April 8th, 2004

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Vancouver

A Day in the City

I know I’m animating like it’s 1999 here, but I’ve developed a recent affection for time-lapse photography. In a small way, it makes us see our world differently. Yesterday, I set up my tripod and took photos of the city at intervals throughout the day. Because I had several meetings and tend to be forgetful, I wasn’t overly careful about the duration of the intervals. There’s also a bit of shakiness between shots–maybe my tripod is a bit dodgy. Click the tiny image for the full size version, which is about 1.7 MB.

If I get a laptop, I’m going to set it up with the camera attached to it. Then I can configure the camera like a webcam, and have it grab an image every x minutes. That would be more accurate and result in less shake.

Locals will recognize the patch of blasted earth where the infamous night club Love Affair used to stand.

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whoa. They blew up Luvaffair? Huh. Apparently I haven’t been to that part of town in a while…

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That is awesome - thanks. I sent the link to a friend I’ve been trying to get to move back to the end of the continent :-)

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Time-lapse is best when it’s unintentionally jittery. Digital perfection is overated.

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Luvaffair… some good memories there, particularly Halloween and 80s nights.

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