gigapix Before construction of the Shangri-la Hotel Toronto was completed, I was already given permission to shoot a gigapixel of the view from the one of the top floors. After the BC Lions 2012 CFL Western Finals game, Ashley and I flew to Toronto. We stayed at the Shangri-la Hotel as well. We arrived during the …
Ashley and I had the opportunity to shoot the BC Lions CFL Western Finals vs the Calgary Stampeders at BC Place on November 18, 2012. I shot a BC Lions game last year from the stairwell during the re-opening of BC Place. But for security reasons, the stairwell is no longer accessible during events. With …
I’ve been wanting to create a full 360° gigapixel panorama of Vancouver for a very long time now. It hasn’t been done before. I also wanted to shoot it from one of the tall buildings in the downtown core. On November 9, 2012, with clear blue skies, I was able to execute this project from …
Continuing with more tests in an attempt to create a gigapixel photo from the air, I chartered another Helijet flight on October 25, 2012. For this attempt, I mounted the Clauss RODEON VR Station robotic panohead inside the helicopter and had the doors removed. Because the German-made Clauss RODEON VR is one of the fastest …
I took a couple of days far away from the problems and worries of life. I’ve been wanting to visit Emerald Lake Lodge at Yoho National Park for a very long time. I finally decided to just drop everything I was doing (or had to do) and spend several days there. I was "unplugged" from …
Voices in the Park, a fund-raising concert to benefit the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, was held on September 15, 2012 at Stanley Park in Vancouver BC. I volunteered my services to create a gigapixel photo of the crowd and integrate it with GPXtag. Concert goers will be able to find themselves and their friends, …
I was asked by Kristy Springer of Radarworks to shoot a gigapixel photo of Microsoft’s Private Company Meeting held at Key Arena in Seattle, WA on September 13, 2012. The gigapixel photo was designed as a game for the employees to find a Windows Phone in the crowd. The shoot was difficult because of the …
I always want to push the limits of technology and create something no one has done yet using existing tools. Is it technically possible to shoot a gigapixel photo from the air using a robotic panohead such as the GigaPan or the Clauss Rodeon VR? This seems to be difficult to achieve because of so …
Los Angeles radio station La Super Estrella 107.1 brought a ton of latino heavyweights to the Staples Center on August 10, 2012 for its annual Reventon celebration summer concert. To engage fans, Entravision Communications Corporation, parent company of Super Estrella, commissioned Ronnie Miranda to create a gigapixel photo of the event which was integrated with …
After more than 10 months of planning and development, GPXtag has finally launched! Gigapixel photo tagging has been growing in popularity for several months now. However, all existing platforms are Flash-based, have limited features and functionality. Some don’t provide TRUE Facebook tagging, and not one provides any Twitter image tagging. GPXtag changed all that. First, …