I thought I’d share with you how I create my time lapse movies. It’s quite simple and doesn’t require any special equipment, save for a simple video camera. I use a Flip HD camera that I picked up before they went out of business (someone, please remind me, why did Cisco kill that business again?). […]
Category Archives: Cameras
High Speed Movies from a Point and Shoot
I recently purchased a Casio Exilim FS100 point and shoot camera. At first glance, there’s nothing remarkable about this camera. It’s not too incredibly tiny, doesn’t boast a zillion megapizels nor a battery that lasts for 24 hours. What it does offer though is the ability to shoot high speed movies from 240fps up to […]
Peach Theif
We’ve figured out what’s been eating the peaches from our tree. An opossum! O RLY?
Zooming into photo stitches
I've posted some of my photo stitches as Zoomify Flash applications which lets you zoom into the image to see more detail. Above, a shot from the 2009 President Inauguration Whistle Stop train as it passed through the Newark, DE train station. Link.
The Winter Sky: A Time Lapse Composite Picture
Man is it cold outside. Here's a picture that is a composite of 9 consecutive shots stacked and blended together in Photoshop. The total length of time was 18 minutes, 2 minutes each, f5.0 @ ISO 100. The star trails are evident as are the storm clouds rolling in from the southwest. Click for a […]
Wee Planets: A Fresh Look at Panoramas
The nice thing about Flickr is that you can follow a path that will undoubtedly take you to pictures that you've never seen before. This Flickr set by user boltron- shares with us some spectacular reinterpretations of panoramas. Link to Flickr set for user boltron-. Update: Here's a nice tutorial on the process using Photoshop […]
Canon EF-S 10-22mm USM lens
I recently purchased a new lens from Canon. The EF-S 10-22mm USM lens has earned a permanent place in my camera bag. Below are some sample pictures. Zoomed to 10mm you do get some distortion of the images at the edges like you'd expect, but that can lend some nice effects to your images if […]
New App: Project Polaroid
This app, Project Polaroid will take pictures from your iPhone and convert them to look like they were taken with a Polaroid. Snap and save to your camera roll. Nifty! Link to iTunes App Store, free.
Canon Vixia HF100: First Impressions
I recently obtained a Canon VIXIA HF-100 HD camcorder. The first thing I noticed is the unit is extremely light, even with the tiny battery installed. You can look up the exact weight, but spec sheets can't replace holding the unit in your hands. It has a nice solid feel, the interface isn't overrun with […]
Timelapse: Walking Iris
I recently setup a camera to shoot a time lapse movie of a walking iris boom opening. There were approximately 100 shots, 1 minute apart for the duration of the movie. As you'll see, the bloom opens quite fast. The blossoms only last one day– they close up as it gets dark and fall off […]