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A Complete Walkthrough to Setting Up Your Construction Time Lapse

Learn how to capture a construction project's progress using time lapse photography in our ultimate guide. From planning to sharing, we've got you covered.

May 03, 2023
5 min read

Is Construction Time Lapse Worth The Expense?

Discover the benefits and costs of using construction time lapse photography in this informative article.

April 18, 2023
4 min read

Construction Time Lapse is the Foundation of a Bigger Story

Learn how to capture the story of your construction project with time lapse photography.

February 09, 2023
3 min read

Benefits of Construction Time Lapse Videos

There are plenty of benefits of a construction time lapse video for businesses and construction managers. It’s a cost-effective measure that presents construction companies in a better light to clients and other viewers.

June 08, 2021
3 min read

A Little Time Lapse of the World’s Largest Cleanup: The Ocean Cleanup

A Little Time Lapse of the World’s Largest Cleanup Program: The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit that is developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. And they’re doing this by developing large floating systems that concentrate and collect the plastic from the sea. It’s the largest cleanup effort in the world. Yes, it’s as cool as it sounds. View a time lapse of the construction of one of their systems and learn more about the effort.

February 04, 2021
5 min read

Five (More) Construction Time Lapse Mistakes to Avoid

Construction time lapse is a strong tool for documenting a build, recording progress, updating stakeholders, and marketing your services. Last year, we featured an article highlighting five common long term time lapse mistakes to avoid. But that list certainly was not an exhaustive one. Here are five more time lapse mistakes to avoid, specifically on construction time lapse projects.

May 15, 2020
3 min read

Customer Footage: Walsh Community Development Time Lapse

Matthew C. Grammer recently shared a video he created for his client, Republic Property Group, a Texas based real estate developer which manages a few communities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The company was working on Walsh, a budding development west of Fort Worth. Grammer was tasked with producing videos to showcase the initial stages of the community. As part of this, he captured the construction of two buildings: a marketplace and an activity center.

March 30, 2020
4 min read

Metal Band Releases Impressive Time Lapse Video: Rammstein Stage Construction

Metal Band Releases Impressive Time Lapse Video: Rammstein Stage Site Construction

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.

March 09, 2020
2 min read

Customer Time Lapse: Moving and Transporting an Enormous Pharmaceutical Skid

January 09, 2020
5 min read

Time Lapse Videos Show Wildfire Progress of Decker and Saddleridge Fires

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.

October 16, 2019
2 min read

Time Lapse Digest: Astrophotography, Airport Construction Progress Time Lapse, River Monitoring, and Construction Project Visualization

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.

October 08, 2019
2 min read

How to Capture a Beautiful Time Lapse of the Northern Lights with UpBlink

Tips on How to Capture Nature's Northern Lights Time Lapse with Blink

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.

August 28, 2019
2 min read

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