Brad Berson's Panoramic Photography

Panoramic Photography by Brad Berson
Last update: September 2011

These are some interactive panoramas I have completed to varying degrees. New additions include the 5 Pointz graffiti art center. I'm still fiddling with shots from the Korean War Memorial and Museum, and some Brooklyn Bridge demos should be up shortly, but I'm saving the final version for when repairs are complete. At the bottom of this page are brief discussions about the photography and tools.

During viewing use the [Shift] and [Ctrl] keys to zoom in and out, and click and drag your mouse to pan up, down, left and right. For full-screen enjoyment press [Ctrl]-F in Quicktime or right-click the image in your web browser. A fast computer is recommended for viewing. Most of these panoramas are full 360° x 180° renderings so look up and down as well as around! Bandwidth here is limited so please be patient during downloading. Note: Many mobile browsers may not support the necessary VR (virtual reality) features utilized here.

Alternate faster page location (Korean mirror site), may be faster IF it is on-line!!!

View from the roof of Rebekah Court - the new luxury apartment villa our family opened in autumn 2009 for rental occupancy in Hannam-dong, Seoul, Korea - with views of Itaewon, Namsan, Sinsa-dong and Apgujeong, shot in HDR prior to the completion of the building's oak roof deck:
-> UPDATED Spring 2011, see the completed roof deck and many changes in the surrounding neighborhood:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (6 MB)
The following links open the OLD version:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (6 MB)

Parking deck of Rebekah Court - added June 2011 - showing the lobby entrance, building office, vehicle entrance/exit, parking spaces and a garden outside the building at the end opposite the vehicle ramp:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (5 MB)

Street view in front of Rebekah Court - shot during construction mostly for documentary purpose:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (2 MB)

Street view of the Namsan Town Apartments - small part of a not-so-interesting 45-building apartment complex in Jung-gu, Seoul, but our family's convenient temporary home during the construction of the Rebekah Court villa nearby:
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Colorful pagoda atop the Eungbong Neighborhood Park - built on a small mountain adjacent the Namsan Town Apartments) with sweeping views of the Han River from Sindang-dong, Seoul, Korea, shot in HDR to help overcome harsh shadows and the yellow dust blowing in from China:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (9 MB)

Itaewon / Hannam-dong area in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea - these two panoramas focus on the narrow alleys and mix of housing in the older sections of the neighborhood south of the tourist strip, a stark contrast to the modern buildings and storefronts on the strip and elsewhere:
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Jogye-Sa Buddhist Temple in Seoul - captured late at night during the colorful lantern festival in the week approaching Buddha's birthday, a major holiday in Korea and elsewhere:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (6 MB)

New York Stock Exchange are in NYC - late at night during the Christmas holiday season, shot in HDR to bring out the less well lit upper floors of the neighboring buildings and city light reflecting from the thin clouds:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (8 MB)

Times Square in New York City - busy even at 2am in December 2008, from the back-lit glass steps which climb atop the back of the newly remodeled and well-known TKTS discount Broadway theater show ticket booth. Fixed in July 2011 to reduce download size and fix ghosting caused by people and cars moving between photos:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (8 MB)

Willets Point in New York City - the embarrassingly decrepit industrial neighborhood next to the Mets' brand-new Citi Field baseball stadium where NYC ignored five decades of residents' pleas to improve the area, then decided to abuse "eminent domain" laws to hand the land to private developers:
[QTVR] [FLASH] (5 MB)

Steve's British Motorcycle Museum in Marquette, Kansas - [DRAFT] Steve McGee's repair, restoration, customization and memorabilia shop, shot in HDR; a two-minute walk from LaVona and late motorcycle racing legend "Stan the Man" Engdahl's Kansas Motorcycle Museum:
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Lotte Hotel in Seoul in Seoul, Korea - concierge level room (31st floor) shot with only eight frames, a creative experiment with my wife Sarah appearing repeatedly in six locations throughout the hotel room:
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5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center in Long Island City, New York - the parking lot section shot here barely covers the expanse of NYC's graffiti Mecca. This street art exhibit is threatened by development, so catch it while you can!
[QTVR] [FLASH] (3 MB)

Technical Details

These images were captured with a Canon 10-22mm EF-S lens on a Canon 20D camera body with a remote release, on a modified Manfrotto 303SPH spherical tripod head atop a Gitzo CF tripod. See this page for details about the tripod head, modifications, setup, workflow, etc.

Sincerest thanks to Tommy Wirestam for his free plug-ins for Flash Panorama Player.