Third Stars over Mojave National Preserve


Recently I spent two nights and one day on the northern side of Mojave National Preserve shooting time lapse. This is what I got. One three-axis Dynamic Perception slider, one one-axis DIY slider on a 2×6 with a Dynamic Perception controller, and one two-axis pan/tilt Emotimo TB3. All Sony a7S/a7S2 […]

Chimney Peak Wilderness Time Lapse


Here’s my most recent time lapse project from a short trip last week out to the Chimney Peak Wilderness in the southern Sierra. As usual, the big grand moving camera shots were done with my Dynamic Perception rig and all cameras were Sony a7 variations shooting through lots of different […]

Frozen Owens River


Time lapse video shot in the Owens River Valley near Independence, CA across two nights December 28 & 29. Several parts of the river were frozen solid enough to walk on, and definitely solid enough to rest a camera rig on. It was nice to be able to extend the […]

Death Valley Nov. 2015


Time lapse shot over two nights and one day in Death Valley on Lee Flat and on the north side of Hunter Mountain. The big camera moves were on a Dynamic Perception Stage One Plus with pan/tilt Stage R. Cameras were two Sony a7S’s and one Canon 1Dx with too […]

Meteor over Mammoth


Early Sunday morning, October 18, I caught a very rare sight on camera. During a time lapse shot (while I was sleeping) a meteor exploded in the night sky, thankfully within the frame of my 14mm wide lens. The light was very blue-green and bright enough that it lit up […]

North Rim Grand Canyon


Three free days, hmm, what do with them?   They were during the week so nobody else was available to join in, not a problem though.  The decision was more along the lines of, given my limited number of days to take a road/camping trip, where do I really want to […]