Just a quick update. I have been super busy this week with lots of non-photography related work, but after a few long days of being stuck behind the computer, I took a break, to learn a bit of Time Lapse Photography. It has always amazed me, and my good friend Marcus Maschwitz shot the Zebra & Giraffe video (watch in HD) using this technique and I really wanted to try it out.
Time Lapse Photography, is basically the technique of shooting a whole lot of photos over a predetermined time and stitching them together to make a video. Besides the fact that the quality of these videos far surpasses what HD will ever be, the technique and fun that goes into making them, make them ever more appealing.
My video is only 15 seconds long, but just to put it into perspective, to get this 15 seconds of video took 360 photos – 1 photo every 10 seconds – in an hour. Now the timing can be as long or short as you want it to be, and it all depends on what you want your final “video” to be like that determines what and how long for you shoot.
The video that I shot, was my first attempt and is really simple, but it was interesting to make, and brings me back to the days of film, because you never know what its really going to come out like until you have finished.
Here is the video – let me know what you think. The quality is not that great, but the size of the HD Video was well in the 200mb range and our wonderful ADSL in South Africa caused me some nightmares that day.
As soon as I have some more time on my hands, and a bit more money, I am going to invest in some decent motorized tripods and rigs to learn more with pan/scan and other Time Lapse techniques.
Lastly, I did an interview on Friday for Angel’s Weddings, so if you have not yet read the interview, or have some time on your hands, I would love it, if you gave it a read.
Its pretty cool. How did you add sound?
Thanks Angel – Once I had stitched all the photos together to make the RAW video, I opened it up in iMovie and added the sound and watermark.
Very cool dude, love that you are excited again and exploring. You normally shine when you give things a go. This is simple but you did it and I am excited to see what you do next.
Thanks Marcus! Really am excited to try more. Want to try more elaborate styles and definitely more exciting subjects ;)