Scarborough360

Well spring is finally here and before you know it it'll be high season in Scarborough. Because of this we are aiming to get a lot more panoramas on to Scarborough360. We have some ready to be uploaded but in the meantime if you have any suggestions for suitable subjects in and round Scarborough then please let us know.

The best way to find out when we add new panoramas is by following Scarborough360 on twitter twitter.com/scarborough360. However you can also subscribe to our RSS news feed which tracks the Scarborough360 blog.

This is going to be quite an exciting season for Scarborough360 and we are glad you are sharing it with us.

Yorkshire Life magazine is currently running a feature on their website where readers are invited to upload photographs of Scarborough and the East Coast. Here at Scarborough360 we show you a unique perspective of Scarborough and the surrounding areas but we would love to see your pictures too. Simply go to Yorkshire Life and upload your photos of the East Coast. Happy Snapping!

Hi all.

These are exciting times! As you can no doubt see, we have had a redesign! Hopefully this will make the site much easier to navigate and basically provide a much better experience. We like it but do you? Please let us know your feedback.

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The camera can be used with a whole range of different focal lengths depending on the quantity of frames you are wanting to produce to make your spin movie.

We use a Canon EOS 1DS MK II with an 8mm fisheye which covers 180 degree field of view. To get the very best image quality the optimum aperture needs to be used to ensure a crisp result from your chosen focal length. We use f8 on the 8mm at infinity. This lens creates a huge depth of focus and so depth of field is not a concern using this aperture.

The tripod needs to have a panoramic head attached. This allows the camera to be rotated through 360 degrees with precision. It also allows the lens nodal point to be centred directly over the axis point of the tripod. This is probably the key to accurate panoramic photograph making. It is technical and takes time to implement well. We tend to make 4 x 180 degree quadrants of each scene and finally make a nadir exposure in case we want to view the floor of the photograph in the publishing software.

When we began making photographs 25 years ago the concept of making a 360 degree photograph would have been science fiction. Computers took rockets to the moon and life was simple. Photography was a chemical process using light film and paper, just as William Henry Fox Talbot had invented it.

Photography evolved and the digital revolution needs no introduction.

In my view there has never been a more exciting time to be a creative photographer. Using the latest digital cameras printers and software we can now have complete control over the image making process. Photoshop is the digital darkroom of today where the magic of making photographs still happens, we just can’t smell the developer or fixer anymore! There is also much more to explore within photography. Virtual panoramic photography is a perfect example of this.

Anyone can make a 360 degree spin movie using stitching software that is readily available on line today.

The principle behind producing a virtual 360 degree movie is really quite simple. All you need is a reasonable resolution camera, a tripod and stitching software.