Category: Timelapse

Timelapse video of Aurora Borealis from an airplane window will take your breath away

Dunja Djudjic

Shots from an airplane window can be truly beautiful. And shots of Northern lights can be even more beautiful. But how about combining these two? Well, this is exactly what Aryeh Nirenberg did. This lucky photographer saw Aurora from an airplane window at 35,000ft and created a wonderful timelapsevideo that will take your breath away. I […]

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This 4K black & white storm timelapse shows incredible tornadoes and thunderstorms

John Aldred

The name Mike Olbinski has become fairly synonymous with with amazing weather timelapse films. And he’s kicked 2017 off to an amazing start with Pulse, a 4K black & white timelapses showing some absolutely incredible storms and tornadoes. We’re so used to seeing these things full of vibrant colour, that black & white often looks […]

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The Art of the Timelapse and some of our favourite timelapses from 2016

John Aldred

Timelapse seems to have exploded in 2016. Every other week, there’s a new one coming out trying to best the ones that came before it. Part of this boom is the ease with which cameras can shoot it now. Nikon has had built in timelapse features for years. Other DSLRs and mirrorless manufacturers have also […]

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Watch: Long Distance Cable Cam tutorial for fantastic time-lapse videos

Dunja Djudjic

Photographing time-lapses where the camera moves a long distance is not easy. You can set up tracks, but this is a long and laborious project. Plus, you need to make sure the tracks are not in the shot. This is where cable cameras come into play. It may look like a hard thing to set […]

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How to shoot long exposure timelapse with direct sunlight in the middle of the day

John Aldred

Shooting long exposures on a bright day can be a hassle. Even with your aperture at f/16 and ISO as low as it’ll go, you’re lucky if you can get slow enough to blur motion. This is where super strung neutral density filters come in. Jay P Morgan of The Slanted Lens takes us out on […]

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The new Super Dark variable ND from Syrp lets you shoot long exposure timelapse in bright sunlight

John Aldred

Variable neutral density filters are typically more common for video than photography, but there’s that grey timelapse area in the middle where the two worlds tend to often collide. I usually go with regular NDs for long exposures and timelapse, but having recently picked up a variable ND for video, I have found myself using […]

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Whispering Iceland is an amazingly eerie timelapse shot throughout the country

John Aldred

There’s no doubt that Iceland is one of the dream locations for any photographer or filmmaker. We see a lot of timelapse films here at DIYP, and this year the bar just keeps getting raised higher and higher. So, it’s difficult for one to really stick out, even one shot in Iceland. It’s not often, though, […]

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This 4K Chicago Timelapse took more than 65,000 pictures to make

Udi Tirosh

Every once in awhile we stumble across a really cool time lapse. This is the case with Urbanique Chicago by Chris Biela. This 4K timelapse was shot in Chicago for a little over 8 months, and has amassed quite an impressive amount of footage – 65k photos and 250 clips. While you may think that the darkness and […]

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This Madrid timelapse shows off a variety of cool techniques and a beautiful city

John Aldred

Some of you might remember Kirill Neiezhmakov. He shot the timelapse sequence of the Dubai luxury hotel fire on New Year’s Eve. In that short, he mixed some real time footage with timelapse footage and zooms to great, but short, effect. Well, Kirill’s back with a new timelapse of Madrid, Spain and he’s taking those techniques […]

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