When shooting art work, the challenge that faces both the artist and the photographer is representing a three dimensional object in a two dimensional medium.  From the time of the earliest cave paintings, the only way artists have had to convey the third dimension was by the clever representation of shadow and light.  We face those same limitations in the photo studio, but in addition, when shooting three dimensional artwork, something that is meant to seen from many points of view, we have to settle for representing the entire piece with one, inadequate image of a single side.

Until now, that is!  Take your cursor and place it in the image on the right. Once the image loads, move your cursor to the left or right while holding down the mouse button.   Whoa !  It is almost like walking around the work in a gallery, seeing at it from all angles, comparing this side with that.  This definitely goes a long way toward solving the dilemma of representing a three dimensional in a two dimensional medium.  And it is absolutely the best way to show your work to those who can't see it in person.

This effect is made by photographing an object from (in this case) thirty six different points on the compass and stitching the images together into this "interactive object movie". It is suitable, not only for web page applications, but can be put on CD or zipped in a zip file and sent via e-mail to clients and galleries.