Exhibition Project – Hyperlapse 26th March 2014

After coming away from college slightly downbeat last week i’ve come back from college really upbeat and looking forward to doing more hyperlapse photography.  This is essentially time-lapse, but the photographer moves the camera after every frame.  Usually focussing on the same point each time.

Alex, the lecturer had forwarded an email onto me which took me to this page:  Making hyper lapse video’s with a Canon EOS 5D III

I was amazed, this is just the progression I want to add an extra dimension to my time-lapse work.  As well as the video’s on the above link I found this really helpful tutorial video: http://petapixel.com/2013/09/23/hyperlapse-tutorial-creating-moving-timelapse-start-finish/

After a chat with the lecturer he suggested that I use the rest of the session time to try hyper lapse out.  He suggested the pedestrian bridge over the busy road next to st. Margarets Bus station.  This turned out to be an excellent suggestion.

Audio was also something that I discussed with the lecturer.  To try and find music that suits the tempo of the video.  It all adds to the viewers experience.  As I am planning on showing my work on a TV we thought that headphones would be a good idea, because we are likely to have music on anyway.

I set my camera up on a tripod and picked a point to focus on.  I then moved down the bride 2 railings at a time, measuring against the trailing tripod leg.  My first video was only 50 frames, just to see how I got on:

I was really pleased, ok it’s pretty jerky, but not bad for a first attempt.

 

I then decided to point the camera the other way, towards the bus station and go back across the bridge.

Here is my second attempt:

I took about 188 frames and am really pleased with the result.  I think this video is smoother, although in the tutorial the presenter mentions stabilisation.  I think this is something that iMovie can do, so I maybe need to take a look, as well as hone my shooting technique.

Really pleased with how this session went, it’s given me a lift and i’m looking forward to shooting more.