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Timelapse of Decoration

Dec 18, 2008
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I thought it was worthwhile to write about this here, as it’s not often I do one of these. I decided (after putting the lights on the tree), that a timelapse of the tree being decorated would make a cool video.

I set the 400D with the Sigma 10-20 on a tripod, and started with a composition containing a table, filled with all the decorations, and then the fire in the background with the tree, which looks ‘christmassy’. I changed the composition towards the end to be with the tree more central, as it was unnecessary to keep the table in when it’s empty.

Anywho, I have written up about timelapses, HERE, optimistic post before I had the 400D, and I feel I have posted up some of my attempts before. This one worked well I think, so, let me know what you think, and I may work on a guide as to how I do these at least, when I have some time, tell me if you think it’s worthwhile!

So, here’s the video, I recommend you actually click through it to the vimeo site, and watch it in HD, but if you can’t be bothered, or have a slow Internet connection, feel free to just watch it here ;-)

Decoration of the Tree from Charlie Styr on Vimeo.

Merry Christmas!

Charlie -

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4 Comments

  1. Chris Petrie  •  Dec 30, 2008 @6:34 pm

    The video came out really well mate! Can’t say i ever thought of trying this myself but will have to give this a shot in the near future. Would be real cool to do an extremely long timelapse over a day, what time interval did you set for each exposure?

  2. charliestyr  •  Dec 30, 2008 @6:42 pm

    Thanks very much Chris!

    For this, because it was relatively short, I maximised the amount of photos by having the 400D on continuous, meaning, approx. 3fps, and at small-low quality jpeg, that filled up my 1GB card.

    My next plan is to set up the camera in the back of my car, and go for a drive, with it doing a timelapse, I may use it connected to my laptop for that, meaning I could set a slightly slower interval!

    Let me know if you get a timelapse done sometime, I’d love to see it!

    Hope you’re well,

    Charlie -

  3. Chris Petrie  •  Dec 30, 2008 @7:15 pm

    Sounds good! You could probably make a rig that clamps onto one of the head rest supports or something sturdy for a stable fit one of my friends did this with a video camera and it turned out pretty nice, would be really cool esp for some night shots!

    Looking forward to seeing some more!

  4. charliestyr  •  Jan 1, 2009 @5:07 pm

    Yeah, quite a good idea. I’ll have a mess around with my tripod, I’m thinking one leg on the back seat, and then the other two in the rear passenger foot wells, and I may hang a weight from the tripod to hold it down better.

    Charlie -

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