Welcome to #TimelapseTuesday!

Why #TimelapseTuesday?
I have always considered videography and video editing fun hobbies and want to continually progress.  Unfortunately I tend to spend more time researching rather than actually doing.  After getting my first DSLR I decided to set a goal for myself, to create at least one timelapse a week for a year and every Tuesday I'll post the video and blog about how I created it.  I'll discuss the settings, techniques, successes, and problems I faced during the shoot.  The goal is not to show the same sunset, sunrise, clouds moving over my front porch over and over but to push my creativity to find new and fresh things to shoot.  Again I'm an amateur so hang with me, they will hopefully get better as we go and if you have any suggestions or even ideas for timelapses I'm very happy to hear them!

What is a timelapse?
A timelapse is created by taking multiple pictures and playing all of the pictures one after another very quickly together.  The first timelapse I remember was drawing a stickman in a notebook over and over for 20+ pages.  If the pages were flipped quickly he would seem like he was running.

Format
Each week I'll embed the #TimelapseTuesday first, I won't torture those that just want to see a timelapse.  Just below the video I'll inform you of all the settings and techniques used to create it.  Lastly will be my overall thoughts, things I liked, disliked, and a little inside into what I'll be working on in the following weeks.

Vimeo
Follow my channel on Vimeo, here I'll post many timelapses as I complete them, and just choose one to highlight each week here.

About me
As I was growing up I remember looking to my mom (an accountant) and saying "I will do anything to make sure that I will not have to sit at a desk staring at excel all day!". After graduating from UWW with a Finance degree here I sit. In a cubicle. Staring at excel. All. Day. Surprisingly I don't have a problem with it. Sure the beautiful late summer early fall days are tough to stay inside but knowing that my skill set allows me to add value to a company gives me a sense of accomplishment, at least for now.

Enough about the boring stuff. Outside of my cube I am humbled everyday by how incredibly lucky I am. I have a beautiful wife, a ball obsessed dog, and have been fortunate enough to try numerous new hobbies, foods, and explore new cultures. As each experience and life event gets further away from the present I quickly realized that one of my biggest flaws is my memory or lack there of. Not only do I easily forget details about experiences quickly I find myself in trouble with my wife when I seem to forget any task she tells me. I swear it isn't selective hearing!

My memory issues steered me to a passion that compliments my life perfectly, video editing. It all started on our honeymoon where I would get to fulfill a lifelong dream of going to Whistler for a skiing honeymoon. The last thing I wanted to do was forget about our Whistlermoon so I purchased a GoPro to help document. Being able to create a video of our experience has been one of the best things for me. I can relive everything in 2-5 minutes, and I feel that same high I felt when I was in the moment.

Needless to say I'm a GoPro junkie now, and recently got a DSLR to add to my memory saver collection.  I hope you are inspired by this blog to get out and be the best at the things you love most!

Still balding but not bald,
-Kyle