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07/11/2022

Very pleased to have all of my 3D stereophotograph entries accepted into the 2022 Chicago Lighthouse and Detroit stereophotography exhibitions. I won a couple of awards as well. Very chuffed.

20/03/2021

Alongside photography cycling is a major pastime of mine and occasionally I like to add purpose to it by taking part in virtual charity fundraisers. Currently I am taking part in the Lancaster Challenge where I am riding 500KM. My late father was in the RAF and this event is raising money for the excellent RAF Museum. In Dad's memory and to make it a little more challenging I am using one of his old bikes, a 1979 Raleigh Tourer. Please follow the address below to find out more or even donate and support my efforts which would be fantastic.

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Kevin-Harvey9

30/11/2020

I have had some nice success this year with acceptances of my stereo images into international exhibitions. The one exhibition I really wanted to feature in though was the Hollywood 60th Stereoscopic Exhibition. I entered four images and ALL were accepted, very chuffed with that. Even better was that one, "The Light Dragon" received an honourable mention but even better, "A Rose of Yellow" shown here received the macro ribbon award.

30/09/2020

I entered four images into the 2020 Chicago Lighthouse Exhibition and had all four accepted! One of these gained an Honourable Mention, another was awarded the Lighthouse Medal and a third was voted Best Creative Image. This image entitled, "Watch out Wheelspinner Coming Through" is shown here. Very pleased that my work has been recognised like this and for the simple thought that people are enjoying them.

30/10/2019

It is always great to see my images exhibited to other people and exhibitions and competitions are a good way to do this although there can be a certain amount of stress involved. I find I become a bit of a perfectionist with entries and find it difficult to stop fiddling with them! The November Stereoscopic Society meeting in London includes a competition where members are invited to submit up to three images. I've been taking quite a few with my Pentax beam splitter recently so I've entered some of those. Internationally I've also entered a 3D competition in Hollywood USA! I've always found the Americans produce great 3D images so the chance to compete with them is a real challenge. I've been informed that even getting acceptance into the exhibition is a real accomplishment so we will see how I go. I've entered four images there.

30/10/2019

This past month has seen a real upturn in my 3D imaging activities. During the first couple of weekends I attended both the Coventry and the London branch meetings of the Stereoscopic Society. The Coventry meeting was a presentation by Denis Pellerin of selected images from Brian Mays vast collection of stereocards. The London meeting included talks by two authors on Scottish stereocards which was interesting as Scotland is a place of great interest to me. Hopefully, I will get to further meetings.

06/09/2019

Very pleased that stereoscopic images of mine were shown at the recent NSA 3D. Con at Akron , Ohio. Feedback from Stereoscopic Society member who was present has been very positive. Very pleased with that. Hope to do more international stuff in the future.

18/10/2018

I have been trying out my recently homebuilt 3D digital camera rig based around two Canon A480 cameras and controlled via the free Stereodatamaker application. There are new skills to learn with this set up and first impressions look promising. Pictures of the rig and exposures coming soon!

28/09/2018

I took my 3D photography international by entering the Third Dimension Society's 55th International Exhibition of 3D recently and.....I have three accepted entries! Chuffed

23/05/2018

The success with the 'Figure in the Arches' image continues. As those who have read my website and/or seen any of my 3D presentations will know I was introduced to 3D photography by Queen guitarist Brian May. He is a fine exponent of stereoscopic photography and has an excellent website for his company,The London Stereoscopic Company, which can be accessed via a link from this website. I was very happy to find out this week that images from the Stereoscopic Society exhibition 2018 are featured on the Brian May website including my own! Chuffed or what!

21/03/2017

Very pleased to announce that I have had my best success ever in the annual Stereoscopic Society competition. I have a commended image, was runner up in the creative section and WON the panel section with a series of images based on a tall ship. Extremely pleased to achieve this in my third year of entering.

23/03/2016

The aquisition last year of a Lloca Stereo Rapid camera dating from the late 1950's caused me to resurrect my film developing equipment and shoot some black and white film again. This re-ignited my interest in film and I dug out my old Yashicamat 124G and Mamiya 645 Super cameras. Buying a Vuescan software licence gave rebirth to my Canon film scanners and I was back into analogue photography. It was then a natural progression to mount the Yashica and Mamiya on a slidebar to create cha-cha stereo cameras. The idea then came to create retro style stereocards. I could easily have done this with a digital camera but doing it this way has given my stereo photography a more fun and more challenging edge. Also, having a negative in your hand makes the images more tangible, I can see them rather than trying to imagine them as a space on a hard drive. Please go to my Retrocards: Fokestone gallery to view this ever growing collection.

08/11/2015

Dr Brian May is a director of the London Stereoscopic Society and during the autumn they set a competition to create a 'Diableries' stereocard. This is my entry which took about two weeks to create. Happily, although not a prizewinner it was praised by Brian and I received a personally signed highly commended certificate! Yay!.

27/09/2015

What a week it has been! Last weekend I was part of the photo crew covering the excellent Folkestone Skabour ska music weekend. Yesterday I put on my history hat and I was taking record images of artefacts in our local church. This is for a local history project based on the Folkestone St. Eanswythe. Later this week its back on with the 3D hat for a couple of presentations to local photographic organisations. Phew!

16/09/2015

I'm in the middle of a mini tour of Kent Camera Clubs with my new improved 3d presentation. Ashford Camcorder Club were very appreciative and the Isle of Thanet Photographic Society especially enjoyed the full show. Some members even downloaded stuff I recommended from the web during the evening. In two weeks I'll be at Deal and Saltwood Camera Clubs. Great stuff.

06/08/2015

I have been having enormous fun with the Iloca stereo camera, so much so that I have resurrected my passion for black and white film. I have processed a few rolls now and I cannot see myself printing in a darkroom again so I have turned to scanning with my Canon FS2710 film scanner. I have successfully connected this Windows 98 device to my Vista computer by fitting a SCSI card and purchasing the Vuescan software. I'm all ready now!

24/07/2015

The Stereoscopic Convention in Canterbury was fantastic and I managed to come away with a 1950's stereo camera. The camera is a Iloca Stereo Rapid. I have run a few films through it and it appears to work well. I have ideas for this!

30/06/2015

Very pleased to announce that this image won the runner up award in the annual competition of the Stereoscopic Society. The competition was open to entries from all around the World and I am extremely proud of my achievement. It also proved that although mostly self taught I can't be going too far wrong with this 3D photography lark!



This is an anaglyph which will require red/cyan glasses to view.

11/06/2015

At long last I have revamped my website. Since its inception I've added images or books in a fairly staid manner. With my interest in 3d I had included these images too but I realised that they should really have their own sections so now they have. I hope you like the new layout and will return again as I plan to add many more 3d images in future.

25/01/2015

My new Ska book has been published! Check out the preview. ...more

08/07/2013

Romney Marsh is a special place as it is where I grew up. The area was also the nursery for my early photography and is now the subject of a new 3d project. Images will be added all the time but here is a small selection to whet your appetitie. Enjoy!

07/02/2013

Very very very busy with 3D this week. I've created a big stereo book 56cm X 22cm of Dungeness images which I'm very pleased with. Also done a set of normal sized stereocards of a local landmark. Wonderful stuff and max enjoyment.

12/10/2012

Very pleased to announce that my record of Folkestone Skabour Festival 2012, 'SkaBook 2012' has arrived. The quality is very high and I think its my best book ever. Please preview it on the site and even better follow the link and purchase your own unique record of this great event.

04/10/2012

Folkestone Skabour music festival was a brilliant event. I've now brought all my images together in one place: SkaBook 2012. A complete record of my weekend at Skabour. Through my camera lens see the bands, scooters, people and places I experienced that excellent weekend in August.

04/10/2012

Good news! I have pictures in two exhibitions currently on display in Folkestone. First of all I have three images taken during the 2012 Skabour Festival displayed in Googies Art Cafe in Rendezvous Street. I also have four pictures in the 'Tree of Enlightenment' exhibition in the prestigious Sassoon Gallery upstairs in the library. Excellent!

02/09/2012

Happy to announce that my photography is now on display in 'Albane Photography' in Sandgate High Street in Kent. Albane is a fantastic portrait and events photographer and her work and studio is well worth checking out. Last weekend we had a combined stand at the Sandgate Sea Festival which was quite successful and great fun.

06/08/2012

Had an excellent weekend on the Folkestone East Cliff as part of a Anglo Saxon re-enactment weekend where we had a stall exhibiting and selling my work. Very successful and sold two packs of my Folkestone in 3D pictures. Superb!

30/07/2012

Just received two copies of my Boat Project book. Very pleased with the quality and my wife is impressed too so that is a great boost. Check it out now!

22/07/2012

Today I have published my latest local history photobook. This one concerns the recent visit of floating artwork 'Collective Spirit' to Folkestone.

15/04/2012

Very pleased to have some 3D prints in the Folkestone library/museum this month. The exhibition is based on images of Folkestone since the 1500s. My pictures are stereo views of the Roman Villa dig. It was great gauging peoples reactions at last nights launch event.

18/01/2012

Had a letter published in this weeks Amateur Photographer magazine. Someone had commented that the best photos are produced in the darkroom or computer. I disagree and believe that you have to get the information on the film or sensor first. Silk purse and sows ear ring strong here.

10/01/2012

This Saturday I'm participating in a photo workshop dedicated to producing quality photographs of archaeological finds. Can't wait. I love teaching photography!

25/11/2011

Very pleased with a new stereo viewer I have just bought. It allows high quality and very effective viewing of any sized stereocards. I have used it with normal 15cm X 10cm cards up to two A3 prints side by side. It does not matter if they are portrait or landscape format either. Pleased am I!

30/10/2011

BIG NEWS!! My book "From the Darkness to the Light" is now available as an ebook download. Read how I revisited images originally taken as silver halide images and brought them kicking and screaming into the twenty first century. At this bargain price surely there is no excuse to have a look! Follow the link from this website. Thankyou.

21/10/2011

Following the success of my recent 3D presentation Folkestone Camera Club have posted a very flattering write up about it on their website. A very big thank you to them for that. Incidentally now that I've done that I can look at the literally hundereds of other 3d pics that did not make the talk but which will hopefully turn up in future presentations. Hope that happens!

14/10/2011

My 3D presentation at Folkestone Camera Club was a huge success. The anaglyphs looked even better on the screen than they did on any of my home computers. Now it is done I hope to take it elsewhere. Most importantly I thoroughly enjoyed myself doing it!

07/10/2011

Been a while since I last updated my site. Fact is I've been working hard on my 3d presentation which is now only days away. I'm sure its a first for me and the Folkestone camera club. Can't wait!

22/09/2011

My 3d stereophotography presentation at the camera club is getting ever closer. Producing the anaglyphs has been a steep learning curve but very interesting. Can't wait to show them!

21/08/2011

To whet the 3d appetitie I've added a couple of anaglyph images to the website. Also been out today taking cha-cha 3d with a single DSLR. My technique is improving at this I think, (I hope!!)

17/08/2011

Working hard on my 3d presentation at the Folkestone Camera club in October. I have many pictures, piles of anaglyph glasses and just need to put it all together. Looking forward to practicing with the projector before hand. If that does not work I'll need a rethink!

13/08/2011

During the middle of July my website received a number of hits on one particular image. This was a picture of 'Big Beautiful Doll', a WW2 Mustang aircraft whic was unfortunately lost during an airshow. Thankfully the pilot survived. Of course this means I now have a very historic unrepeatable image in my collection.

01/08/2011

My 3d stereo photography interest continues unabated and I've added more stereocards to my stereo gallery. Please visit that page now!

01/08/2011

Very happy to report that the Amateur Photographer magazine has published a letter of mine about 3D photography. This discipline is taking up more and more of my photographic time and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I was told the other day by someone who doesn't practice it that interest in 3D is waning but who cares, I LOVE it!

27/06/2011

With an eye to current economic conditions I have decided to drop the price of my prints. I believe they still represent excellent value for money as they are professionally printed photographs on Kodak or Fuji paper and not the home produced and often delicate inkjet prints.

08/03/2011

Just received my first set of stereocards. Well pleased with these 3D pictures. I'll be putting them on site available for viewing and purchase very soon.

12/02/2011

I'm working very hard on a very specialized branch of photography at the moment. Very excited about it and can't wait to share the results but want to make sure its as good as I can get it before 'exposing'(!) it to the World. Watch this space.

01/02/2011

Last night, January 31st, had a great night judging competitions at Rye Camera Club. Good company and fine pictures. What more could you want at a club night?

26/11/2010

After weeks of experimenting with single cameras and two film cameras I'm nearly ready to embark on my stereo photography career. My own designed apparatus is just about sorted. Can't wait to get out there!

15/11/2010

Inspired by Brian May last week I've been out with two FILM cameras today. Also I scored 20/20 at the camera club tonight. Brilliant!

10/11/2010

Went to an excellent talk and show by Brian May and Elena Vidal on Victorian stereo photography at the Folkestone Book Festival today. Inspiring stuff!

01/08/2010

We,ve just returned from a fourteen night break incorporating a week in both Cornwall and the Isle of Wight. This has resulted in nearly 1000 RAW files that naturally everyone wants to see now! Help!!

01/08/2010

Once again Practical Classics have published my photography. This time it is two pictures. One from Faversham Classic Car Show and one from a Rolls Royce event in Dover. It is always a joy to reach a large audience like this.

06/07/2010

The camera club exhibition has ended in the doctors surgery and I have just one picture left! 'Deckchairs and Sunhats' and the 'Tree at Brookland' have gone to new owners. Interesting how some of my most popular pictures were taken on film!

29/04/2010

The camera club exhibition in which I had four prints on display has resulted in a sale for me! A fine person has purchased my picture of the steam train Tangmere at Folkestone. Yay!!

11/04/2010

It is now possible to preview my first book! From the Darkness to the Light is a book containing pictures captured on silver halide film and their subsequent revisiting in the computer complete with their respective stories. ...more

07/02/2010

Today I have taken the plunge and become a member of Flickr. The Flickr site will basically be the home for my more everyday photography whereas this site you are on now will be the home of my more fine art photography and hopefully sales!

07/02/2010

Although this print did not attain a top score at a recent Folkestone Club competition the committee were still sufficiently impressed by it to include it in an upcoming battle with another club. I am proud to be representing my new club in my first year of membership.

17/01/2010

The opportunity to exhibit work in public is never to be ignored and I've been invited via Folkestone Camera Club to supply a small selection for display in a new doctors surgery in Hythe, Kent. As I write this I have mounted and framed four 50cm X 40cm prints ready for this show. Can't wait till the exhibition begins!

30/08/2009

This is an exciting day because after much planning I am at last showing my pictures to the World. The collection herein is just the beginning, there are many more pictures to be added including film originals still to be scanned and the countless RAW files only viewed virtually so far!