Category Archives: Time-Lapse

Some Press

I got a bit of coverage for some of my time-lapse projects lately. The Atlantic, KQED’s Climate Watch, and The Bay Citizen did write-ups on my History of the Sky project, and I did a phone interview with Discovery.com, which … Continue reading

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Camera Filter Adapter Hack

I was about to shoot a time-lapse today and realized that I forgot the filter adapter for my G12. I did, however, have a coffee cup and some gaffers tape…

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On KQED’s MindShift: Slowing Down Time With Time-Lapse Photography

I wrote this post for the KQED MindShift blog about time-lapse photography. It gives a brief overview of the technique, and some resources for getting started: Time-lapse is a photographic technique that allows us to tune into events that normally … Continue reading

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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):

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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