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?
Opened on the 30th June 1894, Tower Bridge in London is a combination of a Bascule and Suspension Bridge. It's recently undergone a makeover with the addition of glass floor sections in the East and West walkways which gave me an idea...
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.
Back in the days when I had gone feral and my beard was out of control, I'd long had an idea to try and timelapse a projection of a slow motion clip somehow but with a lack of time and the facilities to accomplish this, my best route was to try and convince someone to help me do it!
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.
10 things you should avoid whilst shooting timelapses, from the technicalities to avoiding being shot by a farmer and beyond.
Back in June of 2011, I took delivery of the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Timelapse Slider. Prior to this I'd been using various self-built rigs and still do but I was looking forward to seeing what this kit could achieve and it hasn't let me down since!
Timelapse Photography is very much in demand and for the past five years, I've been fortunate to live out my passion and get paid for it at the same time. After extensive research, I've discovered there's only a handful of people in the world that shoot timelapse exclusively for a full-time career and there's plenty of work out there!
For roughly the past two years I've had the pleasure of working with the expertly talented documentary film-maker Pierre Deschamps. 'Twas a cold January afternoon when he contacted me explaining the sort of shots he was after for his new Documentary about René Redzepi and having never worked on an Indie Doc before, I jumped at the chance!
