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Time-lapse photography tutorial

July 6, 2022 Neil vN Leave a Comment

Time-lapse photography tutorial

This video tutorial on timelapse photography covers a lot of ground, including the cameras and other gear I currently use. We cover an entire range of techniques you need to know to get started with time-lapse photography. Most importantly perhaps is the section on getting smooth motion in your timelapse videos. There's a specific formula or algorithm in getting timelapse footage that is smooth, and not jittery. It's all in the choice of Frame Interval. This is covered thoroughly in the video, but it might help if it is written out where time can be  Read more inside...

Award-winning time-lapse photography

September 4, 2019 Neil vN 12 Comments

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Time-lapse photography project with multiple cameras

November 21, 2018 Neil vN 1 Comment

Time-lapse photography project with multiple cameras

Earlier this year I shared details of one of the more involved time-lapse photography projects that I had been tasked with - multiple cameras over 3 days - Time-Lapse Photography project in New York: Cipriani. I recently shot another fairly involved time-lapse photography project for an agency that was creating a promotional video for MLB. The concept behind this was that they had 5 artists painting 6 murals of the 6 most likely drafts for MLB this season. The agency had a team there shooting video, and I had to do time-lapse  Read more inside...

Using an external intervalometer for time-lapse photography

October 27, 2018 Neil vN 4 Comments

Using an external intervalometer for time-lapse photography

A night-to-day time-lapse shot from our apartment window when we recently visited Toronto. I wanted to travel lightly on this trip, so I took my  Sony A7 iii camera (B&H / Amazon) and the Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 (B&H / Amazon). And just in case, I also packed the lightweight Siriu 1004X traveler tripod with E-10 ball-head (B&H), since I anticipated doing some low-light photography, and perhaps even some time-lapse photography. At the time, Sony, in their infinite wisdom, somehow didn't have  Read more inside...

Time-Lapse Photography project in New York: Cipriani

February 15, 2018 Neil vN 11 Comments

Time-Lapse Photography project in New York: Cipriani

The beauty of time-lapse photography is that you are able compress a much longer event, into a shorter video which can be visually grasped. One of the biggest time-lapse projects I have been involved in, is for a New York event planner, Norma Cohen Productions, who needed a time-lapse video to show the epic scale of a wedding reception that she was tasked with. It took 3 days to set up this entire event! I shot 32,500 RAW frames with 4 cameras over the course of those 3 days. And yes, it took my computer several days to grind  Read more inside...

Featured on PDN: How to shoot cinematic time-lapses

August 22, 2017 Neil vN Leave a Comment

Featured on PDN: How to shoot cinematic time-lapses

Just in case you're not aware of what PDN is - Photo District News is one of the premier photography industry magazines in the USA. And of course, since we are in the 21st century, they maintain a web presence and a Facebook page. So as you can imagine then, it was a big honor that the team at PDN asked me about how I shoot time-lapse videos, and what equipment I use, as well as tips on camera settings and such. This led to a 2-part video, of which the first appeared on PDN magazine's website: How to shoot cinematic time-lapse  Read more inside...

Solar Eclipse 2017 – New York

August 21, 2017 Neil vN 4 Comments

Solar Eclipse 2017 - New York

A time-lapse clip of ... well, the clouds on the day of the 2017 solar eclipse, where we had 71% partial eclipse viewable from New York City. My initial intention with this time-lapse clip was to show how the environment became darker, but the continuous cloud cover made it something different. I did have another camera for close-up photos of the solar eclipse. (The photos are shown lower down here.) There were short moments when the sun did peek out, so that we could see the progression of the eclipse. Even then, it was magical to see. Here is my  Read more inside...

Camera settings for Time-lapse photography

July 9, 2017 Neil vN 11 Comments

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Camera settings for Time-lapse photography

With even smart phones now offering a Time-lapse Photography mode, this interesting area of photography is accessible to anyone. For the smooth, professional-looking time-Lapse sequences you see in movies and TV series, you would have to put some thought into how you control your camera - and specifically, your camera settings for time-lapse photography. The smoothness of a time-lapse sequence is mostly dependent on the choice of camera settings ... and there is a specific thought-process involved. This does involve a bit of  Read more inside...

Time-lapse photography video clip – Brooklyn waterfront, NYC

June 24, 2016 Neil vN 5 Comments

Time-lapse photography video clip - Brooklyn waterfront, NYC

Dipping ever deeper into Time-Lapse Photography, I recently bought the Dynamic Perception Stage One motion controller. What makes it unusual, is that it breaks down into 20" segments. The carbon-fibre rods are also light enough to carry around in a tall backpack ... just the recipe for adventures in Time-Lapse photography. One thing that you quickly realize with Time-Lapse is that there is a never-ending learning curve. Just as you have a good grasp on the ethnical aspects of shooting - the gear, and such - then you realize  Read more inside...

Rotational time-lapse video (example)

October 26, 2015 Neil vN 7 Comments

Rotational time-lapse video (example)

Testing a new time-lapse rig in Times Square that shoots rotational time-lapse sequences. The Dynamic Perception Stage R Motion Controller is a finely crafted machine that smoothly rotates the camera. It is a very slick setup that is controlled via an app from my iPhone, all the settings are entered and controlled via a bluetooth connection from my iPhone. No more guessing with an analog controller. Here is my very first test shoot with this set up - a 180 degree rotational time-lapse view of Times Square. It came out much better than I  Read more inside...

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