Night Lapse

This is my first test video using time lapse photography. I shot everything on a Canon 20D at various intervals and shutter times. I can definitely see a lot of areas that I want to improve upon so I'm hoping my future videos will only get better from here on out.

I really wanted to take a photographic approach to the composition of each frame and I plan on pushing time lapse conceptually in the future.

Currently I'm working on a cooperative project with Mike Greenman that should be freaking awesome - so be sure to keep an eye out for that.

Thanks for checking out the video. Keep in mind that I shot this at a HUGE format and the one on youtube is actually at less than 1% original quality.

Credits:

Credit to Ollie Larkin: For inspiration to making this.

The Music is called Emotion 98.6 by Mylo.

Thanks again,

~Nathan~

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Night
• Lapse
• Nathan
• Coltrane
• Time
• Photography
• City
• Spokane
• Washougal
• Washington
• EWU
• Cheney
• Canon
• 20D
• Storm
• Clouds

[JohnLRice]

Looks great! I've been purchasing some time lapse clips from Pond5 lately but I really need to upgrade my gear and start doing a majority of my footage myself when possible.

Again, excellent work!

[SagittariusFilms]

hey thanks! what type of gear are you working with night now? I'd definitely recommend a 20d - they're really cheap and the quality is better than what's even necessary - plus you really don't want to be ruining your shutter life on too expensive of a camera.

[SagittariusFilms]

"night now" - right now

[pobz100]

Koyaanisqatsi

[SagittariusFilms]

Thank you so much! I saw that film freshman year of high school and I forgot the name but have always wanted to see it again! But yeah - that's the only film I've ever fallen asleep to the first time watching it and still loved it.

[spitfiredeez954]

what camera? shutter speed length? and shot duration? every 3-5 mins?

[SagittariusFilms]

i shot everything on a canon 20d with various different shutter speeds and intervals... but I would say most were around 5 sec shutter times with 2 seconds of interval in between.

[NathanColtrane]

thanks! In this video it's just a digital pan but I'm working on one right now using an actual motorized tripod head.

[jcmegabyte]

Cool show! Is the camera motion a panning head or digital panning?

[session036]

beautiful. Can I ask how you shot this? It looks like a movie - Is'nt the 20d a SLR? Can you share how you did this? Thanks!

[JohnLRice]

Thanks for the suggestions! I currently have a Nikon D70s and a really nice selection of lenses but I hope to upgrade to the newer D90 body soon since it not only does 720 HD video clips but also can be software controlled for doing time lapse etc.