My Timelapse Workflow February 18th, 2010
Over the last few months, I’ve shot a number of timelapses. I have dabbled in timelapse photography over the years, and now have a renewed interested with my Canon DSLR cameras. So I head out into the cold (it being winter here) and fire off exposures until my battery dies (approximately 90 minutes). After having bagged my trophy images, I’m then faced with the age old question of…now what?
Sunset and Astro Timelapses February 7th, 2010
The recent snow storm that blasted the east coast did little damage here in NE Indiana. However, once the winds died down, the sky cleared and yesterday presented a good opportunity for a sunset timelapse. This type of timelapse is very challenging because of the wide range of brightness between direct sunlight and dusk. I had read on timescapes.org that sunset timelapses are good candidates for aperture priority, so I dialed my camera to Av and headed out to setup the tripod. My sunset location of choice is the pavilion on the north side of the Salamonie Reservoir dam. This location has a great view of the sky, and serves as a good location for sunset or astro timelapse photography. I set the intravalometer to take pictures every 20 seconds. The aperture was set to f/2.8 and the ISO set to 250. I attached a 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens to my Canon 5D Mark II and set the lens for a wide angle view at 24mm. The resulting timelapse came out as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
Opportunistic Timelapses from NY and NH February 3rd, 2010
Last week I traveled to New Hampshire to spend a long weekend with some old friends. On the way there, I decided to stop at Farmington, near Rochester, in Upstate New York for the night. I had arrived in the mid afternoon, so I took advantage of the decent weather to go on a photowalk. After returning to my motel, there were a few hours of daylight left. So I setup my Canon 7D for a timelapse of the sky. Although there were few clouds at this time, I thought clouds might roll in as the sun set.
Timelapse with a Canon 7D January 24th, 2010
We finally got a break in the weather here in the Midwest. At this time of year, we are often treated to days and weeks of overcast skies. Warmer temperatures of 50 degrees Fahrenheit brought an unstable system that got the clouds moving. I could see the clouds moving with my eyes, so I thought this might be a good chance for a timelapse. Although the skies were threatening to rain, I setup my Canon 7D for its first timelapse shoot.
Boiling Clouds Timelapse December 29th, 2009
Today the sky cleared off for the first time since getting an intervalometer for my Canon 5D Mark II. Since my first attempt at shooting clouds worked out fairly well, I decided to give it another try. At first I was worried the clouds would be gone by the time I had things ready to go. However, there were a few lingering clouds, so I pointed the camera toward the Northeast horizon and let the camera run for 90 minutes. Read the rest of this entry »
Timelapse with a Canon 5D Mark II December 26th, 2009
I’ve always been interested in timelapse photography, and have experimented with video cameras in the past. Lately I’ve seen a lot of relevant traffic on twitter that has renewed my interest in timelapse photography, along with some really great websites such as timescapes.org. Many of the timelapse movies that have impressed me were shot with DSLR cameras such as the Canon 5D Mark II. As an owner of this fine camera, I thought it would be fun to start making timelapse movies of my own.