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More Panoramic Time-Lapse Movies
I’ve created some new pan-lapse movies since I first posted about them. Most recently I shot one down at Pier 14 (best in full-screen/HD):
A History of the Sky for One Year
Here’s a full year (almost*) version of my History of the Sky project: Originally I only intended to show the full-year version nice and big as a projected installation, but I think it works well as an online video. However … Continue reading
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Videos for Radio Shack and Popular Mechanics
My friend Meredith and I hosted these online videos for Radio Shack and Popular Mechanics. Each one features a different DIY project:
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Creating a Multi-Year Time-Lapse of the New Exploratorium
The Exploratorium has hired me to create a multi-year series of time-lapse movies as they prepare their future home at Pier 15. This involved setting up another custom shooting rig, similar to the one I used for my History of … Continue reading
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“Atari Punk” Radio Shack Ad
The October issue of Popular Mechanics just hit the stands, with the next in the series of Radio Shack ads I’ve been working on: This one describes how to build an “Atari Punk Console”—a simple DIY analog synthesizer. See also: … Continue reading
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Hyper-3D Time-Lapse
A friend sent me a link to today’s xkcd, which inspired me to post about a project I’ve been working on off and on over the last year or so. The comic describes the use of 2 cameras placed at … Continue reading
Blinkybugs in Popular Mechanics
This is the first in a series of “advertorial” pieces that I’m writing for a Radio Shack campaign, appearing as two-page spreads in Popular Mechanics over the next few months. The first one is just hitting newsstands now, and is … Continue reading
Recent Events: Create:Fixate and MAPP
I recently showed some of my time-lapse pieces (A History the Sky and two panoramic time-lapses) at a couple events. A few weeks ago I drove down to L.A. for Create:Fixate, a one-night show of art and music. They were nice … Continue reading
Panoramic Time-Lapse Movies
I recently acquired some fun new toys, the first of which is a motorized telescope mount that’s popular among time-lapse enthusiasts. Time-lapse movies are usually fairly static, but this makes it possible to introduce movement such as panning shots. I’ve … Continue reading
New Website and Blog! Hizzah!
I’m launching this fetching new Murphlab web site, along with this blog to take over where my previous sadly neglected blog left off (I can partially blame Blogger). Murphlab.com is home for my various projects, which include a A History of … Continue reading
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