![Free Remote Monitoring of Your Construction Site + COVID-19 Update]()
by Todd M
March 19, 2020
Amid the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak we want to offer you a free CloudX Pro subscription (details below) and update you on action taken by CamDo Solutions to maintain business operations. In short, CamDo remains fully open for business and is committed to carrying out our work for our customers under these challenging circumstances. All of our employees are safely working remotely and are committed to ensuring your time lapse needs are fully supported.
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![CloudX: Rebuilt From the Ground Up]()
by Sarah Wallace
March 12, 2020
We wanted to provide more, for less when it came to our CloudX time lapse platform. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve released an all new CloudX, built entirely from the ground up. We've dropped the price but added many new, amazing features. Read about this exciting update here.
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![Metal Band Rammstein Releases Impressive Stage Construction Time Lapse Video]()
by Sarah Wallace
March 09, 2020
One strength of time lapse photography is its ability to show large, complicated processes in a way our brains can comprehend. It allows us to understand scale. As a music lover, I’ve always found stage construction time lapses interesting. I’ve found myself sitting at shows in large stadiums looking at enormous, intricate stages and productions wondering just what goes into bringing this to life. The German industrial metal band, Rammstein, gives us a peek behind the curtain with a time lapse video highlighting the entire process.
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![Breaking It Down: What is The Difference Between Wi-Fi and The Internet?]()
by Sarah Wallace
February 12, 2020
A common misunderstanding that we see is in the customer support inbox that people use the terms WiFi and Internet interchangeably to mean access to the Internet. This comes up specifically as it relates to accessing various UpBlink features. Sometimes there is confusion surrounding the difference between setting up our controllers via our web-app and setting up CloudX to receive email updates or automatically upload images to the cloud.
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![Customer Time Lapse: 7-Month Industrial Warehouse Rehabilitation & Construction]()
by Sarah Wallace
February 05, 2020
CamDo customer Albert Sanfeliu recently shared footage of a recent 7-month project that he completed through his company, Pandora Box TV. The video shows the rehabilitation of an industrial warehouse for loading, unloading, and storage of products that arrive via sea transport. The ship was badly damaged, both internally and externally, so steel masts had to be placed outside for the first five months in order to have a high point of the space.
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![How To Determine Your Time Lapse Interval]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 29, 2020
Simply put, a time lapse interval should be set in relation to the speed of the action of what you’re capturing. It determines the length of the final video and to a certain extent, the speed of your final video. And while it’s a fairly simple concept to grasp, it can be a bit tricky to execute, as there are a lot of variables to take into account.
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![Customer Time Lapse: Moving and Transporting an Enormous Pharmaceutical Skid]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 09, 2020
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![Looking Back At 2019 and What's To Come In 2020]()
by Todd M
December 26, 2019
Another year has flown by and the most important thing is our customers. Thank you for your support and for trusting us to help capture your projects!
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![The 7 Steps of Time Lapse Photography - At a Glance]()
by Sarah Wallace
December 17, 2019
We've highlighted the seven steps to time lapse, featuring a rundown of the process and helpful links to resources that we offer to help you get the job done.
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![5 Considerations of Winter Time Lapse Photography]()
by Sarah Wallace
December 16, 2019
Our customers tend to run long term time lapse projects with average durations of 6-12 months (or longer!). If you’re one of these people, you’ll likely experience the joys of dealing with the cold weather that accompanies winter months… and all of the challenges that come along with it. Here are the five things to consider when capturing time lapse footage during the cold winter months.
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![The Benefits of Remote Jobsite Monitoring]()
by Sarah Wallace
November 19, 2019
Keeping close eye on your construction jobsite can help you cut costs. That’s something that just about any construction manager wants to hear. There are a number of ways that remotely monitoring your site can help your budget: preventing theft, increasing project efficiency, identifying bottlenecks, quickly addressing costly maintenance needs, and increasing jobsite safety are just a few ways. In this article, we dive into the two main ways remote monitoring can help cut project costs.
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![Time Lapse Videos Show Wildfire Progress of Decker and Saddleridge Fires]()
by Sarah Wallace
October 16, 2019
Time lapse is an incredible way to visually display progress. I think we can all agree on that. And progress is good, right? Not always. In the midst of another very active fire season, fires have been progressing rapidly due to high winds, an abundance of fuel (dead branches and leaves), and non-existent precipitation. And time lapse videos of some of the fires are popping up all over the web showing this progress.
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![Time Lapse Digest: Astrophotography, Airport Construction Progress Time Lapse, River Monitoring, and Construction Project Visualization]()
by Sarah Wallace
October 08, 2019
We’ve gathered articles focusing on all things time lapse. We highlight a visually interesting astrophotography project, and note a few meteor showers this week that you can get out and capture. We feature an airport construction time lapse video, as well as a massive 8-year, 60+ camera time lapse project that monitors the Missouri River. And finally, we dive into the topic of construction project visualization—what it is and why it’s important.
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![Independent Review: Metropolis Visual on Construction Time Lapse Solution Deployment]()
by Sarah Wallace
October 01, 2019
Earlier this summer, we featured a long term time lapse project that captured the demolition/restoration of the derelict Carmelite Convent in Chichester, UK in order to build the Chichester Free School. Tomas Jurjonas from Metropolis Visual was behind the project. In this video, he talks about this project and experience with using our products.
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![Construction Project Visualization: What Is It and Why Is It Important?]()
by Sarah Wallace
September 17, 2019
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![CamDo Solutions Presents at "Advancing Construction Technology" Industry Event]()
by Todd M
September 10, 2019
CamDo was invited to attend the Advancing Construction Technology event as a Technology Provider, and present on innovation. The event was intended to “Leverage technology to increase operational productivity, quality and safety. The following summarizes our take on the two day conference + one day workshop, along with some general industry trends.
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![A Guide to CamDo Solutions' Product Resource Library]()
by Sarah Wallace
September 06, 2019
Have you been taking advantage of all of the tools we offer? From comprehensive time lapse guides to a time lapse calculator (our most popular tool) to how to videos to an SD card reader, we aim to arm you with the information and tools that will set you up for time lapse success.
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![How to Capture a Beautiful Time Lapse of the Northern Lights with UpBlink]()
by Dean E
August 28, 2019
I had the pleasure of traveling to the Yukon in search of Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) awhile ago. Photos of this phenomenon are always pretty spectacular and I wondered if I could capture something similar but in time lapse format using my GoPro. As a backup I also packed my trusty Panasonic Lumix, a nice compact camera with all the requisite manual controls.
I had been wanting to put the latest CamDo UpBlink Time Lapse Controller (which was released earlier this year) through its paces in a more challenging environment and this was the perfect opportunity. We had recently iterated our successful outdoor solar enclosures so I also took one of these along to see what interesting time lapses we might be able to capture.
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![Macro Time Lapse: University Student Features the Color Changing Process of Leaves]()
by Sarah Wallace
August 23, 2019
Southern Illinois University student captures 6,000 images of leaves changing colors to create a beautiful macro time lapse featuring this natural process. In Illinois, the leaves of deciduous trees undergo a dramatic color change before fading to brown and dying. The process can take weeks, but Owen Reiser, a mathematics and biology student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, wanted to see the leaves change in a matter of seconds. “I was taking a field biology class and we were learning about deciduous trees,” he says. “I’ve been getting into wildlife photography and time lapse for a while, and I couldn’t find a time lapse of leaves changing color, so I just went for it.”
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![Capture Long Term Time Lapse Anywhere, Any Time, in Any Condition]()
by Sarah Wallace
August 15, 2019
Our customers have diverse needs. So we built versatile, highly customizable products that can be deployed anywhere: on a massive construction site, beneath the ocean's surface, spanning seasons in the backcountry ...and even in Antarctica in sub-zero temperatures.
No matter where you place your kit, you can trust that your system will be easy to deploy, protected in a rugged enclosure, and cost-effective... with high quality 4K footage as a result. Below are some of our favorite customer projects from land, to sea, to sky, and everything in between.
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![BlinkX is Now Compatible with HERO7 & HERO6 Cameras - A Talk With CamDo CEO Todd McCann]()
by Sarah Wallace
August 01, 2019
Last week, we announced a pretty major update: BlinkX is now compatible with HERO7 and HERO6 cameras (in addition to HERO5). Now you can capture long term time lapse videos with the newest GoPro cameras. This was a major milestone for the CamDo Solutions team, as this has been a complicated compatibility update that has been in the pipeline for many months. I sat down with CamDo CEO, Todd McCann, to discuss this exciting update.
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![Studying Ice Shelf (In)Stability in Antarctica with BlinkX]()
by Sarah Wallace
July 23, 2019
A few years ago, we featured a project from CamDo customer Douglas MacAyeal, which featured a time lapse video that monitored an ice shelf in Antarctica to study ice shelf stability at McMurdo Station Antarctica.
We recently heard from Douglas that BlinkX will be used for another project in Antarctica. This time around, the location is the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. They will be monitoring surface lakes that fill and drain as the polar seasons progress, as hundreds form here. They’ll be staying at a station called Fossil Bluff, which is run by the British Antarctic Survey.
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![Get Enormous Time and Money Savings with the Underwater WiFi Inspection Pack]()
by Sarah Wallace
July 10, 2019
We’ve been taking a break this week with our regular construction time lapse programming to highlight another amazing solution that we offer: our Drop Camera Underwater WiFi Inspection pack. While long term time lapse is our main focus, this smart solution also deserves some love. It is drastically improving our customers’ workflow - and that’s why we do what we do every day.
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![4 Reasons Construction Progress Videos Should be Part of Your Workflow]()
by Sarah Wallace
June 28, 2019
We talk a lot about creating construction progress videos. No matter what your role is within the project--builder, photographer, or principal--It’s a good thing to do for many reasons. With just a little extra planning and effort, you can make the footage you're already collecting work so much harder for you. Read on for the reasons that construction progress videos should be part of your project workflow.
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![Metropolis Visual Makes The Most Out of School Renovation Footage With Construction Progress Videos]()
by Sarah Wallace
June 12, 2019
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![Customer Footage: Chichester Free School Construction Project by Metropolis Visual]()
by Sarah Wallace
June 07, 2019
CamDo customer Tomas Jurjonas of Metropolis Visual recently shared this 18-month Chichester Free School construction time lapse footage with us. The project was a demolition of the now derelict Carmelite Convent in Chichester, UK in order for the building restoration/construction of the Chichester Free School. And we’re not sure what we love more: the beautiful footage or the story of how it came to be.
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![How temperature affects solar panel and lithium ion (Li-Ion) battery performance + why Always-On mode is important]()
by Dean E
May 03, 2019
How do solar panel and lithium-ion battery performance change with temperature? Read about the factors to consider in this blog post.
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![Five Common Long Term Time Lapse Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them!)]()
by Sarah Wallace
April 04, 2019
While time lapse photography can be easy, there are links in the chain that need to be considered. There are a few common mistakes that can ruin a project, if you’re not careful. Here are four of the common long term time lapse mistakes to avoid to ensure successful projects.
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![UpBlink is Finally Here. Now Available for Pre-Sale]()
by Sarah Wallace
March 12, 2019
The wait is over. We announced that UpBlink was coming back in December. And now, it’s available for Pre-Sale. Our aim is to help streamline your long term time lapse workflow. And with UpBlink, we have! Now, get automatic image upload and remote site monitoring with UpBlink.
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![How Construction Video Marketing Will Drive More Business]()
by Sarah Wallace
February 20, 2019
Video is highly effective. This is an undeniable fact. Whether it is because people have short attention spans or prefer engaging with moving images, video has become a marketing force that cannot be ignored. If you haven’t included video in your construction marketing strategy, it’s time to start. And we can help!
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![Customer Footage: Extreme Cold Winter Time Lapse in Pisgah National Forest]()
by Sarah Wallace
February 06, 2019
We love seeing customers successfully using our products for winter time lapse in the extreme cold. Nichaolas Holshouser recently sent us this beautiful time lapse. He captured it in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina at 6,000 feet in elevation along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It covers January 20-21, during the eclipse. Temperatures dipped into the single digits (5F/ -15C as the low). The time lapse kit had already been in the field for two weeks prior to this.
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![The Top Four Tips for Construction Site Security]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 30, 2019
While we’re not in the business of construction site security, it is top of mind for many of our customers. And it’s something we care about too. Customers occasionally bring this issue up during discussion of upcoming projects. It’s an important aspect of the process - and photography does have a role in ensuring your site is safe and secure.
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![View: Magnificent Super Blood Wolf Moon Time Lapse Videos]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 22, 2019
Did you get a chance to catch Sunday’s Super Blood Wolf Moon total lunar eclipse? It was a pretty incredible sight. And of course we were interested in checking out all of the great time lapse videos that captured the amazing lunar event. While we’re not in the business of astro time lapse, it’s no secret that we’re fans. Time lapse is such an amazing medium to view the the events of the world around us… on land, in water or in the sky!
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![Take a Trip Around Earth With the Longest Time Lapse Ever Shot From Space]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 08, 2019
The European Space Agency (ESA) featured a time lapse to celebrate 20 years of international collaboration and research for the benefit of Earth. It is the longest continuous time lapse shot from space.
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![Product Review: Kyle Martin's Thorough Review of BlinkX & SolarX]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 07, 2019
Kyle Martin, of the popular YouTube channel "Kyle Martin Tech: GoPro Tips and Tricks", had a chance to spend some time with our BlinkX time lapse controller and SolarX solar enclosure. View the video to hear what he had to say.
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![Customer Footage: Final Time Lapse of 18-Month UDOT Highway Construction Project]()
by Sarah Wallace
January 03, 2019
Last year, we featured a highway construction time lapse done by Utah Department of Transportation that was submitted by Bobby Gibson of InBlue Productions. The first video was a progress video that illustrated one piece of a much larger pie. This project turned a highway into a freeway-style road, which consisted of building ramps/underpasses for all the busy cross streets for the highway.
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