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Zac’s Awesome Presentation Of Awesomeness

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Zac’s Awesome

PresentationOf Awesomeness

Who Am I

Zachary Long

SPS Member

Wedding Photographer

Who Am I

Who Am I?

No Formal Training

Hard Work

More Hard Work

More More Hard Work

Who Am I?

Time-Lapse

Embedded Video

Agenda

Astrophotography

Camera Settings

Equipment

Time Lapse Considerations

Capture

Composition + Movement

Focusing at Infinity

Switch Camera to Live View

For Canon: Make Sure ―Still Image‖ selected under Movie Mode Custom Settings

Find a Bright Star

10x Zoom on LCD screen

Switch lens to Manual Focus & Camera Exposure to Manual

Capture

Intervalometer (Check Camera Model)

Amazon/eBay $20-$30

Capture

600 Rule = 600/Focal Length, 600/24mm = 25 seconds

Capture

Time-Lapse Planning

Does it move?

Every image is a single frame

Final movie at 30 fps?

15 second intervals X 30 fps X Desired Clip Length

30 x 5 = 150 photos

15 x 30 x 5 = 2,250 seconds or 37.5 minutes

Capture

Camera Settings

RAW vs JPEG

Processing Time Considerations

Lightroom or Aperture for Batch Processing

RAW Sizes

Small RAW is usually still greater than 1920x1080 (HD)

Full RAW = Higher Quality when ―Downsampled‖ from 4k

resolution to1080p HD

Capture

Equipment Considerations

Spare Batteries

Battery Grip

Sufficient Memory Card Space

Full RAW + 32 GB card = approx. 1,000 photos

Capture

Intervalometer Settings – Only 2

Number of Shots

Set to ―00‖ or ―—‖

Interval

Set to 2-3 seconds longer than your actual exposure

15 second exposure = Interval of 17 seconds

Allows for camera to process the file

Capture

Waiting…

Capture

Find Your Sequences

Organizing

Find Your Sequences

Processing

Boosting Blacks, Contrast, Noise Reduction, etc.

Once your find a ―recipe‖ for a single photo, copy these

settings to every photo in the sequence.

Importance of shooting Manual for consistent fixes

Even if you are under- or over-exposed, as long as every

photo has the same problem, it’s an easy fix.

Don’t Batch Process Spot Removal

Moving objects, algorithm could change over multiple frames

Processing

20 seconds at f/2.8 ISO2500, 16mm on 5D Mark II

Before After

Processing

Processing

Once editing is complete, export as JPEGs to a new folder

Keep each sequence in a separate folder

―Astro Angle 1‖ and ―Astro Angle 2‖

Motion

Editing Software

Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Quicktime Pro

Personal preference is Premiere Pro

Motion

Premiere Pro Workflow

Output?

Web 30 fps

New Sequence

Digital SLR

1080p @ 30 fps

Motion

Import JPEG as ―Numbered Stills‖

Motion

Add to timeline

Motion

Resize for Viewing Screen

File size of 5616x3744 down to 1920x1080

Motion

Effect Controls

Motion

Scale

Motion

Photos are taller than widescreen

Drag image to get the composition you want in the video

Motion

Rearrange Clips on Timeline

Transitions

Render Previews

Motion

Playback Speed

Right-Click Speed/Duration

50% - 75%

Motion

Export Video Using Premiere’s Presets

Vimeo HD or YouTube HD

Sharing

Upload & Enjoy

Vimeo, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, etc.

Thank You

http://www.FengLongPhoto.com/