Green Tunnel made me think of The Longest Way 1.0 (above) by Christoph Rehage, an epic journey brilliantly compressed in time, wonderfully presenting the spirit of Rehage, making me smiling, making me ask questions, leaving me pleased, satisfied and inspired — to journey, to create.
If you haven’t already seen this amazing piece, please watch it now. You’ll be glad you did.
In his latest post on his The Longest Way site Rehage casually refers to his movie as the “weird beard video,” and notes that it’s won yet another award. And so it should!
On Monday I shared my tango-dancing salt and pepper shakers. How did I produce this short? Basically, I hit record on my Canon G9, set to the time-lapse video mode, and then moved my characters around like a madman — for a little more than a half hour. That’s about it.
That said, I’ll now share the some specifics of my time-lapse-stop-motion video creation workflow, as I think it is interesting. I also think that my little piece is successful because, although I started it simply to play around with technology, I ended up focusing on a story. This kept me focused, gave me motivation both to create and share, and gives my piece any value that it may have.
My Time-Lapse-Stop-Motion Experience
After finishing watching the original “Clash of the Titans” movie earlier in the day, I was pretty eager to play with stop-motion, which is something that I have never done, but which I’ve been dying to try since, well, probably about the first time I saw “Clash,” nearly 30 years ago.
While I had never tried stop motion, I’ve been recording all kinds of time-lapse movies since getting my G9 and discovering this wonderful feature. So before I went through the trouble of making a stop-motion movie, I decided to use this feature — recording a still every two seconds — to get a sense of what a stop-motion piece would look like.
Quickly setting up my camera on a tripod on the kitchen table and hitting “record,” and moving the objects at hand around, I ended up with this:
Last month I shared some time-lapse photography inspiration.Today I share a delightful example of how wedding photographer Sarah Yateshas put stop-motion technology to work to create a wonderfully creative multimedia piece from one of her wedding engagement sessions.
i’d been wanting to make this video since before we did their photos, but was totally overwhelmed with where to start (seriously, the stack of 500 4X6 prints were taunting me for MONTHS!). yesterday, with the help of my awesome new assistant jack, we finally pulled it together. (thank you jack!) i am so happy to finally be able to share it! enjoy! xoxo
Indeed, it is Yates’s creative use of prints in her time-lapse/stop-motion piece that gives it a truly unique feel. Like all great visual communications, the idea is simple, but it is executed with excellence that conceals the amount of effort that went into producing it. Continue reading “Delightful Stop-Motion Engagement Photography Session”
Unfortunately, the “10,000 Words” post doesn’t deliver as much as I had hoped on the ways to create time-lapse photography, although there are a few links. The site’s previous entry also offers a few time-lapse photography tips and links, but nothing super substantial.
Are You Time-Lapsing?
Have you been bit by the time-lapse bug? Have a time-lapse video to share? Know of any instructional resources that are better than the ones featured in “10,000 Words”?
