I love having projects. If I don't have something I'm currently working on, I'll wander around the house aimlessly organizing and re-organizing everything we have. This is not ideal, and makes Jesse uncomfortable. Now that we're back in the Columbia River Gorge for a while, I have adopted a huge personal project. I hope to expose the beauty of the Gorge via another long-term time-lapse photography project. Along with some of the popular locations, I'm excited to expose and share many of the obscure places off the beaten path. These places are always my favorite. I love discovering new areas, and as my wife can attest, I ALWAYS have to see what's around the corner, over the hill, in the pit, etc. I explore the wilderness like a squirrel pumped full of Mtn. Dew in the middle of a lightening storm. Unless you know exactly what I'm talking about, you probably don't want to go exploring with me. Jesse has learned this over and over again, and is a VERY patient with me.
To me, time-lapse photography is extremely rewarding as well as challenging. At times, 5 seconds of completed footage is the result multiple trips to the same location for many hours at a time. If you don't simply love being outside, you won't enjoy any part of serious time-lapse landscape photography. And that is a full-blown mega-fact.
One of my first more serious time-lapse projects was recently completed in Jacksonville, Florida. I was out exploring and shooting whenever possible during a period of 8 months. Although the motivations for my Jacksonville video were much different than the motivations for this project, the end result may be similar. My Jacksonville project ended up being the compilation of over 20,000 pictures taken at many different locations. Naturally, this large number of pictures takes a great deal of time to edit and process into the final product. I estimated that for every 1 second of time-lapse footage in the final video, roughly 3-4 hours of work was needed either out in the field shooting or editing at my workstation. To others, this may seem a bit insane, but to me, it's completely worth the effort involved. I met a ton of great people and made great memories. To find out more of the details regarding the Jacksonville video, click here.
To me, time-lapse photography is extremely rewarding as well as challenging. At times, 5 seconds of completed footage is the result multiple trips to the same location for many hours at a time. If you don't simply love being outside, you won't enjoy any part of serious time-lapse landscape photography. And that is a full-blown mega-fact.
One of my first more serious time-lapse projects was recently completed in Jacksonville, Florida. I was out exploring and shooting whenever possible during a period of 8 months. Although the motivations for my Jacksonville video were much different than the motivations for this project, the end result may be similar. My Jacksonville project ended up being the compilation of over 20,000 pictures taken at many different locations. Naturally, this large number of pictures takes a great deal of time to edit and process into the final product. I estimated that for every 1 second of time-lapse footage in the final video, roughly 3-4 hours of work was needed either out in the field shooting or editing at my workstation. To others, this may seem a bit insane, but to me, it's completely worth the effort involved. I met a ton of great people and made great memories. To find out more of the details regarding the Jacksonville video, click here.
Naturally, as anyone continues to develop a skill, they will become even more proficient. With some new and improved equipment, lessons learned, and new techniques, i'm excited to see how this next venture turns out, and even more excited to share it with others. I'll be sure to keep this blog updated by posting pictures of my various locations, setups and experiences. Naturally, all blog posts having to do with this project will contain "Gorge Project" in the title.
