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Simply the best tech event I’ve been to:...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:36:00 -0500

Simply the best tech event I’ve been to: http://brooklynbeta.org

I was inspired to make this after I started out doing a Crowd-sourced motion control experiment there, and ended up collaborating with http://captainandthefox.com who shot most of the moving video and worked with me on the editing. You should hire them for video work. I just do these for fun and was interested in trying to capture a small slice of the event.

Music http://bit.ly/yz7atI and Photos are used under the Creative Commons Attrib Non-Commercial license.

Thanks to everyone that helped with this, to Chris & Cameron for putting the whole thing on, and to all the attendees for pushing the sweet scissor cart provided by Restoration Hardware (http://bit.ly/oSAFWt).

Shot on a GoPro HD, 5D2, iPhone, and lots of other cameras.

Stoked that we shot this entirely on an iPhone.

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:07:00 -0500

Stoked that we shot this entirely on an iPhone.

This is a trailer for an upcoming time lapse of a trip I shot a...

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:02:00 -0500

This is a trailer for an upcoming time lapse of a trip I shot a few months ago going from London to Iceland. Thanks to Jessica Zollman and Michael O’Neal for collaborating on this one, and to IcelandAir for sending me and two fellow photographers on the trip so that I could make one of my weird time-lapses.

The final two minute video is getting close to done so I wanted to release a trailer. There are about 1,000 photos represented in this trailer, but I shot 52,000 photos total over six days for the full piece. I’ve spent about 230 hours editing and rendering, which makes it by far my most ambitious time lapse to date. If someone could tell me why I keep making these I’d appreciate it.

Speaking of that, it’s 100% my wacky photo project and not an ad for IcelandAir in any way shape or form. They covered our travel costs but we didn’t accept any payment - I simply make these because I ~~like~~ am addicted to making time-lapses, and they thought it was an interesting way to show a trip from London to Iceland. Also, I fucking love Iceland so I hope you go there.

Music is “humiliating the distorted” by mr&mrsBrian ( http://myspace.com/mrandmrsbrian ) licensed under Creative Commons via the Vimeo music store http://vimeo.com/musicstore

A picture of Mo Mo chilling out hardcore in a freezing july...

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:18:00 -0400

A picture of Mo Mo chilling out hardcore in a freezing july situation at midnight by a glacial river in Iceland.

Sneak Peek Sneak peek through the view finder at our little yeti...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:08:00 -0400

Sneak Peek

Sneak peek through the view finder at our little yeti buddy & his first long time-lapse on the chilly Thames river right in front of Big Ben. We took about 2,000 photos tonight, and things are looking mighty awesome!

Nate & I have completed our first leg of the journey to...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:37:00 -0400

Nate & I have completed our first leg of the journey to Iceland! Just finished a quick equipment shoot before packing up and heading towards that fantastic island, then off to London.

"Very excited to announce that Icelandair is sending us to London and Iceland to shoot a time lapse..."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:50:00 -0400

“Very excited to announce that Icelandair is sending us to London and Iceland to shoot a time lapse love story of a Yeti named Malcolm.”

SF to Paris in Two Minutes Shot a photo roughly every two miles...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

SF to Paris in Two Minutes

Shot a photo roughly every two miles between take-off in San Francisco and landing in Paris CDG to make this airplane time lapse. Made with a 5d2, a time-lapse controller, and a 16mm – 35mm, mixed with some iPhone shots. The music is a modified demo track “Gain” by DETUNE ltd. denkitribe on the Korg iMS20 iPad App. I’m pretty sure the track is copyrighted but it’s My First Synthesizer score so I’m hoping denkitribe is cool with it. Edits and pans in After Effects CS5 and iMovie.

The photos during take-off and landing are all computer models and totally rendered because I would never use an electronic device during times which the FAA prohibits them. I did get lucky and have a whole row to myself to setup the tripod and gear.

Thanks to my neighbors for not minding an SLR click every 2 to 30 seconds for 11 hours, and thanks to Stephanie and the whole Air France flight crew for being insanely friendly and allowing me to shoot. Thanks to @ztaylor for showing me the Korg iMS20 iPad App. Thanks to @jayzombie and the #nerdbird on the way to SXSW this year for helping me come up with the idea. Thanks to @somnambulant for the idea of live scoring. Thanks to you for actually reading this far. You are a champion.

Shot with a Canon 5D Mk2 and edited over 7 days with photos...

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Shot with a Canon 5D Mk2 and edited over 7 days with photos and lots of help from @dkr @yayfiona and @jayzombie. Song is Time (we plants are happy plants remix) by Hans Zimmer: http://bit.ly/aiOrQD

Birthday Bonfire The birthday of Stephdub

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Birthday Bonfire

The birthday of Stephdub

24 Hours in Texas 2,204 Photos shot over 24 hours on a balcony...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

24 Hours in Texas

2,204 Photos shot over 24 hours on a balcony in Austin. Song is She’s Got You by Patsy Cline. Edited in After Effects CS5.

More of my timelapses here:
flickr.com/photos/boltron/tags/timelapse/

SXSW 2010 Backwards 5,404 photos and three hours of video,...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

SXSW 2010 Backwards

5,404 photos and three hours of video, mostly shot on a 5D2 with a bike-mounted tripod plus a tilt-shift lens at SXSW 2010. Edited in After Effects CS5 and iMovie on a 13” Macbook. Thanks to everyone at the SF Embassy, and at SXSW in general. Quadruple rainbow thanks to @lbm, @sgoralnick,@jayzombie, and everyone that gave me tips on editing this. Also thanks to all the amazing artists who played SXSW, and specifically the eight featured in this video. They are *almost* all used for less than 10 seconds, which hopefully constitutes some kind of Girl Talk fair use. In order from the video:

1) Local Natives - Wide Eyes (Fool’s Gold Remix)
2) Mayer Hawthorne - Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)
3) Listenlisten - Safe Home, Safe Home in Port!
4) The Ferocious Few - Porcelain Doll
5) Band of Skulls - Death by Diamonds and Pearls
6) Homeboy Sandman - Yeah But Can I Rhyme Though
7) Wallpaper - ddd
8) Marina and the Diamonds - Obsessions

Time Lapse of Everglades Camping 1,572 photos shot over seven...

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Time Lapse of Everglades Camping

1,572 photos shot over seven hours on an island 68 miles South of Everglades City in Florida with a 5D mk2 and a cheap knock-off time lapse controller that works great. The beach is called Middle Cape Sable, and is the southernmost point of the continental US. Camped there with six of my awesome family members. The music, suggested by cousin Kristen, is Clelia Iruzun: Ernesto Lecuona- Always in my Heart.

A Dinosaur Family Explains Information Architecture Our Grand...

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

A Dinosaur Family Explains Information Architecture

Our Grand Prize Award-Winning entry for the Explain IA Contest. Shot and directed by Nate Bolt and Kate Nartker who make these weird videos for fun as Beep Show. This one was for for Bolt | Peters. Starring Audrey as “daughter” and Frances James as “mother.”

Huge thanks to everyone that helped. Especially Cyd Harrell for loaning us her amazingly talented 5yr old daughter Audrey. And thanks to Audrey for being amazing. Our special guest star Lou Rosenfeld, and to Jesse James Garrett for his thoughts at IA Summit ‘09. Script by the esteemed Tony Tulathimuttewho right now is laughing, always laughing. Thanks to Paul Octavious for remote art direction. The lego Falling Water belongs to Laura G and Men’s Wearhouse. Intro Music is La Traviata Libiamo, purchased royalty-free from Stock Music, and Rick only lasts nine seconds, which should fall within fair use. Ask Girl Talk about that.

Production Details. Shot on a Canon 5D Mk2, with a seamless backdrop, and two 300w neutral lights - one in a soft box. Edited in After Effects CS4 and iMovie ‘09. Kate made the characters from blu-tack of different colors, & other types of art supply store clay.

SHOTS New Years 2010 Between 12:30am and 1:22am on the first day...

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

SHOTS New Years 2010

Between 12:30am and 1:22am on the first day of 2010 we took 314 photos. Also, there was some drinking and celebrating. This is that. Music is “Shots” by LMFAO youtube.com/watch?v=vC—NX8252c

Leonids Meteor Shower Time Lapse

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Leonids Meteor Shower Time Lapse

Whimsical Directed by Paul Octavious. Shot and animated by me...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Whimsical

Directed by Paul Octavious. Shot and animated by me with a 30ft photo pole. Starring Lis Bokt. Produced by Steph, Daniel, Cody, Derek, Eddie, and who all else was there? Ladder and dress provided by the incredibly well-stocked magical equipment truck of Ryan Schude and Dan Busta. Music is “Soda” by the Cinematic Orchestra

This was done as the excercise in shooting whimsical at the lovely Phoot Camp.

Phoot Stars The sky above our phoot camp. Lightroom to process...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Phoot Stars

The sky above our phoot camp. Lightroom to process photos, After Effects to assemble timelapse and do the pan and zoom, and iMovie to edit and add Bob Ross.

Soothing I find the macbook instruction guy very soothing, and I...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Soothing

I find the macbook instruction guy very soothing, and I also find these people swimming very soothing. Combine the two and.. ummm. i don’t know.

Lake Shasta Time Lapse ‘09 1,383 photos over two days....

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Lake Shasta Time Lapse ‘09

1,383 photos over two days. Music is Bob by Otto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqKtHNicAI. Big thanks to Tom for helping with this one and the whole crew for such a god damned epic trip.