In August Olivia visited Tokyo, Nikko, and Enoshima, Japan. Here are some of the things she saw.
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these are so……so…….so…….awesome WOW WOW WOW WOW
my jaw literally dropped!! i had never seen anything like that before and it is truly amazing. thank you so much for sharing these great 3D pictures!!
Absolutely amazing!
Speaking of trips, does anyone have any advice on what to do or not do in Sri Langka? (Or just what to eat or say or wear, anything!) I’m going there in december with my family and I would be very happy to hear from someone who’s been there.
Love to all you rookies out there
I am half Sri Lankan and the tips I can give you are:
Clothes bring stuff for the beach and invest in lots of kaftans and flowing clothes
Be aware of all the insects there and check malaria zones and bring repellent or take medicine
Pack loads of sun cream!!!
Visit this website its very helpful
The language spoken is tamil/ Hindi check the area you are going to for slang and pronunciation etc
Please try and visit one of the beaches!!
Hope this helps just reply back to me if you need any more tips!! :-)
Another language is Sinhalese, but (dependent on where you are) most people can speak english!
I have no idea how to make photos 3D, but it looks absolutely magical, and these are great pictures! I love the one of the little girl and the bird :)
Olivia’s work is always amazing!! The last two are my favorite ^^
Yes! I was in Japan in the spring and it was just like this! I was visiting a friend in Hiroshima, but she had to work some days so I also just spent some time rolling round on bullet trains by myself. So much fun! ニ本が大すきです!
Awesome!!!!!! I really love it!!!! <33
Olivia,
I’m trying to understand how you managed to capture moving subject matter (specifiically, water and Power Rangers) using regular stereo photography methods, and at this point in my work day, my mind cannot wrap around your technique. All I can fathom is that you either created a three-camera contraption, pulled stills from shooting a short video, or you just happen to take snapshots at lightning speed. I’m hoping for the latter. Whatever the case may be, my day is made.
And discarding my video still theory — considering the occasional flare, going to assume these are negative scans.
There are stereoscopic cameras with more than two lenses!
I’m assuming this is what you’re asking, I’m not sure. And I’m not sure if it really is the case! haha
Didn’t even consider a stereoscopic camera, but the reply is much appreciated. I Was more just referring to various stereo photography techniques – something along the lines of mounting multiple cameras and triggering the shutters simultaneously.
But part of me wants to believe there is an easier way, what with science and all. And similar techniques being all too prevelant – .
so amazing :O I love the one with the girl in the sea, and that one in the train and… they’re are all great! this question is probably silly, but how do you make these?
these are amazing!! x
I feel like I’m there!
# 13 wow wow wow love.
LOVE 9, 13, and 24! But the moving-ness made me a bit dizzy… lol
I thought I was going crazy when the pictures started moving
i friggin love this ahh
Another place to add to my “Will Refuse to Die if This Place Not Seen Before” list.
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The content on this site literally just keeps getting better and better. Olivia, this is fanTAStic. <3
i love these<3 how were they made? I saw a wedding photo booth online like this but they didn't disclose how it worked! my favs are 9,19,20, and 23.
so fantastic, gasping for a how-to!
I love the one with the little girl at the beach!
Ohhhh I love this
woah. Olivia you are some sort of wizard…
What is this trickery? Amazing!!
Amazing. Stunning!
Let us in on how you make them Olivia!
:)
#3 he’s a babe
yes……..yes he is
this is so cool!
THESE ARE FREAKING AMAZING
oooooh pretty!!
Amazing! Just all of it. I can’t even put how much I love this into words. I’m into photography but I haven’t figured out this technique, I’ve seen it on tumblr and on other blogs but I think this is my favorite use of this technique. You guys should put up a how to.
These photos are downright envy-inducing. Wonderful work!
This is literally the best thing ever!!!!
congratulations Olivia! very good job.
These photos are amazing! I loved the one of the woman with the two puppies in her grocery cart. :)
I feel like I’m there. Thanks. :)
These are incredible, Olivia! I really enjoyed this photo diary, one of my absolute favorites of yours. :)
xo, Tori
Ohmygod these are rad! Olivia, EVERYTHING YOU PHOTOGRAPH MAKES ME WANT TO BE YOU.
OMG I love japan! these photos are so lovely and the 3d effect looks really cool!
At first glance i thought 11 was a butt but then i realized it’s a heart
I wish rookiemag would make a photography master class issue thing or something. Empower girls by teaching us photography! lol <3
photography masterclass omg yes yes YESSS
PLLLLLEAAAASSEEEE.
omfg this is the best thing that ive ever seen. its so perfect!
these are super duper fantastic amazing.
what a genius! i don’t think you’ll tell anyone but how did you do it?! i especially love the water ones. magical.
Whoa! Olivia these are amazing.
WOW. These are stunning!
OH WOW THESE ARE ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL I LOVE JAPAN SO MUCH. is #13 the most magical thing ever or what omg i think i could cry. i wan to look at these forever.
woah!!! absolutely stunning and very creative!! this is why I LOOOVVVEEE Rookie!!
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LOVEEE ITT
Just wow. Amazing. I have literally no idea how you did this, but I don’t really care, I just like looking at them.
Number 9 is awesome!! The water looks soooooo gooooood!
This pictures are just awesome!! congratulations!
Beautiful. As always. And at number 10 I was going: ROSS GELLER?!
these are all so beautiful… i would love to go to Japan! i love everything about the country: culture, architecture, everything…. mostly the fashion! i really want a copy of FRUiTS!!;D yes, it would be lovely to go there!
ps. i hope you don’t mind me re-posting some of these on my tumblr??^^ xo
This made me feel in Japan! The volumey quality of the pictures make it look like Japan is less of a faraway dreamland. Thank you for sharing this! x
hi guys! these are taken with a 3D camera from the 80’s! it is called a nishika n8000. you can read more about this kind of photography here: . it’s basically taking a lenticular camera (one that makes images similar to those on a 3d bookmark or iPhone case) and digitizing it and making it into a gif rather than making a 3d print.
Mystery solved — muchas gracias!
Awesome photos! So pretty!
Can you get the film developed anywhere and get all the files from them or is it more complicated?
Check out the Wikipedia page and you’ll see a photo of what the developed film looks like. It’s really hard to describe, but makes sense when you see it.
The camera uses regular 35mm film so you could get it developed anywhere, but because you’re getting 4 small images every time you press the shutter instead of 1 normal image, I don’t know what the results would be if you took your film to the drug store to get developed and scanned. They might scan each little frame into its own JPG or you might get 2 frames in each JPG.
They wouldn’t ruin anything, but generally drug store film scans are awful anyway. If you have a photo store in your town that develops film in-house, that would be your best bet (maybe even Costco). Mpix might be a good online option.
I sent an email to Mpix and they said their equipment would scan the film just like if it were from a regular camera so each JPG from them would contain 2 smaller images.
Bottom line is you could send them your roll of film just like it were from a regular camera and get scans back. There’d be an extra cut/paste/align step when making a GIF, but nothing too arduous.
I hope that helps!
(I have no relationship with Mpix, by the way. I’m just a satisfied customer.)
Awesome thanks! I bet the Lomography store here would do it too, they sell that 3D Holga.
SO BEAUTIFUL! Took me away from the boring midwest for a while…loved #13!!!
I looove #17. Although my photo teacher always yells at me for shooting into the sun rather than away from it.
I
AM
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THEY ARE WONDERFUL
SOMEONE TAKE ME TO JAPAN!!!
These are BRILLIANT. So wonderful.
I forgot to write on here when this was published that is AMAZING and I love it!
I can’t handle all this amazingness. This is beyond cool. #1, #2, #4, #5, #8, #9, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #22, #23 and #24 were my favorites. Yeah… that’s a lot of favorites! :D Wonderful, magical photoset, best thing I’ve seen all day. <3
how have i not seen this before????? i do not understand! it’s wonderful and I’m obsessed with Japan. love 18
truly stunning. left me speechless. amazing work x