It’s the art of capturing an entire scene in a single image.
Professionally speaking, this type of photography is used to create online supports and immersive identities for all kinds of establishments focusing on their online communications.
Its uses are typically for creating virtual projects, for Google Business accounts, online travel agencies and social network platforms.
In my opinion, 360 degree photography is the most honest way to showcase a small or a large space.
Julien Thomas
I am an expert in 360 degree photography.
Discover my portfolio to see the work of a professional 360-degree photographer.
My images are high-quality, super clear and pixel perfects as much as possible. Don’t hesitate to zoom and rotate the images to appreciate the great work.
Do I take my photos with a 360º camera?
What does Image Resolution means?
Simply put, it is the depth of an image that can be zoomed in without losing its detail.
That said: the more an image stays sharp when zooming in, the more it has an high resolution.
About my 360º photography services, I offer a range of images with megapixel and gigapixel resolution.
This is the standard resolution of my services.
Here my images have a resolution of 288 megapixels, providing an excellent quality of zoom.
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This is the ‘Rolls-Royce’ resolution of my services!
Here my images resolution reaches 1,3 gigapixels, providing an outstanding quality of zoom!
Zoom in on the small texts!
You are now sure to know that the ‘beauty’ of an image (its colors, contrast, etc.) has nothing to do with its resolution.
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Creating virtual projects is the most common end result with 360 degree photographs.
Are you interested to see the outcome of my works?
A virtual project may be called a virtual tour and it typically focuses on the virtual visit of a property. This type of project is commonly used to showcase real estate properties and high-end hotels.
A virtual project can also take the form of a virtual exhibition, and this category is usually used as a medium for physical exhibitions and by museums.
Before being able to rotate a 360 photo in 360º, such images are first of all ‘flats images’.
Know that native computers and devices aren’t built to display/rotate in 360º such images.
From time to time we can see “tiny planets” (also called mini planets) pictures on the Internet, know that those are created from 360 degree photos.
Technically speaking, this is done by using a stereographic projection on a 360 degree photo, allowing professional photographers to easily turn it in such an original way!
• A 3D photo IS NOT 360 degree photo. Moreover, "3D photo" is a wrong wording - because "3D" involves "objects" only.
• A 360 panorama is also not considered as a 360 degree photo. This category of image means that their zenith and nadir (their highest and lowest - parts) are missing!
A 360 degree photo can also be called a VR photo, photo sphere, and spherical photo.
There is no difference between them.
What is a 360 degree photo?
It's the aspect of viewing an image interactively from its central position.
I work with a full-frame DSLR.
• Megapixels image: ~15 minutes.
• Gigapixels image: ~45 minutes.
Then, post-production takes me about 3 days for x4 360-degree photos.
Each third-party hosting platform has their own policies to the medias you are publishing to their platforms – such as the compression of a 360-degree image, of a photo, etc.
Facebook, Google Business accounts, Google Maps, Google Earth, Booking.com and all business websites are the common platforms to use 360º photos.
Other platforms such as Instagram, TripAdvisor, Agoda and others OTAs (Online Travel Agencies) doesn’t support (yet?) 360º images.
▸ Note for TripAdvisor: sometimes we can find 360º photos available with some accounts. These images were uploaded by authorized TripAdvisor photographers and no other third-part photographers can upload such photos on any account.
Did you know that 360-degree photography was developed in the late 19th century? Read this Wikipedia page for more info.
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