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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When we returned from our trip to Paris, I called my friend Ernie Rairdin to see if he was interested in helping me complete our DSEC (Digital Stereo Exchange Club) photo exchange that I hadn’t finished up before we left. He didn’t answer but he called the next day when I was at the craft store looking for some albums to put our vacation pictures in.<\/p>\n
He wanted to stop by and show me something he got at the annual convention of 3D fans that he had just returned from. I said I wasn’t home so he suggested I stop at his house which is more or less on the way home.<\/p>\n
When I got there we talked a little bit about our trip then he said that when he was at the convention awards banquet, the speaker started reading from a plaque. He said, “NSA (National Stereoscopic Association) 2009 Lou Smaus Award, Best Stereo World Article on Modern Stereoscopy – Robert Thorpe – `The Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008′, Stereo World Vol 34, Number 1”<\/p>\n
I was floored. I had not had any indication of this whatsoever. Ernie said the speaker said that I couldn’t be there, so Ernie volunteered to accept the award for me. Thank you Ernie. <\/p>\n
When I wrote the article, it was only a few days after the flood. I had called the editor of the magazine and he said he would hold the presses for the next issue for the late breaking pictures. I dashed off the article and sent him a dozen or so pictures I took during the flood. I also got Ernie to let me send another dozen or so pictures that he took. His were aerial views in hyper stereo and were just astonishing.<\/p>\n
They didn’t just print a page of pictures, they published the whole article with a selection of both our photos. One of Ernie’s got the cover of the magazine.<\/p>\n
I feel a little sheepish getting the award. I think all too often the contributors of visual content get shortchanged to the benefit of the writers. This can especially be the case in photo or art magazines. I consider Ernie’s contribution to be equal to my own in this situation and I want to make sure he is given the credit he is due.<\/p>\n
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When we returned from our trip to Paris, I called my friend Ernie Rairdin to see if he was interested in helping me complete our DSEC (Digital Stereo Exchange Club) photo exchange that I hadn’t finished up before we left. … Continue reading