I've recently been fascinated with time-lapse photography. That's right... photography. I literally just learned a couple weeks ago that many of the time-lapse videos I've enjoyed are actually individual still photos stitched together, not video played back at superfast speed. (As a disclaimer *some* of it is video, but much of it is photography). Maybe a simpler way to say this is "Wow. I didn't know my camera could do that."
So, with the same camera that took action shots at a high school football game on Saturday, (and has taken wedding photos, baby portraits, landscapes, macro shots, and more) I've started to dabble in time-lapse photography. What a versatile tool.
Being able to take a whole scene for half an hour and compress it into about 15 seconds of footage makes for an interesting perspective. Like photography in general, it makes you view the entire world in a different way. "What would this look like in time-lapse?" The possibilities are literally endless, and I've only tried a handful of ideas. I'm excited to pursue more... but in the meantime, I thought I'd throw together a video of some of the shots I've done so far.
Being indecisive, I couldn't pick a song for the video, so I'll leave you with a couple options. They produce a very different feel to the video. (I guess, in a way, this post could be as much about the emotional effect of music as it is about photography).
Which are you drawn to?
Option 1:
Option 2:
As an aside, these videos compiled over 1,400 still images taken mostly with a wide-angle lens over the course of a few days. This is my single favorite still shot of the project:
