Three dimensional videos have been part of film making for a very long period. However, you can replicate the experience of reliving special moments by using this technology. Tarun Chawla, a fashion and wedding photographer is using 3D techniques in wedding photography.
Highlighting the benefits of this technology, Chawla says, "In 3D photography, you can see the wedding happen again. It is like that all the rituals are happening in front of your eyes. So through the pictures, you can relive those moments as if they are happening in front of your eyes. One can see the movement of objects and you can focus your eyes wherever you want to. Its like a virtual reality— like you are walking into the wedding again and again. This is true for both videos as well as still images. There is more emotion to it."
While the concept looks easy, it is not as easy to execute and involves manual precision to ace perfection. Unlike other techniques, there aren't any softwares available to convert an image or video into three dimensional effect.
"While clicking, we take two pictures simultaneously for every single frame – one from the left side and the other one from the right. The same stands true in case of videos as well. It's similar to the concept of how people look from two different sides. In computer, while editing the photographs or videos, we merge the pictures to make it a 3D image,” clarifies Chawla.
Tarun uses a makeshift arrangement to achieve perfection in 3D photography. “The elements are required to be aligned manually for each picture. The pictures are clicked at the same time with two different cameras. To make this work, we combine the cameras by joining them at the sides and using a remote trigger to click it. Once the picture is clicked, it is manually aligned,” he says. Tarun operates from his studio at Sector 52 in Noida.
The concept of 3D photography is not to be mixed with panoramic view. Neither does it involves distorting the image.
Explaining it thoroughly, Chawla says, "The concept of 3D photography is not to distort information but allow the viewer to see the entire frame. This way they can see how different objects are placed in the frame and choose what they want to. To show the depth in three dimensional photography, we have the background as well as foreground on focus and allow your eye to wonder around the frame. This way you can see whatever lies within the frame,” he clarifies.
For Chawla, photography started as a hobby. His journey began during his school days in 2005. Once he got the hang of the technique, he started doing wedding photography.
“At that time there used to Nokia 3600 phones which had 0.4 megapixel of camera. So, I used to carry my phone all day long to click pictures of my friends and capture their lives. In 2009, while studying computer science engineering, I brought an entry-level DSLR. My shots included clicking nature, streets and mountains and then I also started capturing events of my college. So, I took my own time to learn. Post college, I started doing wedding photography for friends – candid. Eventually, I started filming as well,” he says.
It was the sheer curiosity of finding the techniques that are used during 3D film making that led Chawla to introduce 3D photography and videography to masses in 2016.
