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Time Lapse of the Milky Way over Hawaii

by steve casimiro on February 28, 2010 · 4 comments

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At some point pretty soon, gorgeous time lapse movies of the night sky are going to get old–but not yet. This sequence from the top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii is well worth the 60 seconds to watch. It’s a reminder and an inspiration to get out and stay out, to [...]

Beautiful Time Lapse Film Shows the Awe-Inspiring Night Sky

by steve casimiro on February 10, 2010 · 2 comments

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The magnolia tree drops leaves that feel like waxed parchment between your fingers. When you rake them, there’s more of a thunk than a rattle, like a pile of cookies more than a pile of potato chips. Sixteen years ago, when we planted the tree, the view to the north and east was clear, nothing [...]

Worth Watching: The Time Lapse Days of Yosemite National Park

by steve casimiro on December 19, 2009 · 2 comments

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Steven Bumgardner has what by all appearances is a dream job: His produces Yosemite National Park’s video podcasts, which means he spends his day making short films about one of the most treasured places on earth. Recently he put together a time lapse piece centered around the visitors to the park. Very much worth watching.

Blu’s Animated Street Art is Like Acid Without the Neural Damage

by steve casimiro on November 13, 2009 · 1 comment

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The reductionist magic of time lapse never fails to entrance. Blu is an Italian street artist who’s broadened his environmental portraiture into an unfolding narrative of motion and whimsy. To put it another way, he’s make time-lapse videos of his paintings and they’re rad. Check out this collaboration with David Ellis. I won’t tell you anything about it, except that you’ll be blown away.

Magical Things Can Be Made With Pen and Paper

by steve casimiro on August 14, 2009 · 5 comments

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Have you heard about Olympus’s new E-P1 camera, also known as the new Pen? The gorgeous rangefinder style shooter has the camera world abuzz, with normally staid reviewers reaching for napkins to dab the salivant from their khaki multi-pocket vests. A clear lovechild of the classic cameras from the 1950s, including the original Olympus Pen, the sculpted metal beauty is just about the smallest interchangeable-lens camera available, and it has a sensor snatched from big-boy SLRs. In other words: beauty and brawn…CONTINUE>

Time Lapses Are Cool. Tilt-Shift Time Lapses Are Even Cooler

by steve casimiro on May 4, 2009 · 5 comments

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Australian shooter Keith Loutit makes wonderful little time lapse movies and what makes them particularly charming is his use of tilt-shift perspective, which provides selective blurring and makes his subjects look like miniatures.

Thinking About Time Lapse Movies, Part 1

by steve casimiro on March 9, 2009 · 0 comments

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Last June, at the end of a long day in the middle of a long trip, I said goodnight to the crew working on National Geographic Adventure’s fall apparel guide and headed out into the starlit night of Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand. Ever since I’d seen the mesmerizing time lapse movies a friend had made, I’d been obsessed with the idea of creating some of my own…CONTINUE>

Transcontinental Aerial Luminescence Is Pretty

by steve casimiro on February 16, 2009 · 0 comments

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Treat yourself to 54 magical seconds of nighttime visual poetry. Returning from Amsterdam to San Francisco, James Leng was struck by the beauty of lights from Midwestern cities glowing through the clouds. He pulled out his Nikon D300, rigged a mound of blankets to stabilize the camera, and spent the next three hours snapping the still photos that became this wonderful video.