Ray & Sara 3D Portrait

Sideshow Emcee Ray Valenz and Sara

Scan-A-Rama Homestretch on Kickstarter!

A couple pieces of news on our Scan-A-Rama Kickstarter today: New Reward Levels! At the request of backer extrordinaire Vica Miller (of Vica Miller Literary Salons fame), who wants to help fundraise and expand the curriculum of her daughter’s school, the Speyer Legacy School, we have introduced a new reward level: School Fundraiser Lecture & Scan-a-thon for $1000. This package is […]

Is it Photography?

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines photography as: “the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface (as film or an optical sensor)” So I ask you, are 3D portraits photography? Let’s review how 3D Scanning with a Kinect controller works. First, infrared light is projected […]

What Would You Do With a Statue of Yourself?

Since creating Coney Island Scan-A-Rama, we have discovered numerous reasons why people want 3D portraits. As previously noted, there’s a long history of portraiture, but but 3D scanning affordable portraits has created a whole new genre! Who would you scan and how would you use it? Here’s some applications we’ve discovered, but we’re anxious to hear […]

The Scan-O-Tron 3000: Bringing the World a New Form of Portraiture!

Coney Island Scan-A-Rama is close to hitting 50% of of our funding goal, but we have only 10 days left! We really need YOUR help to get the word out to make out Kickstarter campaign successful! Some new mentions this week: Thanks to our software Reconstructme for featuring the project on their blog- we wouldn’t […]

The World Famous BOB in the third dimension (in pink too!)

My favorite Coney Pony in her full drag glam glory… In 3D!

A 3D Scan as the Modern Daguerreotype

Reblogged from: http://dadhoc.com/2013/07/a-3d-scan-as-the-modern-daguerreotype/ “OK, we’re scanning kids. Stay still.” The man behind the camera instructed us, his subjects, to remain as motionless as possible. But this is not 1850 and we don’t have to stand still for photographs any more. But this was no ordinary photo shoot. This was a Father’s Day 3D Portrait Studio put […]

What is it like to be 3D Scanned?

A huge “Thank You!” to all of our Kickstarter backers! We just hit our 20% goal! I’m being told we should already have hit 30% but I’m keeping the faith that the project will happen. I know we can do it! I am deeply indebted to all of you, and I just ask to please […]

There’s something for everyone at Coney Island Scan-A-Rama

We’re 5 days in on our Kickstarter campaign for Coney Island Scan-A-Rama (http://kck.st/10KIml2) and so far so good. keep it coming folks! I’m headed out to set up the booth for the day right now. I did some scans at Burlesque at the Beach Thursday night and got great scans of the sides how’s newest […]

Coney Island Scan-A-Rama Launched on Kickstarter!

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Fred Kahl | https://thegreatfredini.com/contact/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fredini/coney-island-scan-a-rama Artist to 3D Print Turn of the Century Coney Island… With YOU in It! Brooklyn, NY. July 8, 2013 – Getting your portrait made at an amusement park has entered the 21st century with Coney Island Scan-A-Rama, the world’s first affordable 3D portrait studio. With the […]