I came across a very beautiful tilt-shift video the other day and found out that it is part of an ongoing project by Sydney based photographer Keith Loutit. He creates stunning little videos combining tilt-shift and time-lapse photography portraiting ordinary places around Sydney. Worth a peak!

 

So this is the video called Bathtub IV (you better watch this in HD on vimeo):

 

Not only is the music just yummy but I love the look and feel of this stuff. The good part is: there is more. Keith is doing an ongoing personal project to "document 12 months of life in 'Little Sydney'". The rest of his videos can be viewed in HD on his official vimeo channel.

 

But how?!

So after drooling for a while I started wondering how this had been done. I looked around for a while and found a great interview with Keith in which he explained the process:

My technique combines thousands of photographic stills into short films that each last less than 3 minutes. My process begins with the identification of subjects and the planning of locations. Once these elements are established, I move onto more detailed planning around timing, lighting, and weather, with the aim of getting the image sequence right first time.

He than confirmed to me via e-mail that the videos "are all timelapse sequences of real subjects shot using a DSLR with tilted lenses." What an extraordinary effort!

 

Tilt-shift? Time lapse?

For those of you not familiar with tilt-shift and time lapse Wikipedia has some pretty informative entries on the topics (as usual). And for everyone interessted in creating your on there is some more nice sites for you to look at:

• Use Photoshop to make your tilt shift and safe to money for a lense.
• Too cheap for Photoshop? No Problem use this neat webservice called Tiltshiftmaker.com
• Last but not least a tutorial I found on a forum on daytime time lapse.

 

Seconds & Thirds 

And now for those hungry for more: some nice examples of timelapse.

Again HD on Vimeo recommended.

 

This great examples can only be watched on the creators site. Be sure to check it out!

 

Last but not least a classic, that probably a lot of you have seen before:

 

Related Links

• Vimeo channel: Keith Loutit's 'Little Sydney'
• Interview with Keith Loutit
• Wikipedia: Tilt-shift photography
• Wikipedia: Time lapse

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