The Mega-Lapse Project

The Mega-Lapse Project

The Mega-Lapse Project, sounds impressive, but it's just what I called it to distinguish it from other time lapses I was working on.

The various pieces (time lapses, footage & hyperlapse) where shot from November 2013 to May 2014.  After preparing the individual lapses  & bringing them into one "mega" project & getting started, I soon got side tracked by more urgent projects.

So, everything sat on a hard drive & sat & was basically ignored for a long time.

Until this spring when I came across the project & opening it up. All the files where there and the time lines where all in place & all the different lapses worked fine. They just needed assembling and a bit of finishing.

"I've come this far, I can finish it off quick"  was my thought. Well, it wasn't exactly quick but,  it is done & (at least to me) it doesn't look too bad.

BTS

In the mega project I also found some BTS (Behind The Scenes) footage. Once again "waste not, want not". I put the together to go with the main project. The BTS was mostly shot in one day, One windy, snowy afternoon. First I went out with a camera wrapped in plastic and put the camera & tripod where it could 'watch' me make the trip to the track to shoot that day's part of the hyperlapse (moving timelapse). once it was set & focused & running, I trudged back to the building, got the camera & tripod I was using for the taking pictures (5 different locations) each day, all winter. With the standard tripod & camera I set out to get the days shots shooting bits of live action along the way.

More to Come

I have other unfinished projects  that range from a folder full of footage to others that where nearing completion before they put aside. I just might take a few,finish them off and post them.

New project sometime seem a bit more attracting, they're well, new and exciting. But, I've never brought a project to completion without learning something, usually a lot of somethings,

So, when I have a bit or extra time or need a break from my current projects I'll take a look at an older project & see what I can learn.

Christmas is coming & Gavle Bocken is LIVE!

It's official the Christmas season.
Most of the Santa Claus parades are done with the final one (in our area) being next Saturday in NOTL along with the Garrison Christmas at Fort George. As well It's December,  NOTL Candle Light stroll was yesterday,NORAD tracks Santa has launched for the season, the NPC festival of lights is in full swing AND .  .  .  .  .  . Gavle Bokken is LIVE!

Unfortunately I can't figure out how to include a live feed with the tools on blogger,  but there's a link so you can watch for yourself. 

The whole big story is on the site but the short version is the town of Gavle makes a giant goat for the Christmas season to attract tourists. Apparently Christmas goats are enough of a thing in Sweden that people will travel to see a giant one. As the Gavle Goat has been going on for fair while there are traditions that have grown up around the event, most notably the 'tradition'  of people trying (& sometimes succeeding) in burning it down. This is a problem for the town, as no one will come to see where there used to be a giant goat. So there are precautions on one side and  attacks on the other.

Some years are pretty quiet and the Gavle Bocken survives to be packed away til the next Christmas Shopping season.  Other years, well there not as smooth..  There are lots of youtube videos of Burning goats & somewhere there's a chart of when it survived and when it didn't & I think there are probably book makers that are giving odds on the chances of survival this year.

For the last few years I've checked the feed at least once a day in December, usually when I need a break from what I'm supposed to be doing. Last year when I checked in on the live feed and the Gavle Bocken was gone after only a day I wasn't sure what to think. Part of me was disappointment I wouldn't have that diversion for December. Another part of me was little happy that there's still a bit of high spirited chaos out there... and I do like fire, so my next stop was Youtube.

We have already surpassed last year, it's been more than a day and at last check Gavle Bocken is still standing.

Go and waste some time looking at a goat, you might get hooked.