Shooting Tips for panoramic photography

(below is a revue from our workshop, click here for realviz tutorial)

Use an appropriate panoramic tripod head for sperical or cylindrical panoramas, some benefits:

- Level your equipment

-Overlap images the right amount

-Organize your shoot while avoiding uncovered areas

-Calibrate the nodal point

Mark/write down your nodal point settings (from both sides of the slider) and ALWAYS double check those settings before beginning a shoot

Choose as low an ISO (Sensitivity) as possible. Noise = additional file size of end product

Do not use automatic whilte balance. Choose an appropriate setting or calibrate

If using an SLR, choose a small aperture for greater depth of field

Lock your speed and aperture settings in manual mode

use remote shutter release

Be careful of: Direct sun, soft surface for placing tripod (eg. grass), changing light levels (eg. sunrise, sunset, moving clouds), various light sources (eg. one room with flourescent and tungsten light)

If you will be taking images at different settings, finish one full sphere first at locked settings, then go back for supplimentary images

Following shows the order in which to shoot your images