San Francisco

Click was born in San Francisco. He likes this place and wants to know more about it!
In case you have not been there yet, here is the San Francisco Virtual Tour.

Ads and opinions are welcome. Please, only informative and related to San Francisco and Bay Area. I do not have oportunity to carry information not related to the site.

Please, leave your comments! If you want to start a new topic, e-mail.

Photography

Panoramic photography or "Still Frame" photography? What about composition? What about the third dimension - depth? What about a fourth one - movement? What about being significant, important, documentary, associative?

As you, probably understand, Click likes "Still Frame" more than scroll-driven panoramic images. Why? Well, there is such think like composition. It is extremely difficult to obtain good composition on panoramic photos, you leave a lot to the unsexperienced cutomer, and there are very few places where it is possible to make panoramic pictures. No one wants to stick their nose to walls and pavements scrolling around. Right?

Photography for virtual tours is special. It is different. Most importantly it must carry the feeling of "being here". It is not rotating-panoramic or other technology tricks which make it. It is an art of making the right individual photo and photo sequence. This is not the same as a movie. Because it is an interactive media. It is totally opposite to movies. In movies producer dictates time, producer is in control. In virtual tours - the user. Aren't we all like to be in control?

Technology

Click uses unique technology to drive its on- and off-line virtual tours.
What do you think about it?

Click-driven or scroll-driven? QTVR, Flash, or our small Java applet. Software to make virtual tours. Applications.

I'll tell you what.... Well, I haven't tried anything else :) I've just sat down and made the applet and the editor without which the job of making virtual tours is mind-bogging. I just tried to make a right tool for the great job understanding that in any way photography is most important. Then I have found the art of making tours is as important as photography. So, it all works together, all parts of the team!

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Yes San Francisco Website and Virtual Tours

So far San Francisco Click has published the following Virtual Tours on his site:

Alcatraz Island and Prison;
Shasta Dam in California;
The Sundial Bridge in Redding, CA;
Del Monte Square Dedication Ceremony;
Muir Woods;
Mission de Asis;
San Francisco;

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How do you like the Yes San Francisco web site and virtual tours?

Golden Gate Bridge Walk Along Virtual Tour

Walk along Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Virtual Tour.
Interactive!
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They write about Golden Gate Bridge:

Robin Capper CAD Design

Alcatraz Virtual Tour

Visit Alcatraz now with Interactive Virtual Tour! 725 pictures.
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They Love Alcatraz:
metallyptica

They write about Alcatraz:
A woman from Bakersfield
Mirko ( in italian )
Cynthia Magana
Rick's Blog - he participated in "Sharkfest"
dietsch - writes about his experience visiting the island