There's something about the wide sweeping view of a panoramic scene that gives an image of drama and grandeur. Panoramic photography has been around for a long time. My Great Grandfather was a professional photographer (Circa 1900) and took panoramic photos in Upstate New York.

For 40 years, the Kodak Colorama in New York's Grand Central Terminal stood as a landmark for photography and the company. The Colorama's were 18 feet high and 36 feet wide! The first Colorama's were captured with an 8X10 view camera.

Today I make panoramic photos with my digital camera. The Kodak V570 has a built in feature that "stitches" three images together automatically. After each shot, a small slice of the previous shot stays on the display and all you do is line up the past image slice with the next shot. When you're done the camera runs an algorithm that aligns all three images into one seamless panoramic picture. It's very cool and fun to play with.

Get creative and take three successive images that are not panoramic and see how they get stitched together.

I think my Great Grandfather would be amazed.

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