The Time-Lapse Challenge
The looming and constant challenge in my niche market is how to explain to potential clients why I do what I do. It’s not the photography but the thinking and…
Hometown Pasadena Interview
Thank you Kat Ward and Hometown Pasadena... Interview with Michael e. Stern, local time lapse expert.
Decisions That Drive The Time Lapse Narrative Forward
What should be your guiding principal when planning shots, especially when it comes to motion control time lapse sequences? The four keywords I keep in mind are: education, documentation, preservation and entertainment. Every decision I make rides on the backs of these four words.
I jumped into time lapse photography in ’03 and have been hacking away at it ever since. During this time, I realized I was developing a new specialty: the commercial time lapse narrative. Now I offer a boutique experience to my market in that I shoot time lapse projects with the mindset of a movie director. I offer and provide multiple camera set ups daily, weekly and monthly. In addition to the usual fixed or static camera that records all that happens in front of it I also place what I call rover units throughout a site in order to tell the complete story, whatever it may be…thus the decisions that come with this approach.
Personal Branding Matters…
Last week I spent an evening with Kevin Susman of Storm Cellar and his WHYMATTERS #personalbranding Workshop. Kevin runs Storm Cellar and is a brand strategist, filmmaker and guy who…
The Fabulous Forum
August 27, 2013. I was on my 10th assignment for the Madison Square Company in New York. As the renovation of the Fabulous Forum proceeds, my archive is contains over…
Camera 2 Camera Expo June 28-30, 2013 in Vegas!
Camera 2 Camera Expo…Come On Down! I was invited to participate at next weeks brand new camera expo in Vegas. I'm putting on a 3-day time lapse workshop and…
I’m A Picture Maker, Not A Picture Taker
This is a photograph of how the subject appears during the time of day I prefer to work: I made a number of additional exposures while on the scene. I…
Why Does It Cost So Much?
Why Does It cost so much? –or– Why don’t I own it? Filed under, “If I had a nickel for every time I heard this….” Knowledge & Power The…
Remnants on Display
Next week I'll be attending the opening of a group show that I'm part of at the offices of IDA in Culver City, CA. The show opens April 19…
Light Painting A Sunset
I've been testing a pan and tilt time lapse move I'll be incorporating into a new film. It's important to understand visually how the "move" looks and what result each pan…
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