Work, Life and general musings of a timelapse photographer
Tripods - the rock behind every timelapse - whether they're holding just a camera, a motion control track or breaking your back with their additional weight, you'll need one (or a monopod) to shoot successfully. I was fortunate to be given one at the Photography Show earlier in the year and here's what I think...
As I sit here typing this, my legs ache, my neck aches - everything aches. I'm still shivering and if there were a human size microwave available, I'd pop myself in and hit defrost! But what's this all about? If you've been following my story for a while, you'll know that every January I'll release a reel of clips and highlights covering my shoots from the previous year. This year, however, has been nothing short of manic and the usually slow January and February in tv land proved to be otherwise so I've not found the time to get round to it as well. Boo hoo I hear you cry. Well, the thing is, I also wanted to shoot an idea I had and I've been waiting on some decent weather to coincide with my schedule...
I know. It's fast approaching mid-February and I've not made a blog post for nearly two months now. Ironically, I haven't had the time, even though most of my colleagues in the industry imagine that I spend all day listening to my camera click at varying intervals and spend said time sleeping, reading, watching films or generally just being lazy. In my busiest January on record since I started Chadchud back in 2010, I've been somewhat absorbed and preoccupied with looking after 12 shoots and around 28 cameras. Anyway - here's one of those weeks...
On Saturday the 6th December I was invited to do a talk about motion timelapse at an event set up by Triggertrap to create the world's first crowd-sourced timelapse of London. I've not done much in the way of public speaking since I was asked to do a reading at church when I was a kid and subsequently broke down into a blubbering mess, overcome with emotion, nerves and not liking the whole 'situation'. What could go wrong?
Are you interested in developing your skills in Timelapse Photography? On Saturday 6th December 2014, Triggertrap will be hosting a free event at their London HQ and we'll be attempting to capture London in all it's glorious detail, frame by frame.
One of the most common bookings I get for shooting timelapse is when a project is almost finished. The production company has shot all the material (or most) and is now sitting in a windowless, probably underground bunker-type room with a handful of drives, an editor or two and an edit producer or someone similar.
The First World War officially ended on the eleventh hour on the eleventh day on the eleventh month, 1918 - Armistice Day. Today it's often known as Remembrance Day or Poppy Day and a two minute's silence is held for the fallen in all conflicts since this date. In the UK and other Commonwealth members, a poppy is worn out of respect for those that gave their lives so we can live ours freely.
