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Lesson Info
22. Seeing Life In Timelapse
Lessons
M0 - Introduction
1An Introduction from Alex
01:25 2Coffee Q&A with Alex
09:26 3Introduction to the Workshop
01:51M1 - Timelapse Basics
4What is Timelapse
04:48 5Camera Gear
06:05 6Timelapse Gear
06:49Support Gear
03:14 8Field Essentials
03:46 9Key Takeaways
01:01M2 - Shooting
10Motion Timelapse
11:11 11In the Field: Manual Exposure Ramping
06:31 12In the Field: Shooting Waterfalls with Motion
07:55 13Astro-Timelapse
08:47 14In the Field: Shooting Moonrise
09:07 15How To Do A Lens Twist
03:17 16Day-to-Night Timelapse
06:42 17Day-to-Night at Tunnel View
05:01M3 - Editing
18Import Structure
10:37 19Basic Timelapse Editing
21:40 20Advanced Timelapse Editing
19:58 21Outro to Editing
00:56M4 - Developing and Planning a Project
22Seeing Life In Timelapse
03:57 23Finding Purpose In Your Timelapse
01:43 24Mood Boards & Shot Lists
08:39 25Production Schedule
02:55M5 - Outro
26Q&A with Alex
20:14Lesson Info
Seeing Life In Timelapse
(tranquil music) (rustling) (footsteps) Colin and I just went for a walk in, we stumbled up on this. I think it's some sort of Sequoia? But anyways, started chatting and I ended up gathering that he had a lot of ideas on how to set up a time lapse on that tree, actually, multiple time lapses. I thought it was really eye opening to see how Colin sees life as a time lapse. This tree definitely stands out as a good subject for a time lapse but also there's a few things that are going on that make this a good time to capture time lapse. Now, if you walk over here. (footsteps) Just looking this direction, I see a few things. You know, I see this tree. And I see this tree as a really good subject. It just really, it stands out and it just looks beautiful to me. I, I feel like this is a really beautiful tree and there's not much around it. So it's easy to capture it. And as a, as our subject and make sure that the viewer focuses on this tree but also it leaves a lot of space around the si...
des. You're able to see this tree and every tree behind it. And before 30 minutes ago, we couldn't see half of those trees. They were covered in fog. So it's important when you're choosing your subject you also choose a good time. So if it's like a, if there's a storm coming in. Look around, see what kind of things are changing. And when you should go out to capture a time lapse, so you can capture it before and after. It would've been great if we had started the time lapse 30 minutes ago. I really wanted to. And No way. I thought this would be a great spot to set up the time lapses because it allowed us to have a good vantage point of over the road over anything that would be in our view. And, and you see that there's a lot of, a fire had come through this area and done a lot of things to the trees, killed some trees. And a lot of trees have burnt leaves and have been affected by the fire. And, and so has this tree right here. So if we get closer to the tree we can see details in the tree that that show that it has been burned, maybe once, maybe twice, lived through many fires. So it has a story to tell and then the other trees behind it have a story to tell. So we're just trying to find the best angles and settings to capture all of that in one time lapse. Well, so when you, when, when I had this picture in mind. A few shots came to mind. I was thinking, how can I set up a shot here for a really long time? What would that look like? And I would capture, maybe in 30 minutes just the clouds moving over there. But if I kept the camera moving closer and closer to the subject, and then pushing up towards the sky. I would transition from what happened over there during the daytime to capturing some color in the sky. Then the, the stars coming out at night and and following the natural angles and geometry of this tree, we'll be able to guide the viewer up into the sky. So thinking about just the shapes that you're looking at and how to follow your subject through all parts of it. Will allow you to create a more beautiful image. You can start telling a story. You can tell the story, make a whole time lapse with just one tree. And that's pretty amazing what you explain here because sometimes, I mean, even myself if I think about a time lapse, I'm gonna get overwhelmed about all the things I wanna film, but this is really grounding. The same way the tree is grounded. This is pretty grounding because it's so simple. We just walk three minutes, found this cool tree. And then Colin just went over three different angles. The wide, the tight, and the next guy through the canopy. So the point of this little episode is to show you how Colin sees life and how you need to develop this skill of almost seeing life like a time lapse, or like a photo. (tranquil music)
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Ratings and Reviews
Ondrej Dvorak
I have seen tons of timelapses, but there is no other timelapse film that touches my soul as much as Project Yosemite 1 I never forget the moment when I saw Project Yosemite for the first time! That moment I knew that that’s what I wanna DO! Colin is the reason that I bought my first DSLR! Thank You Alex for getting together with my hero and make this awesome idea happen!
Bryce Lord
Clear and concise workshop to understand the process of Time-lapse photography Being new to this aspect of photography, I found this workshop informative and directional. If I were to give a critique, it would be regarding equipment choice for the entry level bridging to pro-level for the introductory student. Otherwise, it lays a nice foundation to build from.
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