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About Me

Who is

Martin Lobel?

I am the Crosseyed Traveler

Computer programmer, retired.

Home is Chicago, IL.

Born and raised in Chicago

NO, I am not really cross-eyed!

Education
University of Illinois at Chicago Circle
B.A. in Art Design

Experience​

My love affair with photography began while in the Army in 1968, with a simple camera, photographing ducks.
In 1977, I began taking stereo slides on a road trip around Lake Superior in Canada.
I took 35mm color slides, one left-eye view and one right-eye view, and taped them together, side-by-side, for viewing in a handheld stereo viewer.  Eventually I bought a Stereo Realist camera, which takes the left- and right-eye views simultaneously, with two lenses and two shutters, on 35mm slide film.  Today's images are captured with two identical digital cameras, mounted side-by-side on a homemade rig, to shoot left- and right-eye views.  Free downloaded software is used to create 3D picture files.
Use the 3D Photography button above to see the 3D Introduction and Samples pages.
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