Taking 3D Shooting To The Limit — with 3 Cameras!
[Philip Lelyveld comment: shoot with multiple interoccular so you have depth for both big screen and cellphone.]
B. Sean Fairburn, SOC is an HD DP with a wide range of credits as a Director of Photography and camera operator in television, film, commercials and documentaries. Among his film credits are Windtalkers, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Expendables and The Mechanic. TV credits include Super Bowl XXXVIII, Star Trek Enterprise, House MD, American Dreams, and the documentary Inside the Space Station. As a U.S. Marine, Sean shot the beginning of Operation Iraq Freedom by mounting an HD camera on the back of a Humvee and accompanying U.S. Marines from the breach into Iraq to the streets of Baghdad. The resulting footage led to Sean being awarded an Emmy for its inclusion in Dan Rather's 2007 Combat Photography. A pioneer in shooting HD, as well as a cinematography instructor, Sean is now CEO of MIO 3D.
I'm always fascinated by the next, more difficult challenge. Anybody can be a pilot, but for me 3D has always been something more like space flight; very few people can work at the level of an astronaut. Several years ago, I was blessed to learn 3D from Peter Anderson, ASC, who's really the godfather of modern 3D production. Jim Cameron, Vince Pace, Steve Schklair, Steve Pezo, Gary Shino were all educated in 3D by him. I met Peter as an engineer, and he taught me 3D engineering and how to tune lenses and ultimately just the philosophy and concept of 3D.
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