Timelapse Archives | John Tedesco https://johntedesco.net/blog/tag/timelapse/ Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas Fri, 13 May 2022 20:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 26139830 How to use time-lapse photography to take viewers on a journey https://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/08/08/how-to-use-time-lapse-photography-to-take-viewers-on-a-journey/ https://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/08/08/how-to-use-time-lapse-photography-to-take-viewers-on-a-journey/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:54:45 +0000 https://www.johntedesco.net/blog/?p=8156 When Reporter Jennifer Hiller visited New York to write about San Antonio’s ties to High Line park, she called me and wondered if it’d be a good idea to make a time lapse-video of a walk through the mile-long urban park. Abso-freakin-lutely. Time-lapse videos are full of awesome sauce. Most I’ve seen involve the placement ...

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]]> When Reporter Jennifer Hiller visited New York to write about San Antonio’s ties to High Line park, she called me and wondered if it’d be a good idea to make a time lapse-video of a walk through the mile-long urban park.

Abso-freakin-lutely.

Time-lapse videos are full of awesome sauce. Most I’ve seen involve the placement of a camera in a stationary location. But another cool method is taking the camera with you and snapping a photo every few seconds. It creates a cool first-person view of a journey or event.

Related: A review of the Sigma 17-70mm lens for videographers

I’ve tried this technique a few times after seeing this video of a trip from Denver to Singapore by David DAngelo. I thought it was a cool way to show what the whirlwind journey was like:

Jennifer Hiller
Jennifer Hiller
In New York, Jen started walking at the beginning of the High Line and took a photo every step or two. By the time she reached the end, she had taken 9,878 photos.

Most types of video editing software allow you to import a series of still images. When Jen got back I copied the photos to our hard drive at home and fired up Sony Vegas.

In Vegas you can import photos two ways. One is to go to “Options,” click on “Preferences,” then “Editing.” There you can adjust the sittings for the length of still images when you add them to your project. You can also have the images overlap slightly for a smoother look using cross fades.

For Jen’s project, the photos were at 3 frames per second:

How to import images into Sony Vegas

Another options is going to “Project,” then “Import Media.” Check the box “Open still image sequence,” then select the photos you want to import. Vegas will merge all those photos into a single file for your project:

How to import still images into Sony Vegas

The finished product gives people a taste of it’s like to walk the High Line in a way that a traditional news article can’t do very well. These kinds of videos aren’t just trendy — they help journalists tell better stories.

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]]> https://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/08/08/how-to-use-time-lapse-photography-to-take-viewers-on-a-journey/feed/ 1 8156 Telling the story of the Texas Legislative session with a creative timelapse video https://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/01/12/telling-the-story-of-the-texas-legislative-session-with-a-creative-timelapse-video/ Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:14:39 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/2011/01/12/ This video by the Texas Tribune was a creative way to give readers a sense of what it's like in Austin during the first day of the 2011 Texas Legislative session.

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Telling the story of the Texas Legislative session with a creative timelapse video John TedescoI’m a sucker for timelapse videos so I’m 100 percent biased, but I thought this video by the Texas Tribune was a creative way to give readers a sense of what it’s like in Austin during the first day of the 2011 Texas Legislative session.

Cool idea and nice execution by Caleb Bryant Miller and Todd Wiseman.

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