View Full Version : My timelapse showreel 2011/12


Paddy Bartram
July 1st, 2012, 11:16 AM
I have been making timelapses for just over a year now and this is a compilation of my favourite shots

Please give me some feedback on how I could improve this edit, ideas for new and different shots and just your thoughts on my showreel.

I hope you like it.

A Year In Timelapse on Vimeo

Evan Bourcier
July 1st, 2012, 11:19 AM
I love it! What were you shooting on? Are these HDR or regular? I really like the ones with stars, and the snowy ones!

Oren Arieli
July 1st, 2012, 01:14 PM
Looks like someone's been traveling a bit. Beautiful scenery and some really nice atmospheric shots in there. Feel free to share your motion techniques/equipment.

Paddy Bartram
July 1st, 2012, 02:57 PM
I love it! What were you shooting on? Are these HDR or regular? I really like the ones with stars, and the snowy ones!

Thanks, glad you like it. The first 3 shots were HDR and the rest are just regular shots. I am hoping to do some more starlapses at some point.

Paddy Bartram
July 1st, 2012, 03:36 PM
Looks like someone's been traveling a bit. Beautiful scenery and some really nice atmospheric shots in there. Feel free to share your motion techniques/equipment.

It has been a pretty amazing year and I've been very lucky to have been able to get away as much as I have. I'm currently on a gap year in between school and university, hence the large amount of free time.

In terms of the movement in some of the shots I just use keyframing in final cut pro. Zooming in a bit the setting a pan through out the clip so there is a movement effect.

This is my equipment:
Camera: Canon 550d
Lenses: Sigma 10-20mm
Canon 18-55mm (kit lens)
Tripod: Manfrotto 190XB (legs)
Manfrotto 701hdv (head)

Please keep it coming with questions and feedback!

Evan Bourcier
July 1st, 2012, 08:44 PM
What're you using for settings on the starlapses? I've tried a few times and have trouble getting anything really good. I was thinking it might be because I'm close to Boston though and have a lot of light pollution.

Paddy Bartram
July 8th, 2012, 05:26 PM
Light pollution is often a problem that can make capturing stars in a timelapse quite difficult.
I tend to set my iso at 3200 but this does mean that the shots are quite noisy. Then shutter speed at 30 second and aperture between 5.6 and 8.

If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Lee Mullen
July 8th, 2012, 09:18 PM
How many shots for the night ones?

Doug Graham
July 18th, 2012, 11:47 AM
How did you do the camera moves? In post?

Paul Digges
August 7th, 2012, 12:40 PM
Oh wow, that was really good.