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10 Mesmerizing Time-Lapse Videos | Raw File. A time-lapse video of a creeping brine icicle, freezing to death all sea life it touches. Time-lapse Photography: The Amazing Work of Terje Sorgjerd. One of the most popular and talented time-lapse photographers in the world is Terje Sorgjerd. He has released four videos to the public shown below; all of which have received millions of views. His work has been featured on many of the largest media outlets including CNN, NBC, Reuters, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal and most recently as a moving background on the Bing search engine. Take a moment and enjoy: “The Water” Released this week, it was filmed during August 2011 in the fjord landscapes of western Norway.

“Having spent countless days here, I really enjoy even the smallest parts of this landscape. Like hidden streams or dwarfish waterfalls outside of the beaten track that offer a great deal of solitude.” “The Arctic Light” Captured this year in the Arctic, on the archipelago Lofoten in Norway. “Having lost a couple of cameras and some other equipment up there before, it was crucial to bring an extra set of everything.

“The Mountain” “The Aurora” DIY Time Lapse Photography. If you’re on the PhotoJoJo mails, you must have gotten that awesome time lapse bit. On that post they recommend the Cannon TC80N3 – a round 100 dollars device that give you the ability to take time lapse images. (It is called Intervalometer, but I can’t even say it, let alone write it and feel good about myself). (RSS readers, Grab the video here) The good guys at the DIYP Instructables group have done it again. Chris Thompson came up with a cheap and fun Time Lapse Photography project. Here is how it goes: Below is a schematic that I made with free schematic software from ExpressPCB.

There are also buttons to use the box as a remote shutter release when the circuit is off. As you can see you need some stuff. Cost: 555IC: $1.69 IC PC Board: $2.49 Handsfree headset kit: ~$5 Other bits and bobs: ~$10 So it all can be had for under $20 and some effort. This is where you need a protoboard (breadboard) Michelle hooked me up with one and I’m thankful for it. There is also another slight problem. Making movies. Selecting a camera Making a movie Introduction The availability of digital cameras has made time-lapse movies relatively easy to make. For example, it is now possible to make decent time-lapse movies using the cameras that are part of ones computer, smartphone, or other device. Also, there are many digital still cameras available that work well for making time-lapse movies. However, because digital cameras are continuously being updated and replaced by new models, it is difficult to recommend specific makes and models. Rather than trying to recommend a particular camera, the information provided here may provide some of the basic features that make a camera suitable for making time-lapse movies.

Being a plant biologist, we use plants as our subject of choice but time-lapse imaging is also great for making movies of all sorts of other things, like the flow of people in public places or clouds drifting across the sky. Computer-controlled or free-standing camera? The Ultimate Guide to Time-Lapse Photography. Boy, are we excited. We’ve spent every waking moment these last months cooped up in the Photojojo Labs, working tirelessly on what can only be our greatest experiment ever. We’ve finally done it. We’ve found the key to… Time Travel. Well, time-lapse photography. So go ahead, read our guide on the ins and outs of time-lapse and start churning out your very own time-lapse videos from your photos.

Then, take up your mantle in the halls of history, beside legends such as Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne, Dr. P.s. Time Lapse 101: An Overview Alright, so it’s not time-travel. Time-lapse lets you see the natural progression of time, while not having to wait through the actual length of it… so you could watch the sunset (at least, yesterday’s sunset) as you always wanted to, without staying up late to do so – and you could fit it all within a nice, brief commercial break in-between episodes of “Dr. Here’s an example of a time-lapse we put together just for you: Music by Loena Naess, who is awesome. DIY Outdoor Time-Lapse Photography. Update: Check out my latest Camera Axe project for a much more robust device that handles this. There is a beautiful overlook of Worcester Massachusetts near my home.

I wanted to build a weatherproof camera box that automatically takes one picture an hour so I can make a time lapse video of the changing seasons. One requirement was to keep it cheap and already had a Fuji F30 point and shoot camera. If I had a Canon Powershot I would have used CHDK, but instead I hacked this together using an Arduino and my F30 camera. The basic premise is to run an Arduino as a timer and once an hour it turns on a relay. This project only cost me $20 for the cheap lawn mower battery because I already had the camera, Ardunio, servo, 5v regulator, power plug, wire, wood, and paint. Here is a block diagraph showing my system. Here is a test video I made with it. Some of the most interesting data I collected during this project was the current use from the 12 volt battery. Here is the Arduino code I used: