Herbert C. McKay
Apr 8 1895 - Jan 3, 1971
76 years old
Pioneer in teaching, writing, and inventing in cinematography
and 3D photography
Herbert C. McKay F.R.P.S. F.P.S.A.
Ranked among the leaders of photography from the late 1920's through the 1960's Herbert C. McKay was an inventor, teacher, author, columnist, technical expert and scientist. He brought to his chosen field (3D photography) a penetrating analytical mind and a scientific approach.
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In 1924 McKay authored the first book on amateur 16mm cinematography. He was the first person in this country to conduct a radio program on photography. (WEAF in 1928)
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As a columnist (American Photography, U.S. Camera, and many others), he wrote one of the longest-appearing photographic columns in the country. He was one of the first to introduce 35mm photography into the United States, writing the first American published booklet on Leica Photography. As one of the organizers of he Stereo Guild in 1949 he continued to provide leadership and expert guidance to 3D photographers world wide.
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An avid microscopist and researcher, he contributed to several scientific journals and made some of the earliest photomicrographic movies.
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He moved from New York City to Eustis, Florida in the mid 1940's and continued to write until his death in 1971.
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-- by grandson Maurice Greeson
Herbert C McKay at WHN - colorized
1952_08_22 Tampa Tribune HC McKay receives 1st stereo award from PSA
1952_12_05 Orlando Evening Star-McKay brings Florida Photo Salon
1953 June H.C. McKay column in U.S. Camera magazine
Candid Photography with High-Power Telephoto Photography in Mechanics and Handicraft magazine by HC McKay - Colorized
More assorted books by
Herbert C. McKay
Rolleidoscope
n 1949 McKay started producing the Stereo Guild Third Dimension booklets and around that time he also produced Stereoscopic Motion Pictures No. 33. Here are PDF copies of the ones we have: (just click on the pdf symbol
to open it up)
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1949 Third Dimension No. 1 Stereo Guild
1949 Third Dimension No. 2 Stereo Guild
1949 Third Dimension No. 3 Stereo Guild
Third Dimension No. 33 Stereoscopic Motion Pictures
1929-1953 Herbert C McKay Curriculum Vitae
1950 Letter to Herbert C McKay
from Harold Lloyd
Portrait of Herbert Couchman McKay 1950s by anonymous
Underwater woman with View-Master camera
by Herbert C McKay
Gutless View-Master Personal camera used underwater
in above image by Herbert C. McKay
Weeki Wachee characters in Florida by Herbert C. McKay
Russ Allen's Reptile Institute by Herbert C. McKay​
Weeki Wachee by H.C. McKay
1954 Zebra Boca Raton, FL Africa USA by Herbert C McKay
B.M. Bass Underwater by HC McKay FPSA
1928 Herbert C McKay filming -talkie- with 16mm camera -Colorized_LeaiPix 2x1
1935 Herbert C McKay with 35mm Contax camera colorized_LeaiPix 2x1
1936 Herbert C McKay with Mikut 3 color camera -Colorized_LeaiPix 2x1
Herbert C McKay 1 with movie camera -
LeaiPix Colorized-Enhanced_2x1
Herbert C. McKay with Speed Graphic camera -
Colorized and LeaiPix_2x1.jpg
"3-Dimensional Photography: Principles of Stereoscopy" by H.C. McKay (and a few other 3-D books), are available online at the following link:
http://www.stereoscopic.org/library/
Herbert C McKay's daughters Patricia, Margaret and Betty with coachwhip snake - colorized
Herbert C. McKay BIBLIOGRAPHY:
(31 works in 73 publications in 1 language and 736 library holdings)
Motion Picture Photography for the Amateur, 1924
Professional Cinematography, 1924
Photo-Era Reference Book of Photography and Cinematography, 1926
Photographic Technology, 1927
Handbook of Motion Picture Photography, 1927
Amateur Movie Making, 1927
Photography with The Leica Camera, c.1928
The Cine Camera, 1930
The Voice of the Films, 1930
Cine Titling and Editing, 1932
Movie Making for the Beginner, 1939 & 1948
Better Negatives, 1941 (Pamphlet)
The Photographic Negative, 1942 (Four Volume Set)
Principles of Stereoscopy, Three Dimensional Photography, 1948 (1st edition)
Three Dimensional Photography, 1951 (2nd edition)
Three Dimensional Photography, 1953, American Photography Book Dept. New York, N.Y. (3rd Ed.)
1940_07_27 Letter from Herbert C. McKay, F.R.P.S. to Minox Inc
1953_07_19 Florida Magazine article on up-coming 3-D film
THE SMALL PRINT, BUT ON THE SAME PAGE!!
1953_07_19 Technical difficulties announcement from Empire Films
1952 January US Camera magazine - View-Master Personal Stereo Camera Sawyer Information article by H C McKay - Colorized
Pat McKay, Herbert's daughter, ca. 1937 using a Taxiphote, next to a tabletop German Stereospekt from ICA Dresden, with a French medium format viewer, a Mattey 45x107 mm format viewer, a DeVry and a Novelview filmstrip viewers - Colorized and LeaiPix 2x1
1963 Herbert C McKay - Colorized_LeaiPix 2x1
Images from "Three Dimensional Photography" book
by H.C. McKay - colorized
1980 Maurice Greeson, grandson of Herbert C McKay at Western Photographic Collection Assn. camera show by David Starkman
Herbert McKay with the 3-D camera set up he made for Empire Studios - colorized_LeaiPix 2x1
1952 Herbert C McKay taken at home in Eustis
holding the View-Master Personal Stereo Camera - colorized & LeaiPix
1952 US Camera magazine, H.C. McKay Revere 33 review
1970 December - McKay Historical Notes
About Stereo Organizations by Earl E Krause FPSA
1957_04_26 McKay - Letter from His highness the Maharajadhiraj of Patiala in India
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1960 Herbert C McKay in Florida - Colorized and LeaiPix_2x1
