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Sometimes the best timelapse movies are not time lapse at all. This amazing moon rising footage was taken by photographer Mark Gee.

What seems to be a part of the ET bicycle sequence is really a shot of the moon taken with a Canon ID MkIV stacked with a 500mm f/4L lens and a 2x extender, giving the equivalent focal length of 1300mm. (this is about $14,429 worth of gear). The hill in the shot is 2.1km from the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand, and is practically across the other side of the city. Click to continue ›

I know that this is not 100% light painting per se, but it has light wands and long exposures, so what's the heck.

You know those guys that tell the plane where to go while they are on the ground? THey are called ramp agents and they tell the plane where to go by waiving a special wand which is very similar to the wand used in light paintings. And just like waiving your hands in the snow creates snow angels, the ramp agents directing the planes reveals their true secret identity as Ramp Angels. True fact!

H/T to Kris Klop for the photo. Click to continue ›

If you ever thought that water drops are polite beings, just waiting for us to set up a strobe and take their picture, you could not be more in error.

It is true that usually they play nice and cooperate, but every once in a while they show their true nature to tell us, "Hey! we have feelings too!"

Photographer Corrie White has been taking plenty of water drop photographs over the years and between the regular awesome photos she found a few where the drops were just doing their thing.

More pictures and a description from Corrie after the jump Click to continue ›

This blog has seen its share of time lapse movies. But this time lapse caught us completely unprepared.

Dustin Farrell skipped his work here and there as VP/DP at Crew West to shoot a collection of time lapse videos all over the world. With trips to the entire desert southwest and two trips to Iceland (summer and winter) he really captured some amazing footage.

As far as gear goes, Dustin used a Canon 5D Mk3 for camera (check 2:34 for some 3200ISO porn), Dynamic Perception timelapse rails, and a motorized TB3 pan/tilt head from eMotimo.

Kinda makes me feel bad about the things that I do when I skip job. Click to continue ›

When Barry Elder first approached me with this tutorial I have to admit that I was kinda scared to put it online. I mean, it is not just dangerous, it practically defines danger. But... involving both fire and an Ultima GTR, it was too cool to give up on.

So here is the tutorial. Please use your head if you are going to try it out. Make sure you are safe, have a fire extinguisher close by and alert the near fire station on your plans. It will save you both a huge headache. You can head over to our steel wool light painting tutorial and safety is pretty much similar.

I have been asked on a number of occasions how I created the firewall shown in the above image, in this guide I will show you the basic concept from which you can let your imagination go wild! Click to continue ›

I think it was in Superman 3 where Lex Luthor built a super computer that captured superman in a bubble to suffocate him. (conveniently ignoring the fact that the man of steel can walk the moon which does not have breathable air).

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Photographer Katka Pruskova spent countless hours (over 730) to piece together an amazing timelapse showing how flowers bloom.

The movie features a variety of flowers from his mother's garden (Amaryllis, Lilies, Zygocactus, Rose, Gladiolus, Gardenia) going from buds to full blossom.

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Usually we use a wide array of battery powered lights and fireworks  to create light paintings. This is not the case with the photographs below that were "light painted" by Bioluminescence algae.

Australian photographer Phil Hart tells an interesting tale about a weird tale of events.

Just like the frog rain in Magnolia, those pictures have a story of unique and rare coincidence. Click to continue ›

If you've ever been to Paris, you know that it a beautiful city. Director Benjamin Trancart of Trak created a beautiful timelapse of Paris, that really catches the essence of the city.

It was shot using a Canon 7D using only two lenses: 18-135mm and 16-35mm. While it shows more conventional timelapse footage, it also shows star streaks that were taken by sequencing long exposures, and sunsets that were created by merging 3 bracketed exposures. Click to continue ›

A few days ago we shared the awesome light painting and BTS videos from Vincent Bruno. If you thought you needed elaborate gear or a lot of assistance to create one of those great painting, Vincent made one more painting to prove you wrong. If you master the skills, you can make it whenever and wherever you desire. This time he breaks it down for us (and signs it DIY which we appreciate a ton). The video and textual breakdown after the jump. Click to continue ›