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Time Lapse help threads?
Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Nashville | TN | U.S. | Posted: 11:03 AM on 05.25.10 |
| ->> I'm currently trying to plan some basic time lapse videos and can't find a lot of the good articles and threads on the subject in the forum search. Does anyone have any bookmarked or know of some good tutorials/explanations? This will be my first. |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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Kokomo | IN | | Posted: 11:35 AM on 05.25.10 |
->> Wesley,
I don't have links to any of the specific threads for SS, but Zach Wise has a pretty decent starter tutorial. Search "Zach Wise Time lapse Tutorial" and you should be able to find it.
I started out last year and have done a few that I've got up at vimeo.com/fotospire. They aren't what I would consider perfect but it's a learning process.
I don't know what your subject is or what kind of time lapse effect you're looking for, smooth motion blur or keystone cops effect, but the one thing I don't think I could live without for a time lapse, particularly doing one outside is a neutral density filter. I splurged on a Cokin X-pro which is ridiculously expensive, Lee is even more. If you're going to be shooting with anything BUT a wide angle you could prob get away with one of the less expensive Cokin filter series. One filter with the right adapters will allow you shoot from 35mm to 200mm lenses. The filters really help, going the Cokin way is easier than buying a round filter for each lens, and it opens up some alternatives in how you'll shoot the subject. |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Robert Scheer, Photographer
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Indianapolis | IN | USA | Posted: 12:18 PM on 05.25.10 |
| ->> Wesley, what kind of gear are you using? What are the subjects? Also, what editing software is available to you? There're a lot of ways to approach it. |
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Wesley R. Bush, Photographer
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Nashville | TN | U.S. | Posted: 1:38 PM on 05.25.10 |
->> Wow. Thank you all so far. I love this site. The only cameras I have at my disposal are Canon 10 and 50D, and two Rebels.
My subject is a milestone anniversary of a corporate building that houses about 1500 employees of various departments and levels. My hope is to try to capture a typical day, perhaps beginning with a sunrise shot of the building itself and then showing some time lapse videos of several things throughout the day, possibly starting with the cafeteria crew, possibly the parking lot or cubicles filling up. It doesn't have to be shot during a single day, and the time lapses can each be a stand-alone series that will be combined with others, maybe ending with the night crew and sunset shot. Again, I've got to practice and learn what my limitations are before I can really plan.
I've got final cut, imovie, motion, really just about anything needed to cut it. We work with videos regularly, but this will be our first time lapse series from an actual plan in mind. I've got a lot of ideas, but I'm struggling with making it more of a progression video rather than just random series of pictures of the same thing but with different people in different places. Also I'm trying to figure out how to smoothly pan or tilt during the course of the shooting. I'm always a sucker for that in the examples I've seen in the past. |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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Kokomo | IN | | Posted: 2:37 PM on 05.25.10 |
| ->> pan/tilt, if I'm not mistaken wasn't it Robert Caplin who did the pan in his world series time lapse? Pretty sure it was, he'd be a good one to ask about that technique, along with just time lapse in general. |
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