Experiment in Time-Lapse Photography

Over the span of two hours on June 29, 2007, I shot about 9 sequences around the golden gate bridge, then strung them all together into this video using iMovie. The music was also an experiment back in 1985 with a crude 4-track tape recorder, a synthetic drum machine, and my guitar.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• photography
• night
• fog
• city
• bridge
• landmark
• cityscape
• moon
• traffic
• time-lapse

[IsuSP21]

Amazing Job!! Hey, just one question, How can I make a Time Lapse in iMovie? I want to do one of my city Hope u can help me = ) XX

[argv01]

iMovie 6 is the last version that allowed you to set frames to 1/30 second. Since then, stills are restricted to 1/2 second, which isn't suitable for time-lapse.

[GeoffJennyOliver]

@IsuSP21 In iMovieHD you adjust the download frames per second...

[argv01]

@GeoffJennyOliver Are you saying you can apply this to stills? How many fps can you go?

[GeoffJennyOliver]

@argv01 I am actually referring to the download of movie where you simply click on the timelapse button. BUT, I used iMovie a lot until I got Final Cut Express and often adjusted the length of stills down to 1/25 (PAL). I never used the NTSC rates because in Australia we use PAL. Hope that makes sense.

[argv01]

@GeoffJennyOliver I understand. So, my "movies" are made by stringing together many still frames using an SLR, rather than shooting with a video camera. And iMovie can't make a video stream from stills. I use FCE as well, but it's not as easy as it was with old iMovie 6...

[TheDisasterfreak]

I like the shot on 0:54 to 1:15.

[farhatadam]

it's so nice,you is best photograph,nice guy

[ihaveadream1963]

Amazing how those cars streaming so fast like that at night time. Amazing.

[argv01]

each scene is about 7-10 seconds before editing. At 3 frames per second, that's about 10 minutes per scene. All the scenes are shot within a few minutes of each other because it's all around the same side of the bridge.