - Setup for Trade Show & Stereo Projection - Dealer Setup
8:00
AM to 4:00 PM - Trade Show/Exhibit Room open (Ballroom C)
9:00
AM - 12:00 PM - Stereo Projection Morning Session (Ballroom B)
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9:00: Welcome &
Opening remarks
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9:30: Stereo Biography
(F), Barb Gauche
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10:15: 50 Favorite Stereo Slides (D), John Bueche
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10:30: 4th Ohio International Exhibition (D),
Paul Gauche (Exhibition Chairman)
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11:10: PSA
Stereo Sequence Exhibition (D), Lee Pratt (Exhibition
Chairman)
F: Film Program
/ D: Digital Program
12:00
PM to 1:30 PM - Lunch Break (Box Lunch included with registration)\
1:30
PM to 4:00 PM -
Stereo Projection Afternoon session
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1:30: Make
Your Own 3D Animated Music Videos! (D), Jeff Boller
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2:15: The
Future of Stereo 3D (D), John Ribarich
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2:50: On-site Stereo Competition, Barb & Paul Gauche (Directors) **
If there is time at
the end of each section, Jay Horowitz will show different digital shows.
4:00
PM End of session
4:30
PM to 7:00 PM -
Dinner
Also,
between 4-7 we would like to judge the OSPS 3D Photo of the year. We will be
looking for 3 judges among the attendees. Thank you for your help with
that!
7:00
PM 3D Projection - We plan to show the 3-D Documentary "Cave of the
Forgotten Dreams". We are asking for a donation to offset our
costs. Suggested donation $5.
|
Stereoscopic
Programs
| 9:00 - 12:00 AM |
Morning Session |
Jay Horowitz
John Waldsmith |
Welcome & Opening Remarks from
Jay Horowitz (OSPS President) and John Waldsmith (Event Organizer) |
| Barb Gauche |
What I Photograph - 3D Biography (F) - Barb will
tell us how she got started in 3D, what kinds of pictures she likes to
take, what equipment she uses, etc. 3D pictures with live
narration. We've shown this program in our 3D Weekends since
2003. |
| John Bueche |
Favorite 3D Pictures (D) - John
will select 50 of his favorite 3d pictures and shown them with
background music and no narration. Short and sweet. This has
been a 3D Weekend tradition since 2006. |
Paul Gauche
(Exhibition
Chairman) |
4th Ohio International
Stereo Exhibition (D) Come and see the results of the Exhibition in
glorious large screen stereo projection. 110 images with titles,
live narration, and background music. See: http://www.ohio3d.com/psa/2012/ |
| Lee Pratt (Exhibition Chairman) |
PSA Stereo Sequence
Exhibition (D) - A unique Stereo Exhibition where participants
enter sequences of stereo images with a common theme, instead of
individual pictures. This has always been a popular program in our
club. This is also the first year that the Sequence Exhibition is
digital. |
| Jay Horowitz |
Digital Potpourri (D), A short collection of
digital stereo programs, selected by Jay Horowitz |
| 1:30-4:00 PM |
Afternoon Session |
| Jeff Boller |
Make Your Own 3D Animated Music Videos! (D) - Singer/songwriter/filmmaker Jeff Boller (www.simplecarnival.com)
demonstrates how to use a little bit of low-cost software to make original-looking, animated 3D music videos.
Topics include how to use a floating stereo window, how to handle
convergence within the computer, and what pitfalls to avoid when working
with video in 3D.
|
| John Ribarich |
The Future of Stereo 3D - A report from the National Association of Broadcasters
Convention. John will report on the tools Hollywood uses to make 3D, new
TV's and projectors that will change the way we view 3D, and he will
provide website links that will help 3D enthusiasts learn from their
Hollywood counterparts.
|
| Barb & Paul Gauche (Directors) |
On-Site Stereo Competition - Each
participant can enter up to 3 stereo images (film or digital). Entries
must be received before 12:00 noon. These will be judged by a panel of 3
judges and the top-scoring images will receive awards.
|
| 7:00-8:30 PM |
Evening Session |
| |
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (D),
Documentary shown in digital stereo projection. |
Presenter's
Information
Lee Pratt
|
John Bueche
|
John Ribarich
|
Jeff Boller
|
John
Waldsmith
|
Jay
Horowitz
|
Barbara & Paul Gauche
|
Lee
Pratt - Lee grew up on a farm/ranch in Texas. He has two college
degrees majoring in physics and served in the U.S. Army. He then became an
electronics engineer at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone
Arsenal, Alabama. He worked in the Research and Development Center and is now
retired and widowed. He started doing stereo photography in the 1970's. He is
Chairman of PSA's 3D Division, is a Fellow of PSA, and has earned a Master Level
6 exhibition rating. He is Vice President of NSA and is also active in SSA, ISU,
and several camera clubs. His other major hobby is growing fruits and berries in
his backyard. He seldom rides horses or chases cows now.
Jay
Horowitz - While pursuing stereoscopic imaging technology in my role
as a scientific visualization specialist for NASA, I rekindled a long dormant
interest in stereo photography. I now find many opportunities to mix work and
pleasure. At NASA I produce computer generated 3D imagery of complex data as
well as photographs of wind tunnels and rocket engines.
Outside work, I take photographs of friends, family, and anything the
Ohio Stereo Photographic Society's competitions entice me to take. Equally fond
and frustrated by both film and digital, I will gladly argue the merits of each
over the other.
John
Waldsmith - John began collecting stereo views in 1971. In the
beginning he collected everything 3-D but eventually found that his money and
space was limited enough that he had to specialize so he limited his stereo view
collection to just views of Ohio by Ohio photographers or publishers. John is a
co-founder of the National Stereoscopic Association and a past vice-president,
editor of Stereo World and librarian of the NSA Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stereoscopic Research Library. He is also the author of Stereo Views, An
Illustrated History and Price Guide. His wife Janet is retired after thirty
years of teaching. John is also a licensed and bonded Auctioneer and Personal
Property Appraiser.
Barbara
Gauche - Barb lives in Macomb Township, Michigan. She added stereo
photography to her list of hobbies in 2004, and has enjoyed success in club
competitions as a member of both the Detroit Stereographic Society (DSS) and the
Ohio Stereo Photographic Society (OSPS) with her slides, digital images and
stereo cards. She has had several slides accepted in national and international
competitions. Barb joined DSS in February of 2004 and OSPS in September of 2004
and is currently President of DSS. She served on the 2008, 2011 and 2012 NSA
Convention committees as the Registration Chair, was a Co-Chair for the 2010 NSA
Convention, and is currently Co-Chair for the 2013 NSA Convention.
Paul
Gauche - Paul followed his wife, Barb, into stereography in 2004
shortly after she was lured into joining the Detroit Stereoscopic Society by
Dennis Green. As with many enthusiasts, Paul's first 3D exposure was a
ViewMaster and reels of the Wonders of the World, National Parks, early NASA
rockets and others. He started with a Revere 33 stereo camera and now has
shifted primarily to shooting digital cha-chas and Fuji W1 stereo imaging. Paul
is mainly attracted to subjects like buildings and bridges that don't move while
he's figuring out the camera settings. Paul served on the 2008 and 2010 NSA
Convention Committees and as an officer in the Detroit Stereographic Society for
several years.
John
Bueche - I fell in love with View-Master as a child with my
"Theater in the Round" Christmas set. I began casually collecting a
variety of formats in the late 1990's and got in touch with OSPS after
purchasing several cameras and a TDC projector. It wasn't long before I was
hooked and started shooting with a realist. A little over a decade later and I
predominately shoot digital which will be featured in my 50 favorite program.
John
Ribarich - John's interests have always been at the crossroads
of digital technology and the visual arts. He studied telecommunications during
the shift from analog to digital video. He headed the digital department of a
photo lab during digital photography's rise. Now, he works with Red Epic cameras
as they replace cinema's film workflow. When stereo photography entered it's
digital transition, John found his new hobby. Though a relative newcomer to
stereo images, he has embraced it's challenges and been surprised by it's many
rewards. Beyond photography, John is experimenting with 3D in video, animation,
and visual effects.
Jeff
Boller - Jeff Boller is the songwriter and primary musician
behind The Simple Carnival, a Pittsburgh-based pop band. He's creating a
40-minute animated stereoscopic movie called Smitten 3D. Smitten 3D is a work in
progress, and Boller posts regular updates on The Simple Carnival's web site (http://www.simplecarnival.com).
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Deadline
for pre-registration is May 1, 2012. Remember your
pre-registration includes the boxed lunch, admission to the Trade
Show/Exhibits and the Stereo Projections Room.
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Registrations
after May 1 and at the door will be $15.00 but will not include the box
lunch.
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Tables
are $25 each and include a table cover. Deadline for dealer tables is May 1.
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General
admission to the Trade Show and Exhibits is FREE. General admission is
$15.00 to the 3-D Projection room and FREE to University of Akron students
and faculty (boxed lunch is $8, as supplies last). Saturday night the Exhibits and Trade Fair will be closed.
(breakdown at 4 PM).
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For
further info or questions contact John Waldsmith, P.O. Box 83, Sharon
Center, OH 44274, (330) 239-2212 or vansywalsy@aol.com
Regarding
room reservations, the Convention Hotel (Quaker Square Inn) is sold for Saturday
because it is graduation week for U of Akron. Back up hotel is Ramada Inn
(2 block away)
Registration form can be
downloaded from here:
www.3dweekend.com/RegistrationForm.pdf
Please
Note: Faculty and Students of U of A may attend for FREE by presenting their
U of A identification but are not eligible for the boxed lunch. If you want the
lunch, you must pay in advance $8, by May 1.
For
further information please contact:
| NSA Regional Director
|
|
George Themelis, 10243 Echo Hill Dr, Brecksville, OH
44141, (440) 666-4006, email: drt-3d@live.com |
Auctioneer &
Trade manager
|
|
John Waldsmith, PO Box 83, Sharon Center, OH 44274,
(330) 239-2212, email: vansywalsy@aol.com
|
Reports
/ Statistics from previous 3D Weekends:
Web page created by George Themelis
Last Modified: May 3, 2012
