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DIY Hyperlapse: Make Your Own Timelapse Motion Pictures

30 Apr

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You may have seen this amazing animation and thought it took an impossible amount of work to create, but there are multiple sites tools, and do-it-yourself tutorials that greatly simplify the process. This particular piece, which has been circulating the web, is a GIF from the music video below (scroll a few minutes in to see various examples).

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Popular enough now to warrant its own definition and description, here is a summary of the trending phenomena: “Hyper-lapse photography [is] a technique combining time-lapse and sweeping camera movements typically focused on a point-of-interest.” Other names for this include: Walklapse, Spacelapse, Stop-Motion Time-lapse, Motion Timelapse and Moving Timelapse.

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As for those wishing to follow suit and create something similar: the Google Street View Hyperlapse creator is by far the easiest online generator for these kinds of panoramic captures – you simply set start and end points as well as a point of focus then click a button. Be warned: experimentation with this tool may be habit-forming.

hyperlapse tool generator page

Per this tool’s creators, who have made their API-based work openly available on GitHub, “creating them [can] require precision and many hours stitching together photos taken from carefully mapped locations. We aimed at making the process simpler by using Google Street View as an aid, but quickly discovered that it could be used as the source material. It worked so well, we decided to design a very usable UI around our engine.”

For those who want to customize their work and take it to the next level, the video above walks creators through a more direct use of Google Maps, screen captures and more nuanced edits. While their approach presumes you have and know how to use a video editor (higher barrier to entry), they also go into more detail about how to pick the perfect shots. For instance, their video explains how to line them up and utilize motion blur effects in the foreground to enhance the visual experience – all techniques that can be applied in Photoshop or a similar program to GIFs as well as videos.

Finally, lest you think this is a brand-new fad, consider Devil’s Circuit from Takashi Ito, which took the same wraparound approach to buildings in 1988 – the big difference now is simply the accessibility and ease of tools with which anyone can make something of this kind.

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Wyoming’s stunning weather and landscapes in time-lapse

15 Jan

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Photographer Nicolaus Wegner’s dedication to his craft has produced a captivating time-lapse video of the wild weather and beautiful landscapes of his home state. In the 14 months it took him to complete his Wyoming Wildscapes II project, he saw it all — from meteor showers, to lightning across hills and prairies, and 60mph winds. Watch video

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4-Dimensional Photography: Artistic Time-Lapse Collages

09 Sep

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Motion pictures aside, the nature of photographic representation implies freezing space in time – a moment captured and preserved, independent of what comes before or after.

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time lapse vertical sky

Yet, as photographer Fong Qi Wei points out, “we do know that time is also a dimension, like length, breadth and width. In fact, physicists have a model called space-time: suggesting that time is part of a continuum with the 3 dimensions that we are familiar with. But the print is still an instance. Most paintings and photographs are an instance of time. That’s not the way the world works. We experience a sequence of time.”

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time lapse rays light

His solution is this photo series, Time is a Dimension, in composed mostly of “landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes,” which “are a single composite made from sequences that span 2-4 hours, mostly of sunrises and sunsets. The basic structure of a landscape is present in every piece[, but] each panel or concentric layer shows a different slice of time, which is related to the adjacent panel/layer. The transition from daytime to night is gradual and noticeable in every piece, but would not be something you expect to see in a still image.”

time lapse waterfront attraction

time lapse urban landscape

There is a playful and experimental quality to the variety of approaches found within this set of images. Sometimes a series of casually-drawn circles spread out from a focal point. In other cases, rays like a child’s drawing of sunshine span from some implied but out-of-frame source. Each has at least one surprise upon inspection, like the changing reflections in glass over the course of a day, or the differences in artificial illumination going into the night. Overall, the results are rich in colors and shades but also do tell a story of time elapsing, quite by design.

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Time-Lapse Tagging: Short Film Reveals Secrets of Graffiti

29 Jul

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You see the finished pieces all over – ornate, curved and layered – but rarely get such a vivid and complete all-angle, real-time view of how their tags come together. If you are even remotely interested in graffiti, this behind-the-scenes video with its shifting point of view is well worth a few minutes of your time.

time lapse graffiti mural

Featuring Melbourne street artist Sofles and directed, filmed and edited by Celina Mills of Unity Sound & Visual, this video provides a whirlwind four-minute window into the creative process behind tagging. Instead of a static shot of a single tag, though, the camera follows the artist from wall to wall, into an abandoned building and more.

time lapse tagging video

What makes it really remarkable, though, is that it gives you a tour of different scenarios and contexts for various styles and types of graffiti creation. It features interior and exterior settings as well as canvasses ranging from blank to brick to already-painted – so you can see what happens from start to finish in all kinds of urban situations.

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Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Giveaway Results

07 May

Last week was the conclusion of my Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography giveaway and today I’m happy to announce the winners.

A huge THANKS goes out to eMotimo and Dynamic Perception for donating the grand prize! If you haven’t already please follow and thank eMotimo and Dynamic Perception on Facebook . Thanks to BorrowLenses.com, GuraGear, and Lexar for providing great bonus prizes and most importantly everyone that took part.

By now I’m sure you’re itching to know who has won, so without further delay here are
the winners:

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended – Thomas O’Brien

Adobe After Effects CS6 – Michael Brown

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 – Marc Donahue

Apple iPad 3 Retina Display (16GB WiFi) – Brittany Chasteen

Lexar 16GB 1000X CF Card – Jack Fusco

Gura Gear Camera Bag – Mehmet Yesiltas

$ 100 BorrowLenses.com Gift Certificates
Jimmy Arcade
Felicia Cracchiolo
Sean Parker

Grand Prize
eMotimo TB3 Black & Dynamic Perception Stage 0 Dolly System with a Quick Change 8 RPM & 21 RPM with MX2/AT2 Controller
Tim Clark

Thanks again to everyone for taking part and congratulations to the Tim Clark the grand prize winners.

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Last Day to Enter to Win the Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Setup

01 May

JMG-Galleries.com Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Giveaway - Over $ 5000 in Prizes

Today is the last day to enter to win some amazing photo gear and software in my Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Giveaway.

Win an eMotimo TB3 Black & Dynamic Perception Stage 0 Dolly System
with a Quick Change 8 RPM & 21 RPM with MX2/AT2 Controller!
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Additional bonus prizes, many worthy of grand prize status, are available from Adobe, Apple, GuraGear, BorrowLenses.com, and Lexar. Don’t miss your chance to enter to win amazing time-lapse photography gear. Good luck!

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Discover the Wonder of Time-Lapse Photography

25 Apr

13661683091928251025 This week over at our sister site – SnapnDeals – we have a great deal running where you can get 20% off Time-Lapse Photography: A technical and practical time-lapse tutorial guidebook for all skill levels designed to get you out the door and shooting now!

Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who captures breathtaking images that celebrate life, he is also one of the most inspirational speakers I’ve ever listened to. His work is largely responsible for starting my time-lapse journey many years back and I just have to share this with you.

TED Gratitude Presentation by Louie Schwartzberg from ecodads on Vimeo.

“Beauty and seduction are nature’s tools for survival because we protect what we fall in love with. It opens our hearts and makes us feel we are part of nature and we’re not separate from it. When we see ourselves in nature it also connects us to every one of us because it’s clear that it’s all connected and one.”

We protect what we fall in love with. It’s true and so many times as photographers we are searching for that connection with our subjects, we might not realize it at the time or be actively searching for it but those shots that really strike us are more than just the ones that have really good composition or that we nailed the perfect exposure.

Time-lapse is a strange thing and Louie hits it straight on: It can free you from the normal flow of your routine and all the busyness of life, yet at the same time it can cement a connection between you and your surroundings more than anything else. It is an awareness we seldom experience.

Here is another photographer and inspiration I’d like to introduce you to: Ole’s Salomonsen and his third short film about the northern lights. His work is truly amazing.

POLAR SPIRITS from Ole C. Salomonsen on Vimeo.

He described his main focus as one of getting the auroras to show as close as possible to real-time speed given the time available in a short video. He works to show us the slower majestic dancing lights, as well as the more faster, dramatic and abstract shows, and finally the auroras in combination with city lights and urban elements. You can connect with Ole and learn more about his work via Facebook here.

The video is shot using Canon DSLR’s and the Stage One and Stage Zero time-lapse dolly systems by Dynamic Perception.

Time-lapse has a way of slowing the world for the photographer while at the same time accelerating it for everyone else. I personally shoot time-lapse because it alters the way I think, it challenges my view of the world and teaches me things that I hope to bring back and share with everybody else.

The entrepreneurial aspect of the art is extremely exciting. So many photographers and filmmakers, having looked around and not found what they need to achieve the time altered shots they envision, have gone ahead and built the tools themselves – often creating new companies or open source communities in the process.

The level of innovation, especially over the last few years, is incredible. Not only are we quickly fixing problems that have plagued photographers for years, but advanced camera controls, processing tools, and motion control devices that used to be cost prohibitive are now becoming affordable for the most basic hobbyist.

This is the change and energy that gets me so fired up. This is why I’m so excited to share this with you. I am a hobbyist a shooter, a teacher… and I certainly don’t proclaim to have all the answers but I do have some and I can share with you the time-lapse learning path I took. The one thing I know for sure is that the more people that become involved with time-lapse the bigger the ideas, the better the innovations and the more amazing the stories we can tell.

If you are interested in learning more about Time-lapse the book Time-lapse Photography: A complete introduction to shooting, processing and rendering time-lapse movies is currently 20% at SnapnDeals.

It’s a technical and practical time-lapse tutorial guidebook for all skill levels designed to get you out the door and shooting now!

The six most important topics you’ll learn inside:

Time-lapse gear from basic to advanced: cameras, tripods, intervalometers / remote timers, ND filters, lenses, and time-lapse motion control devices (motorized sliders, panning, tilting)
Balancing time-lapse image settings, how to fit all those pictures on your memory card and the important considerations regarding aspect ratio and HD quality
How to shoot time-lapse: composition, exposure, dragging your shutter and selecting the right time-lapse interval to get the look you want
Time-lapse flicker: What the heck is it, how to prevent it, and if it does occur how to correct it
Creating the time-lapse movie: Everything you need to know about time-lapse video software, easy to follow workflows and walkthrough of free and not so free rendering applications, codecs and frame rates, output settings, adding music and effects and where to upload and share
Test your time-lapse skills! Intro challenges covering astrophotography time-lapse (Astrolapse), flicker free day to night transitions (the time-lapse Holy Grail), HDR timelapses and time-lapse motion control devices

Take a look at a 30 page or so excerpt:
BOOK PREVIEW FROM SCRIBBED TO EMBED

Time-Lapse Photography eBook by Ryan Chylinski 25 Page Preview by Ryan Chylinski

More reviews and chapter excerpts can be found on the main book information page here.

“Time Lapse book : 4 thumbs up! I’ve been in photography since I’m 15 (so that’s almost 30 years .. gosh !!), and I’ve tried many things.. but your book gave me that kick I love so much in photography, there are new exiting things I can try and do, and you just made me not only discover it, but also WANT to do it… really badly ” – Eric

You had me at “It’s 2:20 in the morning”! – Kennith

“I loved the book. I found it very informative, thank you for putting in so much effort. It’s really helped me and I’ve been shooting away constantly.” -Robert

“Just what I was looking for to get started with time-lapse photography. The book provides easy to follow steps for setting up, taking and then processing time-lapse photos. There’s also a nice comparison of various pieces of equipment and software along with recommendations and tips that I found very helpful.” K. Mahon

Get your copy of a Time-Lapse Photography: A technical and practical time-lapse tutorial guidebook for all skill levels designed to get you out the door and shooting now now at 20% off!

Ryan Chylinski is an American photographer, entrepreneur, and outdoors enthusiast from the flagship city of Erie Pennsylvania. Founder of LearnTimelapse.com, a community powered time-lapse education and experimentation hub, Ryan’s philosophy centers on teaching, sharing and a continual drive to never stop learning.

Connect with Ryan on Facebook or via Learntimelapse.com

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Seconds to Years: 3 Scales of Time-Lapse Photography

23 Apr

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With the rise of digital technologies, photographers are finding increasingly fascinating ways to capture minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and even entire years. Here are just three extraordinary time-lapse photography examples spanning from seconds to minutes through a 24-hour day and culminating in a full 365-day year.

time lapse night waterfalls

Sean Lenz & Kristoffer Abildgaard are on the shorter end of the spectrum, but their colorful collaborations are nonetheless spectacular. Their shots range from a few seconds up to several minutes, and capture luminescent paint sticks placed in above waterfalls – the path of the material traces the movement of the water. “To accomplish some of the more complicated shots they strung several sticks together at once to create different patterns of illumination. For those of you concerned about pollution, the sticks (which are buoyant) were never opened and were collected at the end of each exposure, thus no toxic goo was mixed into the water. ”

time lapse panoramic sphere

Chris Kotsiopoulos crafted this stunning spherical panorama from Athens, Greece, containing 500 star trails (as well as dozens of sun images and landscapes), adjusting his setup “exactly every 15 minutes using an intervalometer, with an astrosolar filter adjusted to the camera lens.” The results then took half a day to process on the computer.

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Eirik Solheim started shooting pictures out of his window daily, then realize that with coding help from colleagues and readers, he could compile a time-lapse collage of an entire year. “The resolution of the 16 000 images I now have from 2010 are 3888×2592 pixels. So I selected 3888 images snapped during the day.” From there, he created a series of videos as well as the finalized composite still image above.

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10 Pro Motion Control Time-Lapse Tips

19 Apr

As I’ve been documenting landscapes and cityscapes with time-lapse photography the past several years I’ve learned some key lessons, many times the hard way. If you’re new to time-lapse here’s a quick definition from my eBook Photographing the 4th Dimension – Time that discusses slow shutter & video techniques:

Time-lapse videos are produced when hundreds of sequential images are displayed in rapid succession. The line between still photo and video is directly tied to how the human visual system works. Images are retained in our visual memory for roughly one-fifteenth of a second.1 As a result we can differentiate still photos when they’re played to us at a frequency of 10-12 images per second (video lingo being frames per second or fps). Standard video playback frequencies are 24 and 30 frames per second, both of which easily fool our visual system, via the Phi phenomenon, into seeing continuous motion versus still images.

To save you the hardship of enduring the same mistakes I’ve made over the years here are 10 motion control time-lapse tips to get you shooting like a pro including some gear recommendations.

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1. Setup Early
To avoid a last minute rush or worse yet missing fleeting lighting conditions be sure to setup early. If you’re rushed you’re bound to make careless errors and even put your gear at risk of falling. It pays to take your time, arrive early, carefully setup, review your setup and take a test sequence if time permits. This is a sure fire way to make sure that your actual shoot goes to plan.

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2. Compose Anticipating Subject Movement
Anticipate the movement of your subject(s). Time-lapse subjects really shine when you take the time to anticipate not only where your camera will move, but where elements in your frame will move during a sequence. Clouds, water, traffic, people, etc. will have a line of movement if you take the time to carefully observe the scene you’re going to photograph you can compose your frame to maximize the impact of this movement. Here again having the necessary time on hand, not rushing, will be advantageous for you to properly evaluate your subject(s).

3. Know Your Move
“The move” is the line of movement your camera will take on a motion control system as your time-lapse sequence runs. As you setup a shot be sure you evaluate the scene and your surroundings to find a move that will highlight your subject best. At the same time be sure that during the sequence your setup won’t be put in harms way during the move either by passing pedestrians, vehicles, losing balance & falling, etc.

4. Variation
Vary the direction of your moves (left to right, right to left, down to up & up to down) and even consider capturing video at a normal 24 or 30 fps. Having a variety of footage will allow you to edit together different sequences with enough variation that your audience won’t find the editing predictable while providing opportunity for smooth transitions between scenes.

5. Know & Read The Weather
As with still photography the most interesting conditions often come about from bad weather (see Make the Best of Bad Weather). Capturing sequences of bad or changing weather can be quite dramatic. To do this the first step is to monitor the weather in the area of your shoot. Time your shot when transitioning weather is most likely to happen. On the flip side since many motion control rigs contain metal, monitoring the weather can also help you say safe by avoiding conditions where lightning might be a possibility.

6. Be Organized Don’t Forget Anything
One best practice I like to follow is to carry the little things that can make or break a shoot. Murphy’s Law always has a way of tripping up a photographer so I like to travel very well prepared even if it costs me in having a heavier bag. Items I carry with me include tools (ex small hex wrench set), extra batteries, extra screws, backup equipment such as an extra camera body & lens, lens clothes, levels, rain covers, filters, etc. There are some very versatile bags out there to help carry these “little” things. See In Pursuit of the Ideal Time-lapse Camera Bag: Gura Gear Bataflae 32L for the bag I’ve chosen.

7. Choose the Right Equipment & Lenses
Trial and error with gear can be costly both in time and money if you’re not careful. In most instances I shoot with lenses of a focal length ranging from 15mm to 50mm, but for some shots I’ve been known to use a 70-200 or 300mm lens… it all depends on the subject. (see What lens do you use for your Landscape photographs?) When it comes to hardware and software specific to motion control time-lapse my choices are below:

Dynamic Perception Motion Control Dolly [win this]
eMotimo robotic tripod head (see full eMotimo review with example videos) [win this]
Backup Intervelometer(s): Canon TC-80N3 and TriggerTrap
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe After Effects [win this]
BG Render Pro (AfterEffects plugin)
For more gear ideas visit my Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Setup giveaway page

eMotimo & Dynamic Perceptions Examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxQAnfjKrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HKaplJa_4

8. Don’t Forget Narrative
While it’s great to highlight cool time-lapse sequences always keep in mind how your sequences will piece together to tell a story. Narrative is always important to achieve a deeper connection with your audience. A series of time-lapse sequences without narrative is merely a demo reel.

9. Faster & Higher Capacity CF/SD Cards
When it comes to CF/SD cards faster is always better. As your camera snaps off sequential images you’ll want media that will allow for the fastest write speeds possible. If your CF/SD cards are too slow then your camera’s buffer might fill up and you’ll experience lag in your sequences as your camera tries to empty its cache & write files to your card(s) before taking another photo. Note: A 300X card = 45MB/s write speed. 1X = 150KB/sec Higher capacity cards (ex. 32GB, 64GB and 128GB) will also allow you to capture numerous sequences on the same card. Use of such cards will also allow you to focus on your subject and less on juggling cards. While some worry use of high capacity cards puts you at greater risk for data loss I’ve yet to experience an issue and chalk this up to regular formatting after downloading images off the card(s).

10. Know Your Time
Don’t lose track of time or mis-calculate sequence times as it can result in the loss of a sequence or keep you tied up for extremely long periods of time. There are now several time-lapse apps for mobile phones to help even the most fatigued photographer get the right sequence calculations. When all else fails once can always revert to the simple use of a calculator

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Capturing timelapse videos: Smartphone apps make it simple

15 Apr

Timelapse photography can be mesmerizing with the right subject. We chose the new lighting system brightening San Francisco’s Bay Bridge for our timelapse app experiments using an iPhone 5. The bridge is lit by 25,000 LEDs to create eye-catching displays controlled by several Mac Minis mounted inside the structure. As mobile phone cameras grow in quality and the storage capacity of these devices increase, it’s possible to make a decent sequence with just what’s in your pocket, plus a small tripod. Learn which apps we liked best at connect.dpreview.com.

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Posts Tagged ‘Timelapse’

DIY Hyperlapse: Make Your Own Timelapse Motion Pictures

Wyoming’s stunning weather and landscapes in time-lapse

4-Dimensional Photography: Artistic Time-Lapse Collages

Time-Lapse Tagging: Short Film Reveals Secrets of Graffiti

Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Giveaway Results

Last Day to Enter to Win the Ultimate Time-Lapse Photography Setup

Discover the Wonder of Time-Lapse Photography

Seconds to Years: 3 Scales of Time-Lapse Photography

10 Pro Motion Control Time-Lapse Tips

Capturing timelapse videos: Smartphone apps make it simple

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